The £32.5million Brazilian has not been involved for the Blues since August, after which he suffered a stress fracture of his ankle on his international duty in Argentina.
But the former Real Madrid is expected to be on the bench at Eastlands at least for the visit of Phil Brown's men as City look to arrest a run of six straight draws.
City (from): Given, Taylor, Richards, Zabaleta, Toure, Lescott, Onuoha, Bridge, Garrido, Wright-Phillips, De Jong, Kompany, Johnson, Ireland, Barry, Robinho, Bellamy, Adebayor, Tevez, Santa Cruz, Benjani.
