Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola awaits news on whether captain Vincent Kompany will be fit enough to play.

He remains without long-term injury victims Gabriel Jesus and Ilkay Gundogan.

Stoke’s Xherdan Shaqiri is available after missing five matches with a calf problem.

However, Marko Arnautovic, Glen Johnson and Bruno Martins Indi are doubtful, while Wilfried Bony is ineligible to play against his parent club.

Head-to-head

• Manchester City have won three of their last four league matches against Stoke, scoring four goals in each victory.
• Stoke have scored just one goal in their eight Premier League visits to the Etihad Stadium, in a 1-0 win in August 2014.
• The Potters have lost their other seven Premier League matches away at Manchester City by an aggregate score of 19-0.
• Manchester City are aiming to do the top-flight double against Stoke for the only third time, after the 1933-34 and 1966-67 seasons.

Manchester City

• Manchester City have 55 points after 26 league matches this season. Only in their two title-winning campaigns have they had more points at this stage of a Premier League season.
• City’s current four-match winning run is their longest in the division since they took maximum points from their opening six fixtures this season.
• However, they have kept only one clean sheet in their last 13 home fixtures in all competitions.
• John Stones could make his 100th Premier League appearance.

Stoke City

• Stoke have lost five of their last six away matches in the top flight.
• None of the Potters’ nine league wins this season have come against teams currently 11th or higher in the table.
• Stoke could remain unbeaten in top-flight away fixtures against both Manchester clubs in the same season for the first time since 1980-81, when they won 2-1 at Manchester City and drew 2-2 at Manchester United.

Source: bbc.co.uk

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