17-02-2017, 21:11
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From the BBC site.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Steve Bower: "Plenty has changed at both clubs since their last meeting 17 years ago, and both come into this cup tie on the back of encouraging recent form.
"The FA Cup offers Pep Guardiola one of the routes to mark his first season in England with silverware, and his team have been impressive away from home in the competition so far.
"Whilst he will have one eye on the Champions League clash with Monaco on the horizon, he won't want any upset headlines being written in West Yorkshire.
"An upset is exactly Huddersfield's intention, as they get to test themselves against top Premier League opposition. David Wagner has rekindled belief and raised expectation in his 16 months in charge - a place in the last eight of the FA Cup would certainly raise some more eyebrows."
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Huddersfield head coach David Wagner: "When Huddersfield Town play against Man City is it realistic that Huddersfield will win? No, it isn't. It's totally unrealistic in my opinion.
"Is it possible? Yes, it is possible because it's football and nobody knows the result before a game.
"We will play this game with total freedom because it's a different competition, we don't have to worry about anything."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "Huddersfield have momentum, playing with a lot of confidence. The FA Cup is complicated but we're always fighting.
"Huddersfield are fighting to go to the Premier League. I saw the game against Leeds - they are a really good team."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
Huddersfield have won six straight games coming into this match, which takes some doing in the dog-eat-dog Championship.
But City have hit a good run of form that has coincided with a 4-3-3 formation that they have hit on.
Prediction: 0-2
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
The clubs last met 17 years ago to the day in a 1-1 draw in the second tier of English football.
Their most recent meeting in the FA Cup was in the third round in 1988 when it took two replays for City to progress.
City also won the only other previous FA Cup meeting - in the fourth round back in 1925-26.
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield have won their last six matches in all competitions and are unbeaten in seven home games (W6, D1).
Like Manchester City, Huddersfield have scored eight goals without conceding any so far in this season's FA Cup.
The Terriers haven't reached the sixth round of the FA Cup since 1971-72.
Huddersfield won the FA Cup in 1922.
Manchester City
City have won their last four matches in all competitions, scoring 11 goals and conceding just one.
They have also won their last three away matches in all competitions.
City have kept clean sheets in four of their last five away matches - but they were thumped 4-0 at Everton in the other.
It's the sixth time in a row that City have been handed an away tie in the FA Cup. Their last five ties have all been against Premier League opposition.
Pep's fretting about the state of the pitch after the Giants played on it last night.
Wazzock!
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Steve Bower: "Plenty has changed at both clubs since their last meeting 17 years ago, and both come into this cup tie on the back of encouraging recent form.
"The FA Cup offers Pep Guardiola one of the routes to mark his first season in England with silverware, and his team have been impressive away from home in the competition so far.
"Whilst he will have one eye on the Champions League clash with Monaco on the horizon, he won't want any upset headlines being written in West Yorkshire.
"An upset is exactly Huddersfield's intention, as they get to test themselves against top Premier League opposition. David Wagner has rekindled belief and raised expectation in his 16 months in charge - a place in the last eight of the FA Cup would certainly raise some more eyebrows."
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Huddersfield head coach David Wagner: "When Huddersfield Town play against Man City is it realistic that Huddersfield will win? No, it isn't. It's totally unrealistic in my opinion.
"Is it possible? Yes, it is possible because it's football and nobody knows the result before a game.
"We will play this game with total freedom because it's a different competition, we don't have to worry about anything."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "Huddersfield have momentum, playing with a lot of confidence. The FA Cup is complicated but we're always fighting.
"Huddersfield are fighting to go to the Premier League. I saw the game against Leeds - they are a really good team."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
Huddersfield have won six straight games coming into this match, which takes some doing in the dog-eat-dog Championship.
But City have hit a good run of form that has coincided with a 4-3-3 formation that they have hit on.
Prediction: 0-2
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
The clubs last met 17 years ago to the day in a 1-1 draw in the second tier of English football.
Their most recent meeting in the FA Cup was in the third round in 1988 when it took two replays for City to progress.
City also won the only other previous FA Cup meeting - in the fourth round back in 1925-26.
Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield have won their last six matches in all competitions and are unbeaten in seven home games (W6, D1).
Like Manchester City, Huddersfield have scored eight goals without conceding any so far in this season's FA Cup.
The Terriers haven't reached the sixth round of the FA Cup since 1971-72.
Huddersfield won the FA Cup in 1922.
Manchester City
City have won their last four matches in all competitions, scoring 11 goals and conceding just one.
They have also won their last three away matches in all competitions.
City have kept clean sheets in four of their last five away matches - but they were thumped 4-0 at Everton in the other.
It's the sixth time in a row that City have been handed an away tie in the FA Cup. Their last five ties have all been against Premier League opposition.
Pep's fretting about the state of the pitch after the Giants played on it last night.
Wazzock!