The City forward has endured a frustrating start to the new season and was forced to miss the games against Tottenham and Brighton with injury.
Having now recovered, Guardiola says our Academy graduate is “desperate” to get back to his best as quickly as possible.
“Yeah. (he’s ready),” said the boss when asked about Foden’s fitness.
“He’s the first in [training] and desperate to feel happy, the joy in every training session.
“One of the reasons we struggled [is that] we missed him a lot in the final third and his work ethic.
“We had a glimpse of coming back[this season] and then he gets a kick.
“10 days on and then another knock. We have to go day by day. He has to try any way.”
Guardiola was also asked if United are dangerous – and even more so when things haven’t been going well – he added: “Always there are teams that beat us.
“We have respect for United. I’m so nice. I have respect for history and their legacy.
“We need the points. Two defeats. It hurt because I want to win, and we will try to do it.”
City v Manchester United app coverage
Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from our derby clash with Manchester United at the Etihad in one place.
Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 15:15 (UK).
Shaun Wright-Phillips and Steph Houghton will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show alongside presenter Cel Spellman, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action.
During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison while our text commentary continues.
Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.
We’ll have a quick-hit 2-minute highlights package available at 20:15 (UK), while you can sign-in to watch a free 8-minute edit at midnight. On CITY+ meanwhile, there’ll be our popular full-match replay as well as our new extended highlights offering which features the best 20 minutes of action from the game. Both are also available at midnight.
