Among those was Haaland as he suffered a knock during the closing stages and was not spotted in training on Monday despite a rather positive update regarding his fitness.
“He can be available,” Maresca said in his pre-match press conference. “We’ll see. We have a session now and we have some doubts after Sunday’s game.
“He was quite good yesterday. Better. So we’ll see today.
“Replacing Erling is always difficult. We have some different options and we’ll see tomorrow.
“It depends a little bit on the gameplan and also there is a chance he can be available tomorrow.”
Floyd Samba starts up top for City, with Haaland amongst the substitutes.
Semenyo, meanwhile, has been ruled out for eight weeks.
Injury blow: Antoine Semenyo
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Enzo Fernandez and Elliot Anderson are recalled in central midfield, while Mateo Kovacic, Nico O’Reilly and Matheus Nunes are all not included after limping off against Ipswich.
Man City XI: Donnarumma; Lewis, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernandez; Allan, Cherki, Foden; Samba
Subs: Ait-Nouri, Bettinelli, Bouaddi, Braithwaite, Haaland, Doku, Guehi, McAidoo, Ndiaye, Rulli, Reis
Injured: Semenyo, Nunes, O’Reilly, Kovacic
Time and date: 8pm BST on Tuesday, October 20, 2026
How to watch: TNT Sports
Venue: Etihad Stadium