The starting lineups are in ahead of Manchester City’s FA Cup tie against Leyton Orient | OneFootball

Manchester City and Leyton Orient have confirmed their starting lineups ahead of today’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at the Gaughan Group Stadium. Today’s hosts will be determined to give a good account of themselves against Pep Guardiola’s side. Richie Wellens side will be eager to cause a massive FA Cup boboilovert home. Manchester City will be eager to avoid that fate today. Today’s match could be a classic FA Cup tie if City aren’t at their best.

For Manchester City, they could be bolstered by the return of several key players from injury. Pep Guardiola informed the media yesterday that there is a chance that Ruben Dias, Jeremy Doku and Nathan Ake could return from injury today. The trio have all been missed during their absence. We could also see Oscar Bobb make his long-awaited return from injury. Bobb is yet to feature in the Manchester City matchday squad since he fractured his leg on the eve of the 24/25 season.

Here are the starting lineups for today’s match.

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has made 8 changes to the starting lineup that was well beaten by Arsenal. Today’s starting lineup features a mixture of youth and experience for Manchester City.

Nico Gonzàlez and Vitor Reis make their debuts for Manchester City today. It will interesting to see how the pair perform in their first outing for the club. Ruben Dias also returns from injury and takes the captain’s armband for today’s match.

Ederson isn’t in the squad for today’s match. Neither is Erling Haaland as City’s number 9 finally gets some rest ahead of a tough run of fixtures.

Starting lineup: Stefan Ortega, Lewis, Reis, Dias (C), O’Reilly, Nico Gonzàlez, Gundogan, McAtee, Savinho, Grealish, Marmoush.

Substitutes: Carson, Stones, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Akanji, Matheus Nunes, Khusanov, Foden, Mubama.

Leyton Orient