Aguero on the bench for City

Champions Manchester City named an unchanged side for their Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham at the Etihad Stadium.

Striker Sergio Aguero and midfielder Jack Rodwell were both deemed fit after injury but only listed among the substitutes while Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko continued in attack.

Fulham made six changes to their starting line-up following the FA Cup win at Blackpool with Steve Sidwell back from injury and Dimitar Berbatov, Bryan Ruiz, Kieran Richardson, Aaron Hughes and Damien Duff also returning.

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy, Barry, Javi Garcia, Milner, Tevez, Silva, Dzeko.

Subs: Pantilimon, Lescott, Nasri, Kolarov, Aguero, Rodwell, Balotelli.

Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Hughes, Hangeland, Richardson, Duff, Karagounis, Sidwell, Dejagah, Ruiz, Berbatov.

Subs: Etheridge, Senderos, Baird, Petric, Briggs, Rodallega, Kacaniklic.

Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)