Nico and Reis handed debut as the city makes eight changes

January Signings Nico and Vitor Reis will debut in the city against Leyton Orient as Pep Guardiola makes eight changes from the part of Arsenal.

Nico expected to take on the anchor mid -role, while Brazilian defender Reis will go into the right back.

Ruben slide Make a welcome return after walking at half -time against PSG last month and there are recalls for young Nico O’reilly, James McATEE and Rico Lewis.

Jack Grealish and Ilkay Gundogan Add much needed experience to Start XI, with Stefan Ortega Moreno. Savinho and Omar Marmoush Everyone retains their places after last weekend’s losses on the Emirates.

There is plenty of talent on the bench if blues need it, with Kevin De Bruyne. Phil footJohn Stone and Bernardo Among subs.

Erling Haaland Gets a welcome day – no doubt a lot to the disappointment of the Orient fans.

Line-ups

Town: Ortega Moreno, Lewis, Reis, Dias (C), O’Reilly, Nico. GundoganMCATEE, SAVIO, GREALISH, MARMOUSH

Subs: Carson, Stone. De Bruyne. BernardoAkanji, Nunes, Khusanov, Foot, Mubama

Leyton Orient: To follow …

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Probably formation

Ortega Moreno wants Dias and O’Reilly in Central Defense, with Lewis and Reis as left and right full backs respectively.

Expect Nico to take the mid -rail role held, with Gundogan And Mcatee ends the central trio.

Savinho (Right) and Grealish (left) will flank Marmoush that gets its first excursion in the middle forward.

Then 4-3-3 with probability.

The city’s damage is by cleaning up – finally?

Though EdersonNathan Ake. Jeremy Doku and Oscar Bobb are not quite ready to return this afternoon, they have all returned to training, which is a huge boost for blues.

Pep Guardiola Have decided not to risk the above quartet while he rests Haaland, Kovacic and Gardiol completely.

With a huge game against Real Madrid on Tuesday, the city’s boss hopes the team he has chosen for today’s FA Cup clash in eastern London will be able to negate their way into the last 16.

And if he can choose a largely rested from XI against Madrid, Pep will be a happy man who gets real, to attend Madrid Derby tonight against Atletico – hardly a game Carlo Ancelotti can afford to rest the star’s names.

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MCATEE & CO -CHANCE to impress

James McATEE Shine in the final round against Salford and the net a hat trick in our 8-0 win.

The young playmaker knows he has to understand his opportunities when they come along – like O’Reilly and Reis and Lewis.

But this is also a chance for Grealish to shine and to claim more game time.

Jack was impressive to Salford in the final round and also gave a fine against PSG.

Today, he is expected to be one of the senior benefits to be one of our leaders in what is a difficult test.

Statistics and facts

This is Leyton Orient’s first meeting with City since a 2-2 draw in the second level in May 1966, while it is the first time they face the reigning English masters since March 1972 (a 0-1 loss to Arsenal in FA Cup quarterfinals

City has won both of their former FA Cup meetings with Leyton Orient and won 4-1 in January 1920 (first round) and 6-1 in March 1926 (quarterfinals).

This is Leyton Orient’s first performance in the FA Cup fourth round since 2010-11, when they won 2-1 at Swansea during Russell Slade. A 17-year-old Harry Kane was an unused replacement in the match.

Since losing 1-0 to Wigan Athletic in a fifth round in February 2018, City has won their last 17 FA Cup matches against teams from a lower department with a total score of 67-8. It’s the longest thing to ever win the race of a top-flight team against pages from lower divisions, with their 8-0 win over Salford City in the third round, overtaking Arsenal’s 16-game race between 1998 and 2005.

City Jérémy Doku has been involved in six goals in seven matches in the FA Cup (4 goals, 2 assists), average one goal or help every 55 minutes in the competition