K-League All Stars vs. Man City - prediction, team news, lineups

Manchester City volition proceed their preparations for the 2026-27 run with a pre-season affable against K-League All Stars connected Wednesday.

The Citizens, who played retired a 1-1 gully with Inter Milan successful their opening pre-season fixture connected August 1, volition statesman their caller play successful the Community Shield against Arsenal connected August 16.

Match preview

Man City had Enzo Maresca astatine the helm for the archetypal clip connected Saturday, with the Citizens drafting 1-1 with Inter successful their opening pre-season affable of the summertime earlier losing connected penalties.

The Manchester outfit volition present tackle K-League All Stars and Atletico Madrid successful friendlies earlier taking connected Arsenal successful the Community Shield connected August 16.

Man City's opening lucifer of the caller Premier League is against Bournemouth astatine the Etihad Stadium connected August 23, earlier ending the period distant to Crystal Palace.

Maresca's squad person made 4 first-team signings this summer, with the standout accomplishment being Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest, and it volition beryllium fascinating to spot however the England planetary fits into the Man City side.

The Citizens person besides had immoderate notable first-team exits, with John Stones, Bernardo Silva and Nathan Ake among those moving on.

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K-League All Stars volition beryllium Man City's opponents connected Wednesday, and it volition beryllium a trial for the English nine considering that it volition beryllium the champion players from the K-League.

Chung Jung-yong, who is the manager of existent champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, volition pb the squad alongside Jeong Kyung-ho - the caput manager of Gangwon FC.

K-League All Stars person had immoderate notable friendlies successful caller years, taking connected Newcastle United past summer, signaling a 1-0 triumph implicit the Magpies.

The squad besides tackled Tottenham Hotspur successful the summertime of 2024, suffering a 4-3 defeat, but they bushed Atletico Madrid 3-2 the twelvemonth before.

K-League All Stars person besides faced Barcelona and Juventus successful pre-season friendlies, and it volition beryllium precise absorbing to spot however the squad matches up to Man City.

Man City pre-season form:

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Team News

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Yazan Al-Arab, who played for Jordan astatine the 2026 World Cup, volition beryllium among the prima names successful the K-League All Stars squad for the clash with Man City.

FC Seoul's Son Jeong-beom - a highly-rated 18-year-old - volition besides feature, successful summation to a acquainted look successful the signifier of Ki Sung-yueng, who antecedently played successful the Premier League for Swansea City, Sunderland and Newcastle United.

As for Man City, Rodri remains unavailable for selection, with the midfielder, who is being linked with a determination to Real Madrid, having a insignificant backmost cognition aft helping Spain to triumph the 2026 World Cup.

Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki, Marc Guehi, Elliot Anderson, James Trafford and Nico O'Reilly volition besides beryllium notable absentees for Maresca's broadside successful this match.

However, the Citizens tin inactive telephone upon plentifulness of quality, with Josko Gvardiol, Savinho, Phil Foden and Antoine Semenyo acceptable to beryllium among the starters for the Manchester team.

K-League All Stars imaginable starting lineup:

Hyeon-woo; Young-gwon, Jin-seop, Joo-sung, Tae-hwan; Sung-yeung, Soon-min, Bojanic; Farias, Cesinha, Mota

Man City imaginable starting lineup:

Donnarumma; Lewis, Khusanov, Gvardiol, Mfuni; Kovacic, Reijnders; Savinho, Foden, Semenyo; Mubama

We say: K-League All Stars 1-2 Man City

This is shaping up to beryllium a investigating lucifer for Man City, which is what the Citizens volition privation astatine this signifier of their pre-season, and we are lone picking a constrictive triumph for Maresca's team.