Find out everything you need to know ahead of City's FA Cup fourth round clash with Leyton Orient.

team news

January signings Nico and Vitor Reis will make their City debuts against Leyton Orient as Pep Guardiola makes eight changes from the side beaten at Arsenal.

Nico is expected to to take on the anchor midfield role while Brazilian defender Reis will slot in at right-back.

Ruben Dias makes a welcome return after coming off at half-time against PSG last month, and there are recalls for youngsters Nico O’Reilly, James McAtee and Rico Lewis.

Jack Grealish and Ilkay Gundogan add much-needed experience to the starting XI, with Stefan Ortega Moreno, Savinho and Omar Marmoush all retaining their places after last weekend’s loss at the Emirates.

There is plenty of talent on the bench, should the Blues need it, with Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden, John Stones and Bernardo among the subs.

Erling Haaland gets a welcome rest day - no doubt much to the disappointment of the Orient fans.

line-ups

CITY: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Reis, Dias (C), O’Reilly, Nico, Gundogan, McAtee, Savio, Grealish, Marmoush
Subs: Carson, Stones, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Akanji, Nunes, Khusanov, Foden, Mubama
LEYTON ORIENT: Keeley, James, Simpson, Happe (C), Brown, Currie, Donley, Perkins, Galbraith, Kelman, Jaiyesimi
Subs: Phillips, Sweeney, Cooper, Agyei, Ball, Pratley, Obiero, Carter, Markanday
MATCH OFFICIALS (NO VAR TODAY)
Referee: Darren Bond
Assistant referee: Scott Ledger and Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth official: Dean Whitestone

WHEN AND WHERE

We travel to the Gaughan Group Stadium in the FA Cup on Saturday 8 February with the game scheduled for kick-off at 12:15 (UK).

The game will be shown live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. You can also keep across all of the action via the official Man City app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

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MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from East London in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 11:00 (UK).

Former City players Paul Dickov and Nicky Weaver will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action. 

During the game CITY+ subscribers can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Michael Brown while our text commentary continues.

Our radio commentary, which is free for every Premier League and Champions League match, has to be behind a paywall when we face lower league sides in the domestic cups due to the competition’s regulations.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

Both a shortened and extended highlights package can be accessed from 12:00 on Sunday 9 February while a full-match replay (via CITY+) will follow from midnight.

PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW

Pep Guardiola will be facing the media at his pre-match press conference from 12:30 (UK) on Friday 7 February where the City boss will provide all the latest team news updates and you can follow it live on mancity.com and our official app.

Don’t worry if you are unable to watch Pep’s press conference as it happens as we’ll have a written review and video recap soon after it has concluded.

PREVIOUS MEETING

The last time we faced Leyton Orient came in May 1966 in Division Two, where we drew 2-2 as the legendary Colin Bell found the net along with an own goal in manager Joe Mercer’s 50th match in charge of the Club.

LAST TIME OUT

We progressed from the third round thanks to a wonderful 8-0 victory over Salford City at the Etihad Stadium, with James McAtee grabbing a hat-trick.

In league terms, we fell to a 5-1  defeat at the Emirates Stadium against Arsenal last time out.

As for Leyton Orient, they progressed from the previous round on penalties, after drawing 1-1 against Derby County in 120 minutes of action.

In League One, the O’s fell to a home defeat against Stockport County in their latest encounter.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Will be announced here: https://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup 

GLOBAL TV LISTINGS

Supporters around the world can find out how to tune in to watch the match live by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

(Listings correct as of 3 February)

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