Manchester City's first-ever Club World Cup fixture takes place at King Abdullah Sports City on Tuesday, as the Citizens tackle Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds in their semi-final.
Either Fluminense or Al Ahly will await the victors of this tie in the final, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for the two clubs.
URAWA RED DIAMONDS vs. MANCHESTER CITY
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URAWA RED DIAMONDS
Out: None
Doubtful: Takahiro Akimoto (unspecified), Takahiro Sekine (unspecified), Tomoaki Okubo (unspecified)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Nishikawa; Sakai, Scholz, Hoibraten, Ogiwara; Iwao, Ito; Schalk, Yasui, Koizumi; Kante
MANCHESTER CITY
Out: Erling Haaland (foot), Jeremy Doku (muscle)
Doubtful: Kevin De Bruyne (hamstring)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Ortega; Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Gomez; Nunes, Kovacic; Bobb, Silva, Grealish; Alvarez
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Ben Knapton
