Manchester City get their pre-season tour underway with a tough test against Italian champions Inter Milan.
Enzo Maresca will take charge of his first game at the club after taking over from Pep Guardiola, so fans will get to see a new-look City side.
Several World Cup stars from both sides remain absent, including John Stones, who has just made the switch to Inter.
But it should still be an entertaining contest for the neutral. Catch up with all the team news here on 101GreatGoals.
Manchester City team news
Manchester City starting XI: Donnarumma, Lewis, Khusanov, Gvardiol, Mfuni, Kovacic, Reijnders, Semenyo, Foden (C), Savinho, Mubama
Manchester City substitutes: Bettinelli, Wint, Chabot, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Reis, Echeverri, Monga, McAidoo, Braithwaite, Mukasa, Alleyne, Sangare, F. Samba, Heskey, Henderson-Hall, Parker
Inter Milan team news
Inter Milan starting XI: Martinez, Pavard, Bisseck, Augusto, Diouf, Barella, Stankovic, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Esposito, Iddrissou
Inter Milan substitutes: To follow
How to watch Manchester City v Inter Milan: TV and online streams
Manchester City v Inter Milan kicks off at 12:30pm UK time on Saturday 1st August, which is 7:30pm local time in Hong Kong.
There is no free-to-air broadcast in the UK, but the match will be shown live worldwide via City’s subscription streaming service, CITY+. Viewers in Italy can also watch via DAZN.
Stats for Manchester City v Inter Milan
- This is Manchester City’s first match since Pep Guardiola’s departure after a decade in charge, with Enzo Maresca taking the reins
- The sides have met twice competitively, both in the last three years: City won the 2022/23 Champions League final in Istanbul thanks to Rodri’s second-half strike, while a 2024/25 Champions League league-phase meeting finished 0-0
- Inter enter the game as reigning Serie A champions, having won the title by 11 points and added the Coppa Italia to complete a domestic double
- The clubs have also met twice in pre-season tournaments, with City winning the 2011 Dublin Super Cup 3-0 and Inter winning 3-0 in Baltimore in 2010
Prediction for Manchester City v Inter Milan
Pre-season results should always be taken with a pinch of salt, particularly with City fielding an unfamiliar line-up in Maresca’s first game and several of Inter’s own senior players still absent.
However, Chivu’s side are further into their pre-season programme and have shown better match sharpness in their two warm-up fixtures so far, which should count for something even in a friendly.
Prediction: Manchester City 1-2 Inter Milan
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