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Aguero and Silva passed fit for City

Sergio Aguero and David Silva are in line to return for Manchester City against Hull on this weekend © Getty Images

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Sergio Aguero and David Silva have been passed fit to return for Manchester City against Hull on Saturday.

Both missed the Premier League champions' 7-0 League Cup thrashing of Sheffield Wednesday but they are available again, along with right-back Pablo Zabaleta, who has now completed a one-match ban.

City are still without the injured trio of Samir Nasri, Stevan Jovetic and Fernando, with the Montenegrin striker and the Brazilian midfielder perhaps in line to return against Aston Villa next weekend.

Aguero had taken a kick to his knee and Silva had a minor ankle problem but manager Manuel Pellegrini said in a news conference: "Sergio and David are both okay, yes.

"We continue with Jovetic and Fernando out of the team. I think both of them will be ready next week and Samir Nasri also has a groin problem."

Jovetic and Fernando have both missed City's last four games with hamstring and groin injuries respectively.

Joe Hart and Vincent Kompany were both rested for the Wednesday game and are likely to return to the starting 11.

City ended a run of four games without a win against the Championship side and Pellegrini added: "I think it was a very useful match for our team. We were not scoring too many goals here at home. In the last four games, we didn't win our games.

"We were not playing badly but we did not win so it was important to win in the way we did on Wednesday and I hope this can continue in the future, especially against Hull because in the Premier League we cannot drop more points."

City won 2-0 at the KC Stadium last year and Pellegrini is anticipating another awkward game.

"Hull is a difficult team playing well," he added. "Last year maybe if it was not our best game, it was one of our best games. Vincent Kompany was sent off in the first 10 minutes [but] we played really well and won.

"I hope this year we can do it in the same way but we am sure we are going find a very tough team in their home because they always play very strong, especially in aerial duels."

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