Six Man City players will miss Carabao Cup tie as Blues dealt injury blow and Erling Haaland concern

Manchester City travel to Huddersfield in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night with injury concerns over several players

Manchester City begin their Carabao Cup campaign on Wednesday night with a trip to Huddersfield Town.

Pep Guardiola's side will be heavy favourites to progress against their League One opponents and head into the contest buoyed by an encouraging week.

Despite shipping a late goal in a 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Sunday, City have two wins and a draw since the international break with the victories coming against Manchester United in the Premier League and Napoli in the Champions League.

The Blues will now be seeking a spot in round for of the cup as they plot a path to potential silverware in a competition they have won six times in the last 12 years, but since 2021.

Guardiola will likely rotate his side having started the same team in each of the last three matches, and has six certain absentees. Here's the injury latest.

Erling Haaland

Injury: Back

Guardiola confirmed the decision to replace the striker in the closing stages against Arsenal was due to the Norwegian suffering with back issues. It had plagued Haaland in the build-up to the Emirates trip and he will sit out the Huddersfield contest, although the problem is not thought to be serious.

Expected return date: Burnley (H) Saturday, September 27

Abdukodir Khusanov

Injury: Unknown

The Uzebekistan international has made the right back spot his own in the past week with three successive starts in that position. But he was forced off injured at half time in the draw with Arsenal and is unlikely to feature against the Terriers.

Expected return date: Unknown

Omar Marmoush

Injury: Knee

Marmoush suffered an injury in the fourth minute of Egypt's goalless draw with Burkina Faso earlier this month. He tried to carry on but was withdrawn five minutes later.

He returned to Cairo on crutches and underwent a scan in Egypt to assess the extent of the damage. City have since confirmed the 26-year-old will be out for a few weeks but should return ahead of the October international break.

"We have to make the last tests," said Guardiola of the forward. "A few weeks. Before the international break he will be ready."

Potential return date: Sunday, October 5, Brentford (A)

Rayan Cherki

Injury: Thigh

The France international is sidelined for two months after picking up a thigh injury. It could result in Cherki missing 10 matches.

Potential return date: Aston Villa (A), October 26

Rayan Ait-Nouri

Injury: Ankle

Ait-Nouri suffered an ankle injury in the early stages of his home debut against Tottenham,

The £31million summer signing from Wolves played against Brighton but did not join up with the Algeria squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Botswana and Guinea earlier this month.

Potential return date: Burnley (H) Saturday, September 27

Mateo Kovacic

Injury: Achilles

The midfielder is out until October with the Achilles injury that he had surgery on this summer. Kovacic went under the knife shortly after the season finished, missing the Club World Cup and the rest of pre-season with the hope that he would be able to be fit around the start of the new campaign. But he is now set to be absent until at least the October international break.

Potential return date: Everton (H), October 18