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Confirmed Line-Ups: Bristol City vs Manchester City (FA Cup Fifth Round)

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Manchester City will look to make it past Championship outfit Bristol City on Tuesday night and book their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

The hosts at Ashton Gate are currently on an outstanding unbeaten run, having not lost a single match across all competitions since December 26, and will provide a stern test for the visit of the Premier League champions.

As for Manchester City, they have finally began to have found a run of form for the first time in the new calendar year, and come into the contest in the FA Cup off the back of a dominant 1-4 win over Bournemouth on Saturday evening.

City have faced arguably the ultimate challenge in the FA Cup so far this season, having faced Chelsea and Arsenal in the third and fourth round respectively, coming out 4-0 and 1-0 victors on both occasions.

Ahead of the much-anticipated kick-off at Ashton Gate, here is how both Nigel Pearson and Pep Guardiola line-up their teams!

Bristol City

Starting XI: O’Leary, Tanner, Vyner, Kalas, Ping, James, Williams, Scott, Sykes, Wells, Bell.

Substitutes: Haikin, Dasilva, Wilson, King, Taylor-Clarke, Morrison, Weimann, Thomas, Francois.

Manchester City

Starting XI: Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Phillips, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Alvarez.

Substitutes: Ederson, Walker, Gundogan, Haaland, Grealish, Rodrigo, Gomez, Perrone, Palmer.

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