Eight players could miss Man City vs Chelsea FA Cup final this weekend
Manchester City make the trip to Wembley Stadium this weekend looking to bag their second trophy of the season
Rodri is Manchester City’s only injury concern heading into the FA Cup final(Image: Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images)
Manchester City travel down to Wembley Stadium this weekend full of confidence. While all the focus is on the FA Cup final, City will have been buoyed by the 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday night. That cut the gap to Arsenal down to two points and ensured a positive mood ahead of the clash with Chelsea.
City’s opponents are once again under the temporary management of Calum McFarlane. He masterminded a win over Leeds in the semi-finals and a creditable draw against Liverpool last weekend. McFarlane is guaranteed to be without Mykhailo Mudryk for this game as his anti-doping suspension continues.
Pedro Neto missed the last two Premier League fixtures but Chelsea are hopeful he will be fit enough to return this weekend. Former Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho also missed the Nottingham Forest and Liverpool games but McFarlane has been pleased with his progress too.
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Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez picked up a head injury in the defeat to Forest and was missing last weekend. McFarlane insisted the keeper trained well this week but would not confirm if he will start at Wembley. Youngster Jesse Derry suffered a horror head injury in that same game and is out for the remainder of the season.
In April, Estevao suffered a hamstring injury that will keep him sidelined going into the summer. Meanwhile, Jamie Gittens has been missing since the start of the year with Chelsea confirming in April he collected a hamstring injury during a training session.
As for City, their squad is looking a lot healthier. Pep Guardiola confirmed in his press conference that Rodri remains a doubt and will be assessed between now and kick off.
Other than that, Guardiola has a fully fit squad to choose from. This means Josko Gvardiol made it through the game on Wednesday night unscathed.
Nico Gonzalez was not on the bench against Palace, but Guardiola confirmed in midweek he was not injured.
