Line-ups confirmed as Grealish returns and new boys make debuts

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Manchester City’s best chance of silverware this season comes in the FA Cup, although they will have to navigate a tricky hurdle if they wish to reach this fifth round this afternoon.

Pep Guardiola’s men go to League One high-flyers Leyton Orient looking to avoid being the subject of an enormous upset.

And the visitors will certainly need to play better than they did on their last visit to London last weekend when they were trounced 5-1 by Arsenal.

Orient are, obviously, not in the same class as the Gunners but boss Richie Wellens is a lifelong Manchester United fan and will have his side fired up at Brisbane Road.

Leyton Orient Team News

Wellens makes four changes to the side that lost at home to Stockport County last Saturday.

Tom James, Jack Simpson, Sonny Perkins and Diallang Jaiyesimi come in for Brandon Cooper, Darren Pratley, Azeem Abdulai and Dilan Markanday.

Leyton Orient: Keeley, James, Simpson, Happe, Brown, Currie, Donley, Perkins, Galbraith, Kelvin, Jaiyesimi

Manchester City Team News

Vitor Reis and Nico Gonzalez will make their City debuts after being named in the starting XI.

The January window arrivals are part of a strong City line-up that also features fellow new-boy Omar Marmoush, who could play in a false nine position with Erling Haaland left out of the squad altogether.

Jack Grealish, who has not started a game for City since the 8-0 third-round win over Salford City, is included, as is James McAtee, who scored a hat-trick in the same game.

Manchester City: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Reis, Dias (C), O’Reilly, Nico, Gundogan, McAtee, Savinho, Grealish, Marmoush




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