Same again for City

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce could name an unchanged line-up for Monday’s clash with relegation-threatened Watford.

Even though USA winger DaMarcus Beasley is pushing for a recall, Pearce is expected to stick with the players who performed so well at Aston Villa in midweek.

Ben Thatcher is one booking away from an automatic one-match ban, which, if picked up this weekend, would rule him of out the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on December 9.

Team (from): Weaver, Hart, Isaksson, Richards, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin, Thatcher, Jordan, Trabelsi, Barton, Reyna, Hamann, Beasley, Ireland, Samaras, Corradi, Vassell, Dickov.