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Kevin De Bruyne and Ederson on the bench for Wembley showdown

Final trophy chance: Pep Guardiola hopes the FA Cup can salvage a disappointing season for Manchester City

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Manchester City have Ederson on the bench for their FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

Pep Guardiola said on Friday that he was unsure if Ederson would be fit.

“We’ll see,” the City boss said on Friday when asked if Ederson could play against Forest. “Eddie is coming back training a little bit. But I don’t know if he’ll be ready for this game, hopefully the next one.”

City are again without defenders John Stones and Nathan Ake despite the pair ramping up their respective returns from thigh and foot issues, though they at least suffered no fresh injury worries in the midweek defeat of fellow FA Cup semi-finalists Villa.

Jack Grealish and Savinho start, with Kevin De Bruyne among those on the bench.

It remains to be seen exactly when key stars Erling Haaland and Rodri will be back in action for City, though Guardiola had a positive update on both when addressing the media before that latest Wembley visit.

“He feels better,” Guardiola said on top scorer Haaland, who was expected to miss up to seven weeks after injuring his ankle in the quarter-final win over Bournemouth last month.

Doubtful: Ederson has not played for Manchester City since the 5-2 comeback win over Crystal Palace

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“I said before I don’t know when. It’s not a comfortable injury. You have some twist in your ankle and then taping.

“It’s not comfortable. He’s not a small guy but he’s getting better step by step. Still, he doesn’t train with the team but we will see how he does.”

On Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, who has been building up his training workload in a bid to return this season from the anterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered against Arsenal back in September, Guardiola said: “Every training session he does with us, he does well.

“But I don’t know. Rodri wants [to play] but the doctor will have to say ‘Pep you have green light to give him minutes.’ I want to rely on the doctors in that case.”

Starting XI: Ortega, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Lewis, Kovacic, Bernardo, Savinho, Grealish, Marmoush

Subs: Ederson, Doku, Nico, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Reis, Akanji, Khusanov, Foden

Doubt: Ederson

Time and date: 4:30pm BST on Sunday April 27, 2025

Venue: Wembley Stadium, London

How to watch: ITV1