Manchester City could be without Vincent Kompany for six weeks with knee ligament damage, while Sergio Aguero is a doubt to face Burnley.
Vincent Kompany is unlikely to feature again for Manchester City until 2017, manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed.
Club captain Kompany has been ravaged by fitness problems over recent seasons and sustained medial knee ligament damage on his latest return to the starting XI, when he landed awkwardly following a collision with his goalkeeper Claudio Bravo during last Saturday's 2-1 win at Crystal Palace.
Guardiola said Kompany would be out for "the next weeks" ahead of Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League and, ahead of the weekend trip to Burnley, the former Bayern Munich boss conceded the Belgium international was facing an absence of up to six weeks after a visit to his favoured physician in Barcelona.