The Brazilian suffered an ankle injury on international duty last week and, while City boss Mark Hughes does not think there is any extensive damage, scans will determine whether he is involved.
Craig Bellamy is expected to keep his place as Carlos Tevez (knee) has been ruled out, while Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure face their former club for the first time.
City (from): Given, Taylor, Richards, Zabaleta, Toure, Lescott, Ohuoha, Bridge, De Jong, Barry, Wright-Phillips, Weiss, Ireland, Robinho, Petrov, Adebayor, Tripper.
