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WHEN AND WHERE

We face the Magpies on Saturday 7 March at St James’ Park, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 20:00 (UK).

The game will be shown live in the UK on Prime Video UK, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, discovery+ and discovery+ app.

You can also keep across all of the action via the official app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Next Fixture

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Sat 07 Mar

FA Cup

Newcastle

20:00

GMT

Man City

OPPOSING MANAGER - Eddie Howe

The Englishman took over at Bournemouth in 2009 after being forced to end his playing career early due to injury.

He went on to guide the Cherries to promotion from the fourth tier.

He then left for a brief spell at Burnley in 2011 before returning to the south coast in October 2012 and continuing where he left off, eventually leading them to the Premier League in 2015.

They stayed in the top-flight for five seasons before relegation saw the end of his second spell with the Cherries.

2021 saw his appointment at Newcastle and since then, he’s taken them into the Champions League and won the League Cup, their first major trophy since 1955.

TEAM NEWS

City make 10 changes for the trip to St James’ Park.

From the side that began last Wednesday’s 2-2 Premier League draw at home to Nottingham Forest, James Trafford, Abdukodir Khusanov, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Nico, Jeremy Doku, Tijjani Reijnders, Nico O’Reilly, Omar Marmoush and Savinho all come into Pep Guardiola’s starting line-up.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Ruben Dias, Rayan Cherki, Marc Guéhi, Rodri, Bernardo, Rayan Air-Nouri, Antoine Semenyo and Phil Foden all revert to the bench.

Erling Haaland is not part of tonight’s matchday squad with City conscious of an intense forthcoming fixture schedule

Mateo Kovacic (ankle) and Josko Gvardiol (leg fracture) both remain sidelined as they continue their rehabilitation with Rico Lewis also not fully fit.

Teams

NEWCASTLE XI:  Ramsdale, Trippier (C), Thiaw, Botman, Hall, Tonali, Willock, Woltemade, Elanga, Barnes, Osula
 
Subs: Pope, Joelinton, Wissa, Gordon, Livramento, J. Murphy, Burn, A. Murphy, Neave

CITY XI: Trafford, Nunes, Khusanov, Stones (C), Ake, Nico, Reijnders, O’Reilly, Savinho, Doku, Marmoush

Subs: Donnarumma, Dias, Cherki, Guéhi, Rodri, Bernardo, Ait-Nouri, Semenyo, Foden

PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Pep Guardiola said he is taking the tie very seriously pointing to our recent record in the competition.

“How many finals did we play in the last years? How many semi-finals? A lot, that means always FA Cup is so important,” he said.

“We are going to travel to Newcastle to win and get to the next round. That’s definitely 100%.”

Nico O’Reilly missed our midweek draw with Nottingham Forest and could back into contention.

“Yesterday he felt better - we will see today,” the boss added.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Nico O’Reilly scored twice as City closed the gap on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League to just two points.

We deservedly took the lead after 14 minutes when O’Reilly fired a left-footed strike past Nick Pope after fine work from Omar Marmoush.

Newcastle equalised when Lewis Hall’s effort from 20 yards out deflected off Rayan Ait-Nouri and flew past Donnarumma.

But we soon had our noses in front once again when O’Reilly bagged his second – this time expertly heading home from Erling Haaland’s beautiful cross into the box.

LAST TIME OUT

Manchester City were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium.

Antoine Semenyo volleyed us ahead in the first half before Morgan Gibbs-White’s backheel pulled the visitors level after the break.

Rodri headed us back in front only for Elliot Anderson to snatch a second equaliser for the relegation battlers.

City kept pushing for a winner and Savinho had a shot cleared off the line with the very last kick of the game. 

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 7 March)