Manchester Evening News has predicted Manchester City's starting lineup for today's match, featuring Akanji, Rodri, and Phil Foden in midfield, with Erling Haaland leading the attack.

Manchester City will host Sunderland this afternoon, looking for a perfect start to their league campaign.

Guardiola could hardly ask for a better start to the season after recovering from a 3-0 Community Shield defeat to Arsenal. Since their 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace in late August, Manchester City have won six consecutive matches without conceding.

Last Thursday, Guardiola rested several key players, though Manchester City defeated Norwich 5-0 in the League Cup. The Manchester City manager is likely to make significant changes to his starting lineup. Ederson is expected to return as goalkeeper in place of Rúben.

In defense, only Nícko Akanji is expected to retain his starting position. Guardiola may have been slightly disappointed, but Akanji is a natural left-back option. Rúben Dias and Manuel Akanji should feel confident building the defense alongside this academy prospect.

Guardiola tested Akanji on the left side of a three-man defense against Norwich. This formation is unlikely to reappear in this match, but he is still expected to pair with Rodri and Phil Foden in midfield, who performed well at Old Trafford last week. Foden may move to an attacking midfield position due to Grealish's injury absence.

After Grealish was sidelined, Ndiaye came on to try to turn things around for Manchester City, and he succeeded and deserves the starting position against Sunderland.

Semedo had difficulty against Manchester United, and Wan-Bissaka didn't make obvious errors at Old Trafford. However, with the flow of the game, Manchester City still replaced him and brought on Ndiaye. For this reason, Wan-Bissaka should appear on the right wing, though movement between attacking midfield will be flexible.

Erling Haaland will remain the target striker. However, it will be interesting to see whether Alvarez will be on the bench after scoring two goals in the cup.

Manchester City Predicted Starting XI: Ederson; Rúben Dias, Rodri, Akanji, Akanji; Rodri, Akanji; Wan-Bissaka, Phil Foden, Ndiaye; Erling Haaland.

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