Squad sheets: Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers

Manchester City could be without £80m worth of attackers and it is another embarrassment for Roque Santa Cruz, in the week he was left out of their Europa League squad in favour of the academy graduate Shaleum Logan, that Roberto Mancini is so reluctant to draft him in against his former club, even when Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor and Mario Balotelli could all be missing. Instead, Jô is being primed for his first league start for City in almost two years, whereas Blackburn's manager, Sam Allardyce, may give Benjani Mwaruwari, another of English football's forgotten men, a debut against his old team. Daniel Taylor Venue City of Manchester Stadium, Saturday 3pm Tickets Sold out Last season Manchester City 4 Blackburn 1 Referee M Clattenburg This season's matches 2 Y 4, R 0, 2.00 cards per game Odds Manchester City 4-11 Blackburn 10-1 Draw 4-1 Manchester City Subs from Given, Tevez, Richards, Boyata, Vieira, Silva, Ibrahim, Vidal, Wright-Phillips, Cunningham, Santa Cruz Doubtful De Jong (ankle), Tevez (calf) Injured Adebayor (hamstring, 19 Sep), Boateng (knee, 19 Sep), Bridge (foot, 17 Oct), M Johnson (knee, 17 Oct), Kolarov (knee, 17 Oct), Balotelli (knee, 24 Oct) Suspended None Form guide LWD Disciplinary record Y6 R0 Leading scorer Tevez 2 Blackburn Subs from Brown, Bunn, Fielding, Benjani, Nzonzi, Olsson, Chimbonda, Emerton, Roberts, Hoilett, Dunn, Gunning, Doran Doubtful Olsson (shoulder) Injured Andrews (groin, 25 Sep) Suspended None Form guide LLW Disciplinary record Y6 R0 Leading scorers MB Diouf, Kalinic, Nzonzi 1 Match pointers • City have won three of their 12 Premier League home games with Blackburn, drawing six times • If selected, Gaël Givet will be playing on the day after his 29th birthday • City have found a team-mate with one out of 34 crosses attempted from open play this season • Blackburn have accumulated 899 points since the Premier League began in 1992 • Emmanuel Adebayor has scored six goals in five Premier League starts against Blackburn while Carlos Tevez has five from four