Manchester City boss Mark Hughes hopes to have big-name duo Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor back for his club's Barclays Premier League match against Burnley.

Although the Blues have edged into the top four, a run of four consecutive draws has stopped them making a concerted charge towards the top of the table.

Hughes is desperate for a return to winning ways to stop his side falling further adrift of Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal - and end up merely scrapping for fourth spot along with Liverpool, Aston Villa and Tottenham.

Having Toure and Adebayor back at Eastlands on Saturday would be a major boost.

"Adebayor and Toure haven't trained a great deal in the last two or three weeks, so they need a good week of training - and I hope they will be an option next weekend," said Hughes.

Meanwhile, City have been dealt a blow by confirmation that promising midfielder David Ball is out for six weeks with a broken metatarsal.