Southampton v Manchester City: FA Cup quarter-final preview

Liverpool are going for the quadruple, while Manchester City’s horizons have narrowed to a mere treble and Pep Guardiola will be hoping for third time lucky in this FA Cup quarter-final at St Mary’s as his side’s league meetings with Southampton this season have both ended in draws. Saints had been in excellent form but a trouncing at the hands of Aston Villa appears to have dented their confidence as two more losses swiftly followed. City also have stalled, in comparison to their usual imperious best, after failing to score in successive matches. A match away from the pressures of the title race could be all they need to ratchet back into top gear though but Southampton could see it as an all-or-nothing affair, too. A Cup classic in the making, hopefully. Conrad Leach

Sunday 3pm BBC One

Venue St Mary’s Stadium

Head to head Southampton 32 Manchester City 38 Draws 27

Referee Mike Dean

This season G21 Y69 R2 3.38 cards/game

Odds H 9-1 A 3-10 D 11-2

Subs from Forster, Lewis, Long, Small, Valery, Walcott, Smallbone, Redmond, Romeu, Tella, Elyounoussi, Livramento, A Armstrong

Doubtful None

Injured Lyanco (hamstring, Apr), McCarthy (hamstring, unknown)

Suspended None

Discipline Y63 R3 (all competitions)

Form WWWLLL (all competitions)

Leading scorer Broja 9 (all competitions)

Subs from Steffen, Carson, Fernandinho, Mbete, Egan-Riley, Wilson-Ebrand, Lavia, McAtee, Gündogan, Delap, Grealish, Mahrez, Palmer, Zincehnko, Aké

Doubtful None

Injured Dias (hamstring, Apr)

Suspended None

Discipline Y55 R2 (all competitions)

Form LWWWDD (all competitions)

Leading scorer Mahrez 21 (all competitions)