Balotelli has turned to the Premier League to overturn a £340,000 club fine for repeatedly poor on-field discipline.
The 22 year-old will appear before an independent two-man panel at a Premier League tribunal on Wednesday following City's decision to reject his appeal against the fine, which was imposed as a result of the forward missing 11 of the club’s 54 games last season through suspension.
Balotelli, a £24 million signing from Inter Milan in July 2010, missed more than 20 per cent of City’s competitive fixtures last term, three in the Champions League, two in the Carling Cup and six in the Premier League.
It led to a fine of two weeks’ wages for misconduct.
Balotelli, who was dropped by manager Roberto Mancini for Saturday’s 3-1 victory at Newcastle, has taken his case to the Premier League following his unsuccessful internal appeal against the penalty last month. The appeal was rejected by a two-man independent executive board.
Following his dismissal during the 1-0 defeat at Arsenal in April – his fourth red card with City – Mancini insisted that Balotelli would not play for the club again.
Mancini said at the weekend: “At this moment, Mario is not in good form and for this reason he is at home.
"It is only for this reason. To get back into the team he needs to work in training and when he plays, he needs to play well.
“I’m used to talking about Mario every day. I have to talk about him every day and I am not frustrated about that.
"But I am frustrated in that I would like Mario to play well because he has great quality.
“He still has a big part to play this season, absolutely, because he is a good player and a huge talent with good quality and a good technique. But it is important that he puts all these things on the pitch.”