Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will miss Saturday's Premier League match at Stoke City but he has recovered from a groin injury and will be fit for next week's Champions League opener and the Manchester derby.
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The centre back, sidelined since picking up the problem in his team's opening league game of the season against Newcastle United last month, is one of five players to be ruled out of the trip to former City boss Mark Hughes's Stoke.
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Attacking midfielder David Silva, who has a thigh injury that cut short his time on Spain duty this week, is also among the absentees and could be a doubt for Tuesday's Champions League match at Viktoria Plzen.
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Martin Demichelis is out of action for several more weeks with a knee injury and fellow defenders Micah Richards and Gael Clichy will not be fit to play this weekend.
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"Kompany is OK but it's a risk for him to play this match (at Stoke) - two or three more days and he will be 100 percent," coach Manuel Pellegrini told a news conference on Friday.
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The dependable Belgium international will be returning at just the right time as City's European game is closely followed by a home match against Premier League champions Manchester United on September 22.
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"It's a big test for all of the big clubs, all of them are playing the Champions League and Europa League - we have seven games in 21 days," the Chilean said.
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Stoke manager Hughes has no injury problems with Kenwyne Jones, Glenn Whelan and Jonathan Walters having recovered from knocks picked up on international duty.