Bristol City vs Manchester City: Team News, prediction, h2h, odds

A spot in the FA Cup quarterfinals is on the line as Manchester City travels to face Bristol City tonight.After thumping Bournemouth 4-1 in the Premier League at the weekend, Pep Guardiola's team travels to Ashton Gate in good form after recovering from a shaky week in which they lost leads against both Nottingham Forest and RB Leipzig in their Champions League last-16 first-leg match. Despite Bristol City's current good run and potential for a sizable shock at home, they will be overwhelming favourites to defeat Championship opponents in the West Country. The FA Cup has been won by Manchester City six times,FA Cup champions who last claimed the trophy in 2019. They defeated Chelsea and Arsenal to advance this season to the fifth round. After defeating second-tier opponents West Brom and Swansea, Bristol City, who has only ever played in one final, is attempting to go to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1974.

Manchester City vs. Bristol City team news

Bristol City XI: O'Leary, Tanner, Vyner, Kalas, Pring, James, Williams, Scott, Sykes, Wells, and Bell make up the Bristol City XI.

Haikin, Dasilva, Wilson, King, Taylor-Clarke, Morrison, Weimann, Thomas, Francois are available as substitutes.

Man City XI: Ortega, Lewis, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Phillips, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, and Alvarez make up Man City's starting lineup.

Ederson, Walker, Gundogan, Haaland, Grealish, Rodri, Gomez, Perrone, and Palmer are available as substitutes.

Prediction for Bristol City vs. Manchester City

Manchester City has recently had no trouble defeating lower-league opponents in cup matches, with a few utter thrashings coming to mind.

With Bristol City still undefeated and looking up in 2023 despite a mediocre season overall, this will likely be a much stiffer challenge.

Especially if he keeps to his promise of fielding a strong squad during their title run, you'd pick Pep's men to do the job here with plenty of time to spare, although there could be one or two tense moments along the road.Ultimately, Manchester City will win 3-1.

Head-to-head (h2h) history and results

• While Bristol City had an edge in the previous head-to-head confrontations dating back to 1979, they had lost five of the previous six encounters.
• Three League Cup matches between the two teams have taken place this century, with Manchester City coming out on top in both legs of a semi-final in 2018 and 2007 by a score of 2-1.
• Bristol City wins: 10
• Man City wins 9-0.
• Draws: 6

Bristol City vs. Manchester City match odds

• Progress for Bristol City is 7/1.
• Progress at Man City: 1–14
• 11/2 draw (90 minutes) (90 minutes)