WHEN AND WHERE
We host Salford in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday 14 February, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 15:00 (UK) at the Etihad Stadium.
The game will not be shown live in the UK, but you can keep across all of the action via the Official Man City App, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.
Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via these global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.
TEAM NEWS
CITY XI: Trafford, Khusanov, Stones (C), Alleyne, Ait-Nouri, Nico, Lewis, Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Marmoush
Subs: Donnarumma, Dias, Guéhi, Rodri, Nunes, O’Reilly, Semenyo, McAidoo, F. Samba.
SALFORD CITY XI: Young, Awe, Dorrington, Garbutt (C), Longelo, Cooper, Austerfield, Grant, N’Mai, Woodburn, Graydon
Subs: Howard, Ashley, Turton, Stockton, Borini, Butcher, Udo, Ehibhatiomhan, Siri.
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OPPOSING MANAGER - KARL ROBINSON
Robinson was appointed Salford manager in January 2024 after notable spells in charge at Charlton Athletic, Milton Keynes Dons and Oxford United.
With the Dons, Robinson won automatic promotion to the Championship and twice reached the League One play-offs.
He also achieved a number of club records in his first full season in charge of Salford, including the club’s longest winning run in the Football League (6 games in December 2024 to January 2025).
Robinson has been in the limelight recently, receiving back-to-back League Two Manager of the Month nominations for December 2025 and January 2026 after guiding his side to four wins from five league games in the new year, and passing 800 games as a coach.
DANGERMEN
The obvious threat for Salford comes from attacking duo Ryan Graydon and Daniel Udoh.
Graydon has nine goals and five assists this season and Udoh is not far behind, claiming seven goals and six assists this term.
Full-back Luke Garbutt, who has had spells with Everton and Ipswich Town, is also one to keep an eye on due to his immaculate set-piece deliveries.
In fact, Garbutt was a huge reason why Salford are even making the trip to the Etihad for the second time in two seasons, after his superb free-kick secured a 3-2 third round victory over Swindon Town and thus making history, as the club qualified for the fourth round of the FA Cup for the first time ever.
PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW
Pep Guardiola says he won’t make any decisions on whether Erling Haaland or John Stones will feature against Salford City this weekend until after today’s training session.
The Blues, beaten in last season’s FA Cup final, take on our League Two neighbours at the Etihad this Saturday, 14 February - kick-off 15:00 (UK).
Haaland was substituted at half-time against Fulham in midweek, while Stones hasn’t featured since November.
“Erling’s not 100 per cent but we’ll see today how he feels,” said Guardiola.
“It’s not a big issue, the doctor said to me. But had some disturbance before and during the game and that’s why second half he didn’t play. We will see his evolution.“
Asked if the Norwegian could feature ion Saturday, the boss added: “We’ll decide today.”
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John Stones returned to the bench for Wednesday evening’s clash with Fulham after an absence of 19 games .
The England defender has played just 13 times this season, and Pep says he will decide whether or not he features against Salford City.
“Yeah, unfortunately it’s [been] a long time,” he said.
“The last time he played was against Leeds United [in November] but fortunately he has made two or three training sessions.
“We’ll see tomorrow if he plays or how many minutes he plays.
“Our priority is beat Salford and going into the next round.
“What we have done in the last few seasons is magnificent reaching finals, semi-finals.
“Unfortunately we couldn’t win the last two finals but being there always is a success, always I think about that.
“Hopefully before this long week that I think we need, because we are so exhausted physically and mentally, for this incredible amount of games over many, many few months, a few days off we can have a little break after tomorrow.
PREVIOUS MEETING
Our last and only previous encounter came in the third round of last year’s FA Cup, where we cruised to an 8-0 victory at the Etihad.
James McAtee hit a hat-trick, Jeremy Doku struck a double, starlets Divin Mubama got his debut goal for City and Nico O’Reilly and Jack Grealish added their name to the scoresheet, the latter firing home his first of the season.
LAST TIME OUT
We cruised into the fourth round with a 10-1 victory over Exeter City. It was a historic day at the Etihad Stadium as we hit double figures for the first time in nearly four decades.
Max Alleyne, making his second appearance, put us ahead from close range in the opening minutes. Rodri hit a superb second before two own goals gave us a 4-0 advantage at half-time.
There were seven more goals in the second half with Rico Lewis (two), Semenyo, Tijjani Reijnders, Nico O’Reilly and Ryan McAidoo all hitting the net.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Matthew Donohue
Assistant Referees: Matthew Smith & Bhupinder Singh Gill
Fourth Official: Tom Nield
GLOBAL TV LISTINGS
Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.
(Listings correct as of Saturday 14 February)
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