Seven changes for City against the Swans

City make seven changes to the side that beat Liverpool on Sunday.

Only Bernardo, Raheem Sterling, Ilkay Gundogan and Rodrigo are left from the side who started at Anfield.

Zack Steffen is recalled along with Kyle Walker, Benjamin Mendy, Eric Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres.

Fernandinho and Ruben Dias are not fully fit and are not included in today’s squad.

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Teams

City: Steffen, Walker, Mendy, Garcia, Laporte, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Bernardo, Sterling (c), Jesus, Torres

Subs: Ederson, Clachan, Zinchenko, Mahrez, Cancelo, Foden, Doyle, Gomes, Bernabe

Swansea: Woodman, Roberts, Cabango, Latibeaudiere, Guehi, Manning, Fulton, Grimes, Dhanda, Morris, Lowe

Subs: Webb, Naughton, Bennett, Freeman, Bidwell, Hourihane, Arriola, Ayew, Whittaker

Kyle Walker and Benjamin Mendy will give City plenty of power and run down the sidelines from their full-back positions.

Eric Garcia connects with Aymeric Laporte in central defense to finish all four goals, with Rodrigo defending the defense.

Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo provide a midfield offensive line, with Ferran Torres likely to start on the right wing and Raheem Sterling on the left.

As always, the above roles are fluid and tend to improve as the game progresses.

Our fourth round at Cheltenham City seemed to be making a different decision until Joao Cancelo was introduced.

Following 1-0, City just didn’t look like scoring to that level, but eventually broke against the League 2 side with three late goals.

Swansea are good at second-placed football and a tremendous run.

They want to keep the move going and try to give City as much trouble as they did two years ago at the Sixth Round stage.

That day, City grabbed 2-0 with 69 minutes played before Bernardo and Sergio Aguero’s brace gave Pep Guardiola’s men a 3-2 victory.

Getting our noses in front could be crucial in this connection, with the Swans likely to fly if they get the win.

City have won 18 of their 21 FA Cup links under manager Pep Guardiola. From his first season in England and have scored more FA Cup goals than any other side (65)
Swansea have reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in two of the last three seasons (2017-18 and 2018-19), without which they have not reached the last eight since 1964.
City’s Phil Foden could become the club ‘s first player to score in the third, fourth and fifth rounds of the tournament in the same quarter from Shaun Goater in 2000-01.
Swansea have lost seven of their last eight FA Cup ties against Premier League sides, except for a third-round win at Manchester United in 2013-14.
Pep Guardiola celebrates 200 City victories if City wins tonight.