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Team News: Joe Hart returns for Manchester City

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart returns to the starting lineup for his side's Premier League match at Stoke City.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart has been recalled to the starting lineup for his side's Premier League match against Stoke City.

Hart has missed City's last two games with a hamstring injury, but he is fit enough to replace second-choice stopper Willy Caballero.

With Sergio Aguero absent, Wilfried Bony is handed a start, while David Silva also features for the first time since returning from an injury layoff.

Raheem Sterling plays on the flank, while Martin Demichelis and Aleksandar Kolarov come in to take the place of Eliaquim Mangala and Gael Clichy.

As for Stoke, manager Mark Hughes had made two alterations to his side, with Geoff Cameron and Ibrahim Afellay being brought into the team.

Midfielder Charlie Adam and forward Jonathan Walters are the two players to make way.

Stoke City: Butland, Johnson, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Pieters, Cameron, Whelan, Shaqiri, Afellay, Arnautovic, Bojan
Subs: Haugaard, Joselu, Wilson, Van Ginkel, Adam, Diouf, Walters

Manchester City: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, De Bruyne, Fernando, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Bony
Subs: Caballero, Navas, Kelechi, Delph, Garcia, Clichy, Humphreys

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