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Last 8 matches
Nottingham Forest L 1-3 Round 10 · Nov 7 · Away · 4-2-3-1 → 
Squad
Donnarumma 
Bettinelli 
Rulli 
Dias 
Guéhi 
Ait Nouri 
Reis 
Gvardiol 
Nunes 
O'Reilly 
Khusanov 
Lewis 
Wilson-Esbrand 
Anderson 
Kovačić 
Cherki 
Fernández 
Bouaddi 
Foden 
Ndiaye 
Haaland 
Doku 
Allan 
Semenyo 
McAidoo 
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Who starts for Manchester City in the latest lineup?
Against Nottingham Forest, Manchester City started Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, Gvardiol, Anderson, Fernández, Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku and Haaland, in a 4-2-3-1. The sheet above shows the same eleven with shirt numbers.
What formation does Manchester City play?
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 most recently, and has also used 4-1-4-1 in recent matches.
Who captains Manchester City?
Dias wears the armband in the current Manchester City squad.
Can I build my own Manchester City lineup?
Yes. The free web builder opens with Manchester City loaded — pick the eleven, set the formation and export the image. The iOS and Android app adds ratings, goals, cards and up to 100 saved lineups.
Are the Manchester City lineups up to date?
Every Premier League matchday is published within hours of full time, and this page is rebuilt with it — lineups, results and the table.
About Manchester City
Manchester City are a football club from England, playing in the Premier League 2026/27. They are 2nd in the table with 21 points from 10 matches, having won 7, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Their most recent lineup was a 4-2-3-1, a 1–3 away loss to Nottingham Forest on November 7, 2026. That XI read Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, Gvardiol, Anderson, Fernández, Ndiaye, Cherki, Doku and Haaland, the eleven Maresca picked. Recent sheets also show a 4-1-4-1. Form over the last 5 matches, newest first, reads L-L-L-W-W, with 8 goals scored and 8 conceded.
The 25-player squad lists 3 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 6 midfielders and 6 attackers. Fourteen nationalities are in it: 8 players from England, and the rest from Argentina, Portugal, Brazil, Croatia, Italy and Algeria and elsewhere. Manchester City play Fulham next, on Saturday, November 21, 2026. This page is rebuilt after every Premier League matchday, with the newest starting XI as an image, the result and the updated table.
Every player on this page is in the app, photos and ratings included. Build your XI, export the image, share it.