Manchester City heads to the Liberty Stadium tomorrow night for a FA Cup quarterfinal clash against Swansea City, marking the first time that the two sides have met in this competition. Overall, the Swans are winless in their previous 13 meetings with City, losing all but two.
Their prospects don’t look very good on the weekend either. Manager Pep Guardiola probably won’t be too focused on squad rotation in this one, as he’s been able to give some substitutes some work in lately, and he has an international break coming up with which to rest guys.
The two big names he’ll have to do without in this one are star midfielders Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho.
Let’s take a look at who the Spaniard may select in his first team here, starting with newly minted man, Bernardo Silva.
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction vs Swansea City FA Cup Quarterfinals
Forwards: Leroy Sane Gabriel Jesus Riyad Mahrez
Midfielders: Phil Foden Ilkay Gundogan Bernardo Silva
Defenders: Danilo Nicolas Otamendi Vincent Kompany Fabian Delph
Goalkeeper: Ederson
Manchester City vs Swansea City FA Cup Quarterfinal FYIs
Kick-off: Saturday March 16, Liberty Stadium, 7:20 pm (BST)
Injury Report for both sides: go to this link
Man City media activities: coming Friday March 15, Pep Guardiola will give his pre-match media conference
Form Guide: Manchester City
Recent form in FA Cup: WWW
Recent form (all competitions): WWWWWW
Form Guide: Swansea City
Recent form in FA Cup: WWW
Recent form (all competitions): LWLWLL
Odds via Bet365: Manchester City 1/8, Draw 10/1, Swansea City 22/1
Prediction: City 4, Swansea City 0
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