Everything you need to know ahead of City’s FA Cup fourth round trip to Cheltenham Town…

TEAM NEWS

City make 10 changes from the side that beat Aston Villa 2-0 on Wednesday evening.

Aymeric Laporte returns after a month out with injury and Ferran Torres also comes into the starting XI.

Youngsters Tommy Doyle and Taylor Harwood-Bellis get rare starts but Phil Foden is the only survivor from the team that kicked off in midweek.

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Raheem Sterling, Ilkay GundoganEdersonRuben DiasBernardo, Oleks Zinchenko and Joao Cancelo are among the subs.

WHEN AND WHERE

City travel to the Jonny-Rocks Stadium to tackle the League Two side on Saturday, 23 January, with kick-off at 17.30 (UK).

In the UK the game will be shown live on BBC One. Fans living abroad can check out our global TV listings at the foot of the page to find out how they can tune in to Sunday’s league clash.

If you’re unable to watch the game, you can get minute by minute coverage in our Matchday Centre here on mancity.com and we’ll also have live updates on Twitter: @ManCity.

A full-match replay will be available to watch on CITY+ from midnight after the game.

WE’RE NOT REALLY HERE

Michael Brown will be amongst the special guests joining Kyle Walker (the presenter not the player!) on our We’re Not Really Here matchday show.

The former midfielder, who made more than 500 career appearances all told in a successful career that took in spells with City, Spurs and Sheffield United amongst a number of clubs, will be on hand to provide expert his analysis and opinion on our FA Cup fourth round clash.

We’re Not Really Here provides a City focused perspective to your pre-match build-up and begins one hour before kick-off at 16:30 (UK).

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The show will then return at half-time to give a run down on the first 45 minutes and, five minutes after the final whistle, we’ll have half an hour of post-match reaction.

We’re Not Really Here is available to watch on all of our official digital platforms, whilst during the game there will be live commentary and footage of fans around the world, which you can enjoy exclusively on mancity.com and our official app.

TEAM NEWS

Pep Guardiola has confirmed that Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker will miss the Cup clash, after picking up injuries in the 2-0 win over Aston Villa.

Sergio Aguero will also be unavailable after testing positive for Covid-19.

Nathan Ake remains sidelined with injury, however Aymeric Laporte is available after training this week.

PEP PREVIEW

“I know the Premier League is the most important competition and the Champions League is the second most important one.

“We have reached four finals in a row in the Carabao Cup and this is because every game is important. We don’t drop any competition.

“Cheltenham deserve my respect.

“I am going to play the team against Cheltenham, we are training exactly how we want to do to try and beat them.”

 

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FORM GUIDE

Pep Guardiola‘s side head into the game on the back of a superb run of form that has seen City go unbeaten in our last 16 games in all competitions and win our last nine games in a row.

Our last outing on Wednesday night saw us secure a crucial 2-0 win against Aston Villa at the Etihad which helped move us up into top briefly for the first time this season.

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We booked our place in the fourth round with a 3-0 win over Birmingham in the round three.

Cheltenham currently sit in sixth position in the League Two table after amassing 37 points from their first 23 games.

Town booked their place in the fourth round thanks a 2-1 win over Mansfield Town (after extra time) in their third round encounter earlier this month.

They drew 1-1 at home to Newport County in midweek during their latest League Two fixture.

LAST MEETING

This will be the first ever competitive meeting between the two sides.


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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Stuart Attwell

Assistant Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis

Assistant Referee: Ian Hussin

Fourth Official: Andrew Madley

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