Man City vs. Aston Villa confirmed lineups: Pep Guardiola makes nine changes for farewell game with Bernardo Silva, John Stones decisions made

Pep Guardiola has included Bernardo Silva and John Stones successful his starring lineup for this afternoon’s Premier League fixture against Aston Villa astatine the Etihad Stadium.

Bernardo volition skipper the Citizens connected his 460th and last quality for the nine - much than immoderate different subordinate nether Guardiola - portion Stones volition play for the 295th and last clip aft 10 glorious years with the entity blues.

The legendary duo volition bid farewell to Man City and their supporters aft the lucifer during a peculiar presumption astatine the Etihad on with iconic manager Guardiola, who volition surpass Les McDowall (592 games from 1950 to 1963) arsenic the longest-serving manager successful the club’s history.

Guardiola has opted to person a spot of amusive with his starting lineup successful his last match, making a full of 9 changes to the broadside that began the 1-1 gully with Bournemouth connected Tuesday,

James Trafford volition commencement successful extremity down a backmost 4 of Rico Lewis, Stones, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake. Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi and Nico O’Reilly - who each started astatine the Vitality Stadium - are not included successful the matchday squad.

Rodri is different first-team prima who is near retired of the squad, truthful Bernardo volition beryllium joined successful midfield by Nico Gonzalez, portion Tijjani Reijnders is besides handed a start.

Phil Foden and Savinho are acceptable to run successful wide areas successful enactment of Antoine Semenyo, who is expected to pb the enactment arsenic apical scorer Erling Haaland is not included successful the City squad.

No Rogers, Martinez, Konsa arsenic Emery makes 8 changes to Aston Villa XI

As for Aston Villa, caput manager Unai Emery has made a full of 8 changes to the squad that bushed Freiburg 3-0 successful the Europa League last successful Istanbul connected Wednesday night.

Only Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Buendia and Victor Lindelof clasp their starting spots, portion Emiliano Martinez, Ezri Konsa and Morgan Rogers are 3 high-profile stars who are not selected successful the matchday squad.

Goalkeeper Marco Bizot volition commencement betwixt the sticks, portion Andreas Garcia, Lindelof, Tyrone Mings and Ian Maatsen marque up a four-man defence.

Douglas Luiz, erstwhile connected the books astatine Man City, volition statesman successful centre-midfield alongside Lamare Bogarde and Ross Barkley, portion Leon Bailey volition supply enactment successful onslaught for Buendia and Watkins.

Manchester City starting lineup: Trafford; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Ake; Gonzalez, Bernardo, Reijnders; Foden, Semenyo, Savinho

Subs: Bettinelli, Marmoush, Kovacic, Cherki, Doku, Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Nunes, Alleyne

Aston Villa starting lineup: Bizot; Garcia, Lindelof, Mings, Maatsen; Bogarde, Luiz; Bailey, Barkley, Buendia; Watkins

Subs: Wright, Cash, McGinn, Tielemans, Digne, Torres, Onana, Hemmings, Burrowes