Manchester City v Aston Villa: Erling Haaland returns to starting XI as Phil Foden benched

Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca has named his starting line-up for the Premier League meeting with Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Erling Haaland returns to the side after missing the previous match against AEK Athens because of injury. However, Phil Foden has been left among the substitutes despite scoring three goals in Manchester City’s most recent game.

Abdukodir Khusanov starts at right-back, while Haaland leads the attack alongside Iliman Ndiaye and Jeremy Doku.

Manchester City’s team is:

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Defenders: Abdukodir Khusanov, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Josko Gvardiol.

Midfielders: Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Rayan Cherki.

Forwards: Iliman Ndiaye, Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku.

Manchester City are top of the Premier League with 21 points, having won all of their matches so far. They hold a three-point advantage over second-placed Arsenal.