Man City will be looking for a win in order to maintain their top spot in the Premier League. The Citizens are unbeaten in their last five matches in all competitions and are under pressure from Arsenal who are on level points with City.
Saturday's encounter will see England international Raheem Sterling go against his former side for the first time since making a controversial summer move. The 20 year old has already found the net six times for his new side but manager Manuel Pellegrini has stressed that there is more to come from the youngster.
"I always said from the beginning that Raheem is a very young player who must improve a lot. It's important he must demonstrate this in every game," he said on Friday.
"He's just 20 years old so he has a lot of years to work. I think he will be an important player, not just for City but for England, too."
Saturday's match will also see James Milner return to Etihad after sealing a move to Merseyside on a free transfer. Pellegrini has claimed that he did everything he could to convince Milner to stay but the 29 year old was motivated by the prospect of more playing time at Liverpool.
"I always think that it's special for every player to play against the team they worked for for a lot of years," he added.
"For James Milner it will be exactly the same - it's part of the career of a player."
"It was not difficult as we did all we could to convince James to stay but he wanted to go and have another challenge - we understand but we could not do any more to convince him."
The Manchester City squad will be boosted by the possible return of a number of key players including the likes of Sergio Aguero, Fabian Delph, David Silva and Pablo Zabaleta.
Liverpool on the other hand have injury concerns over the likes of Jordan Henderson and Mamadou Sakho. Jordon Ibe, James Milner and Kolo Toure have been termed fit and are likely to be in the squad for Saturday's match. Daniel Sturridge who has missed the last seven matches due to a knee injury has returned to training however he might be short of match fitness.
Match facts
- Man City are undefeated in their last six home Premier League games against Liverpool having won four during the process.
- Liverpool have managed just 13 goals so far which is their lowest tally after 12 games in any Premier League season.
Team sheets for Man City vs Liverpool
Man City's lineup: Hart, Sagna, Demichelis, Mangala, Kolarov, Toure, Fernando, Navas, Sterling, De Bruyne, Aguero.
Liverpool's lineup: Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Lucas, Can, Milner, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino
Man City's subs: Caballero, Clichy, Otamendi, Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Delph, Iheanacho.
Liverpool's subs: Bogdan, Toure, Randall, Allen, Ibe, Sturridge, Benteke
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