England defender Micah Richards could return from a niggling knee problem to Manchester City's side to face Arsenal.New signing Felipe Caicedo is not expected to arrive until next week, so Darius Vassell and Daniel Sturridge should continue up front.
Arsenal will be without winger Tomas Rosicky because of a hamstring injury while striker Robin van Persie (thigh) is back in training but not match fit.
Denilson (hamstring) and Johan Djourou (groin) are also out for the Gunners.
Manchester City (from): Hart, Jihai, Onuoha, Dunne, Richards, Corluka, Ball, Hamann, Fernandes, Petrov, Vassell, Elano, Mpenza, Ireland, Sturridge, Geovanni, Schmeichel, Garrido, Etuhu.
Arsenal (from): Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Senderos, Clichy, Diaby, Fabregas, Flamini, Hleb, Adebayor, Eduardo, Lehmann, J Hoyte, Gilberto, Bendtner, Walcott, Traore, Lansbury.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:"The only thing you want is for your team to respond because it's a race where the consistency will be rewarded - and the strength of character.
"I just want to look at how well we can respond in every game because I know that kind of consistency and stamina in performances will be determinant.
"We're up for it [the City game] and we are on a good run in the Premier League and we want to keep that going."
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