Dabo back in contention for City

Ousmane Dabo could get a place on the bench as Manchester City look to extend their unbeaten home record against Watford on Monday.

The former Lazio midfielder has missed 12 games following a knee operation but played for the Blues’ reserve side in midweek, which could be enough to persuade manager Stuart Pearce to pick him among his substitutes.

Trevor Sinclair (knee), Sun Jihai (hamstring) and Danny Mills (shin) are all missing, with Pearce expected to name an unchanged side from the one that beat Aston Villa last Wednesday.

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