The match will be City’s fourth in 12 days and Farke admitted he could make some changes to preserve some of his players’ energy.

“In general, we are still a bit tricky in personal terms,” said Farke. “We will have to do without Tom Trybull, Marco Stiepermann and Onel Hernandez.

“Moritz Leitner is not fit for the starting line-up. He will travel and could only play about 30 minutes.

“We are slightly concerned with Alex Tettey. He has had a lot of load recently so he needs time to recreate.

“We will make late decisions on a number of players. Lots of players had cramp after the last game.

“Harrison Reed, Ivo Pinto and Mario Vrancic have had a lot of load as well so there will be late decisions.

Despite the need for changes, Farke said there is the temptation to stick with the same team which produced a brilliant display to beat Aston Villa 3-1 on Saturday.

“There has been a lot of load but we don’t want any more injuries. We could have fresh legs but I am tempted to play same team.

“[On the other hand] it’s been a long season with lots of games so we could rotate."

Meanwhile, Daniel Farke ruled Marley Watkins out of the Sunderland visit as he’s still recovering from a bout of illness.

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