Newcastle United vs Man City LIVE early team news and how to watch FA Cup tie

Hello and welcome to our coverage of Manchester City's FA Cup tie at Newcastle United.

The Blues have an outstanding record in the competition under Pep Guardiola and have been in the last three finals. They face a tough challenge at St James' Park in what is the fifth meeting between the two clubs this term.

City saw off Eddie Howe's side in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, winning both legs, while each Premier League meeting was won by the home side.

The Blues are set to rotate their squad this evening with a Champions League date at Real Madrid looming in midweek with Guardiola to make a late call on the fitness of Nico O'Reilly who missed the midweek draw with Nottingham Forest.

We will have all the build-up, action, reaction and analysis right here so stay with us.

We know there will be a late call on Nico O'Reilly and Guardiola must weigh up how many changes he is going to make.

James Trafford surely comes in given he has been the cup keeper this season and it makes sense to perhaps give Rodri and Bernardo Silva the night off.

Do you rest the likes of Erling Haaland, Marc Guehi, Ruben Dias and Antoine Semenyo as well with Real on the horizon?

Decisions, decisions.

Well we don't want to get too far ahead because City have a lot of work to do tonight if they want to be in the hat for the last eight.

But IF City do get past Newcastle this evening then the next round is over Easter weekend. There are no Premier League game scheduled so if the Blues are beaten then they will have a free week.

With the international break coming the weekend before, there could be a significant gap without a fixture.

So there was one game today, with Arsenal surviving a scare to win 2-1 at Mansfield Town and book their place in