Confirmed Line-Ups: Manchester City vs Plymouth Argyle (FA Cup Fifth Round) | OneFootball

Manchester City eye a place in the last-eight of this season’s FA Cup competition as they welcome Championship side Plymouth Argyle to the Etihad Stadium this weekend.

Having succumbed to defeats to Real Madrid to exit the Champions League before the round of 16, as well as Liverpool to extend the gap between themselves and the runaway leaders in the Premier League, Manchester City bounced back with a win at Tottenham in midweek.

The reigning Premier League champions are set to embark on a phase of their season whereby they will only be taking on one game per week having exited European competition early, with a trip to high-flying Nottingham Forest coming next weekend.

As for this Saturday evening’s opponents in Plymouth Argyle, Miron Muslić’s side have already had an FA Cup run to remember, having knocked out Brentford in round three and arguably Europe’s best side at present in Liverpool in the fourth round.

City continue to embark on contests with a difficult injury list with Manuel Akanji and John Stones sidelined for up to another eight weeks, while Rodri will continue to play no part despite taking on individual training back on the pitch this week.

Oscar Bobb has continued to develop his own match fitness away from matchday duties in recent weeks having overcome an ankle problem that delayed his recovery from a leg bone fracture before the start of the ongoing season.

Ahead of kick-off at the Etihad Stadium, here is how both Pep Guardiola and Miron Muslić have lined up their respective Manchester City and Plymouth Argyle sides in FA Cup action!

Manchester City

Starting XI: Ortega Moreno; Lewis, Reis, Ake, O’Reilly; Gundogan, Bernardo, De Bruyne (C); McAtee, Foden, Grealish.

Substitutes: Ederson, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, Nico, Doku, Savinho, Marmoush, Haaland.

Plymouth Argyle

Starting XI: Hazard; Mumba, Ogbeta, Pleguezuelo, Wright, Bundu, Gyabi, Boateng, Katic (C), Sorinola, Talovyerov.

Substitutes: Grimshaw, Houghton, Szucs, Edwards, Puchacz, Al Hajj, Baidoo, Roberts, Palsson.

Updates to follow from 16:40 (UK).