Argentine duo Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez will lead the Manchester City line during this afternoon's trip to Sunderland.

There is still no Mario Balotelli in the City squad, while Gareth Barry has dropped to the bench.

Meanwhile, former Manchester United defender John O'Shea has not been included in the Sunderland side.

As a result, Matt Kilgallon has come into the starting lineup and will parter Carlos Cuellar, who has taken over the captaincy from O'Shea.

Sunderland: Mignolet; Gardner, Rose, Kilgallon, Cuellar; Larsson, Colback, Johnson, McClean, Sessegnon; Fletcher

Man City: Hart; Kompany, Zabaleta, K Toure, Nastasic; Y Toure, Garcia, Silva, Milner; Aguero, Tevez