Swansea v Man City: Confirmed line-ups as Haaland rested amid wholesale changes from visitors

Manchester City will look to bounce back from Sunday’s defeat at Aston Villa when they visit Swansea tonight in the fourth round of the EFL Cup.

Pep Guardiola’s side suffered their first loss since August at Villa Park after going down to a Matty Cash strike.

The visitors will hope to turn in an improved display in South Wales with Guardiola admitting yesterday the EFL Cup is a competition the club take seriously having won it four times during his time in England.

Swansea are 13th in the Championship following the weekend win over Norwich. 

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Swansea Team News

The hosts make six changes for the visit of the top-flight big-hitters.

Swedish pair Melker Widell and Zeidane Inoussa both start, while Andy Fisher, Ishe Samuels-Smith, Kaelan Casey and Adam Idah also come in.

They replace Liam Cullen, Jisung Eom, Lawrence Vigouroux, Marko Stamenic, Ben Cabango and Zan Vipotnik.

Swansea XI: Fisher, Key, Widell, Tymon, Burgess (C), Samuels-Smith, Franco, Casey, Inoussa, Galbraith, Idah

Man City Team News

Erling Haaland has been given a rest by Guardiola and has not travelled to south Wales. His absence is one of 10 changes made by the City boss following the defeat to Villa.

Oscar Bobb is the only player to retain his place, while academy graduate Divine Mukasa gets his second senior start.

Rayan Cherki, James Trafford, Rico Lewis, Nathan Ake, Nico, Jeremy Doku, and Omar Marmoush all come back into the fold, while Rayan Ait-Nouri and Abdukodir Khusanov return to the side.

Man City XI: Trafford, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake (C), Ait-Nouri, Nico, Mukasa, Bobb, Cherki, Doku, Marmoush

How to watch Swansea v Man City: TV and online streams

Swansea versus Manchester City kicks off at 7.45pm UK time tomorrow night. You can watch it on Sky Sports+ and stream it on the Sky Go app.

Stats for Swansea v Man City

• Manchester City have won the last seven meetings between the sides
• Swansea have not beaten Manchester City since 2012