Premier League champions Manchester City will make their return to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon, taking on newly-promoted Ipswich Town in their first home game of the new season.
This marks the first meeting between the two sides since January 2002, when City, then a second-tier team, defeated the top-flight Ipswich 4-1 at Portman Road in an FA Cup match.
Fresh off a Community Shield win over rivals Manchester United—a measure of revenge for their FA Cup final loss 11 weeks prior—Manchester City kicked off their title defence with a 2-0 victory against Chelsea last Sunday.
