Man City vs Liverpool live: Confirmed teams, full lineups in FA Cup quarter final

Manchester City and Liverpool have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.

The Cityzens ended a four-match winless and two-game losing run in the fixture by beating the Reds twice in the Premier League this season.

Liverpool’s eight FA Cup titles give them one more than City, whose most recent glory in the competition came in 2023, a year after Liverpool last triumphed.

101GreatGoals.com has the team news and starting line-ups as Man City host Liverpool in the FA Cup. You can also follow live text updates and stats from the tie here.

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Man City confirmed team vs Liverpool

John Stones is out for City with a minor injury sustained while with England and fellow defenders Ruben Dias (hamstring) and Josko Gvardiol (tibia fracture) remain out.

Marc Guehi replaces Nathan Ake at the back in the one change made by head coach Pep Guardiola, who is serving the second game of a two-match touchline ban after accumulating six yellow cards this season.

Manchester City starting XI: James Trafford, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland

Man City substitutes: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Tijjani Reijnders, Nathan Ake, Omar Marmoush, Mateo Kovacic, Nico Gonzalez, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Phil Foden

Liverpool full line up vs Manchester City

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker, defenders Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni and midfielder Wataru Endo are out for Liverpool, who make three changes.

Mohamed Salah is the headline newcomer after being sidelined for the 2-1 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on March 21 but striker Alexander Isak is not involved yet as the Sweden international recovers from a broken leg.

Joe Gomez and Curtis Jones also come in. Full-back Jeremie Frimpong, who had been a minor doubt, moves to the bench along with Cody Gakpo and Alexis Mac Allister.

Hugo Ekitike starts in attack and fellow forward Federico Chiesa is also fit following injury concerns over the pair.

Liverpool starting XI: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike

Liverpool substitutes: Freddie Woodman, Alexis Mac Allister, Federico Chiesa, Cody Gakpo, Andrew Robertson, Jeremie Frimpong, Trey Nyoni, Rio Ngumoha, Kieran Morrison

Where to watch Man City vs Liverpool: TV channel, live online streams

Kick-off on Saturday is at 12:45 BST (07:45 ET / 04:45 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the HBO Max app.

TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.

Manchester City vs Liverpool stats

• This will be the seventh FA Cup tie between Manchester City and Liverpool; the Cityzens progressed from the first two after replays in 1955/56 and 197/-73, but the Reds have since won each of the last four, most recently in the 2021/22 semi-final
• Of the last 19 meetings between the sides, 18 have produced at least two goals
• City’s 2-0 victory over Arsenal in the EFL Cup final on March 22 ended a three-match winless run in all competitions, losing both legs of their Champions League tie against Real Madrid and drawing at West Ham United
• They could win three successive meetings with Liverpool in all competitions for the first time since March 1937 (4 in a row). The last side to beat Liverpool three times in a single campaign were West Ham in 2015/16
• Alongside 19 wins in their last 21 FA Cup matches, City are on a 17-game home winning run in the competition. Victory here would make this the outright longest home winning run by any side in the competition proper, surpassing Clapham Rovers’ 17 wins from December 1873 to February 1881
• Since losing to Wigan Athletic in the 2017/18 fifth round, each of City’s last 31 FA Cup matches outside of semi-finals and finals have been victorious
• Pep Guardiola’s side are aiming to reach an eighth successive FA Cup semi-final. Their run of seven is a competition record
• Erling Haaland has scored in each of his last three home games against Liverpool in all competitions; the only Premier League players (since 1992/93) to score in 4+ consecutive home appearances against the Reds are Chris Sutton (4, from 1994 to 1996) and Sergio Aguero (5, from 2013 to 2017)
  Liverpool have won their last four away FA Cup ties against City
• They have progressed from 17 of their last 19 FA Cup quarter-final ties, although they lost 4-3 to Manchester United in their most recent in 2023/24
• Their last elimination from back-to-back FA Cup quarter-final appearances was in 1967-68 and 1969/70 under Bill Shankly
• Having won 3-1 away at Wolves in the fifth round, Liverpool are aiming to win two away games against Premier League opponents within a single FA Cup campaign for the first time since 2005/06, when they won at Portsmouth in the fourth round and Birmingham City in the quarter-finals
• Mohamed Salah has scored in each of his last three FA Cup appearances for Liverpool, including in a quarter-final against Manchester United in 2023/24. The last player to score in four consecutive FA Cup appearances for Liverpool was Emile Heskey in 2000/01 – whose run included a goal against Manchester City in the fifth round