Ilkay Gundogan is named on the Manchester City bench following his return to the club from Barcelona.
Savinho is fit enough to start for Pep Guardiola’s side, making his home debut for the champions.
Man City XI: Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Savinho, Doku, Haaland
Subs: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Gundogan, Nunes, Kabore, McAtee
For Ipswich, summer signing Sammie Szmodics makes his full debut, while Liam Delap starts against his former club.
Ben Johnson also makes his first start after coming off the bench against Liverpool last weekend, while goalkeeper Arijanet Muric is fit enough to start after missing the opening defeat because of a calf injury.
Ipswich XI: Muric, Tuanzebe, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Luongo, Johnson, Szmodics, Hutchinson, Delap.
Subs: Walton, Walton, Edmundson, Burgess, Townsend, Cajuste, Taylor, Harness, Chaplin, Al-Hamadi