Man City vs Plymouth

The FA Cup's fifth round sees Premier League giants Man City host Plymouth at the Etihad Stadium. The match kicks off at 17:45 on Saturday 1st March, with the Citizens looking to continue their push for domestic silverware and the Pilgrims aiming for a giant-killing upset.

Man City vs Plymouth Prediction

  • Man City maintained their inconsistent form in midweek as they claimed a 1-0 win at Tottenham to maintain their top-four push. City have now won three and lost four of their last seven games in all competitions as they look to land domestic silverware this season.
  • After a three-game winning run, Plymouth have now failed to win in three following their 1-1 draw with Cardiff last weekend. That said, the Championship side have lost only one of their last seven, a run that includes a huge 1-0 FA Cup win over Liverpool, in what is a huge improvement on their form under former boss Wayne Rooney.
  • Plymouth have won just the once away from home this season, and while that did come at Premier League side Brentford in the FA Cup in mid-January; the Pilgrims' adventure in domestic competition is expected to end on Saturday.

 

Prediction: Man City 3-0 Plymouth

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Man City vs Plymouth Probable Lineups

Man City (4-2-3-1): Ortega; O'Reilly, Reis, Khusanov, Lewis; Gündogan, González; Savinho, McAtee, Foden; Marmoush

Plymouth (3-4-2-1): Hazard; Pálsson, Katic, Talovierov; Puchacz, Houghton, Randell, Szucs; Wright, Hajj; Bundu

Man City vs Plymouth Team News

  • Man City are without a number of key players through injury. Rodri, Oscar Bobb, John Stones, and Manuel Akanji are all unavailable.
  • Erling Haaland returned to the starting XI for the midweek win at Tottenham, scoring the only goal of the game in the narrow victory, but may drop to the bench for Saturday's welcome of Plymouth.
  • Plymouth have a number of injury concerns in attack. Muhamed Tijani joins Ryan Hardie on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring injury.
  • Brendan Galloway and Joe Edwards are also missing for Plymouth this weekend.

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James McAtee scored a hat-trick in the 3rd round against neighbours Salford and is backed to carry this on form against the relegation-threatened Championship side.

A big win is expected for City, who have scored 53 goals this season in the Premier League. Plymouth have conceded 68 (12 more than any other team) in just 34 games in the Championship.