City hand Vieira start

Patrick Vieira and Adam Johnson were handed their first Barclays Premier League starts as Manchester City looked to find a winning formula against local rivals Bolton.

There was no place for Shaun Wright-Phillips or Stephen Ireland in the Blues line-up. The pair were joined on the bench by £22m defender Joleon Lescott, who has recovered from a knee injury.

On-loan teenager Jack Wilshere was in the Bolton starting line-up as the Trotters aimed to record their first away win since September.

Man City: Given, Zabaleta, Toure, Kompany, Bridge, De Jong, Vieira, Barry, Adam Johnson, Tevez, Adebayor.

Subs: Taylor, Onuoha, Ireland, Wright-Phillips, Sylvinho, Petrov, Lescott.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Knight, Ricketts, Robinson, Kevin Davies, Cohen, Muamba, Wilshere, Lee, Elmander.

Subs: Al Habsi, Samuel, Taylor, Gardner, Mark Davies, Basham, Andrew O’Brien.

Referee: Michael Jones (Cheshire)