Erling Haaland is not one of the Manchester City stars to be rested as they face Ipswich this afternoon.

The Norwegian superstar scored his 10th goal of the season in Wednesday night’s dramatic 4-2 home defeat by holders Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, becoming both the youngest and the quickest player ever to hit 60 in Europe’s elite club competition.

However, Haaland has endured a heavy workload already this season for both club and country and Enzo Maresca is looking to hand his prolific No9 a breather soon in order not to risk overload or potential injury.

“At some point we probably need to give him rest, some days off,” the City head coach said of Haaland at his pre-Ipswich press conference on Friday.

“We are thinking about this not just with Erling because we have players, unfortunately or fortunately, they are playing all the games with us and all the games with the international teams.”

Haaland keeps his place up top against Ipswich, though, as a rest against AEK Athens in the Champions League on Tuesday night now appears more likely.

That said, there are changes behind the striker for City. Rayan Cherki was taken off at half-time against PSG and makes way here, with Phil Foden his replacement after serving a suspension.

Iliman Ndiaye made an impact as a second-half substitute against PSG and is rewarded with a start out wide, replacing Antoine Semenyo.

Fortunately for Maresca, he has no fresh injuries to contend with.

Matheus Nunes comes in for Abdukodir Khusanov at right-back, while Josko Gvardiol makes way for Nico O’Reilly on the left.

Gianluigi Donnarumma remains in goal, while the first-choice centre-back partnership of Ruben Dias and Marc Guehi remains intact.

There are further alterations from Maresca in midfield, where Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernandez are replaced by Ayyoub Bouaddi and Mateo Kovacic.

Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Guehi, O’Reilly; Bouaddi, Kovacic; Doku, Foden, Ndiaye; Haaland

Rulli, Anderson, Cherki, Fernandez, Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Allan, Semenyo, Khusanov

Time and date: 3pm BST on Saturday October 17, 2026