Stones, Gvardiol, Bernardo - Man City injury news and return dates ahead of Brentford

Manchester City will be targeting a return to winning ways when they face Brentford at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday evening.

City, who beat the Bees 3-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium just a fortnight ago, saw their 11-game winning run come to an end on Saturday with a 1-1 draw at home to Chelsea. Rodri netted a late equaliser to earn the Blues a point and cancel out Raheem Sterling's first half opener.

Following wins for Liverpool and Arsenal earlier in the day, it put a slight dent in City's title aspirations. However, a win over Brentford will take them a point ahead of Arsenal and a point behind Liverpool, who face Luton Town on Wednesday night, in the title race.

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Ahead of a second clash with the Bees in the blink of an eye, MEN Sport has had a close look at the current state of play on the injury front and where Pep Guardiola's squad is at ahead of the clash with Thomas Frank's side.

Stones is fit to start the clash with Brentford after sitting out the stalemate with Chelsea. Following a spell on the sidelines, Guardiola is not prepared to take too many risks with the defender.

He has started three of the last five matches and the City boss is managing his fitness load. He played the full duration of last Tuesday's Champions League win over FC Copenhagen.

Possible return date: Brentford (H) - February 20

Fellow defender Gvardiol has missed each of the last two matches because of ankle ligament damage. He was last included in a matchday squad for the 2-0 win over Everton a little over a week ago.

Thought the injury is far from ideal, is not thought