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Man City vs Port Vale preview: FA Cup prediction, tickets, TV channel, live stream, H2H, odds, team news
Manchester City will ease into their FA Cup defence with a home tie against Port Vale on Saturday evening.
Pep Guardiola's side are out to defend the trophy they won last season, but will have to be focused to avoid what would be one of the all-time cupsets against League Two Vale.
Date: Saturday, January 4th, 2020.
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester.
Kick-off time: 5:31pm GMT.
Prediction: Man City 3-0 Port Vale
It is always dangerous predicting an FA Cup third-round result when clubs are dreaming of giant-killings, but the Valiants sit 10th in League Two and should be no match for City's second string.
Tickets
Man City home tickets are still available - click here for more information. Away tickets are currently unavailable.
How to watch
The match will not be shown on TV or streamed online in the UK, but you can follow all the action on our LIVE match blog.
Head to head (H2H) history and results
Man City wins: 18
Draws: 1
Port Vale wins: 4
Betting Odds
Man City to win: 1/18
Port Vale to win: 43/1
Draw: 21/1
(Top tip) 3-0 City win: 9/1
Odds provided by Betfair Exchange. Click here for more odds.
Team news
Man City: Guardiola will hope to have Ederson back from illness, while John Stones should return from a thigh problem to further boost City's defensive options. Nicolas Otamendi could be back from injury, while Raheem Sterling and Sergio AGuero should start after being rested against Everton.
Injury list: Aymeric Laporte (knee), Leroy Sane (knee), Nicolas Otamendi (undisclosed)
Port Vale: Valiants boss John Askey could stick with the same XI which drew with Macclesfield Town, though all but one of them also started in the 2-0 win over Swindon on December 29 - and City will surely make them run.
Predicted lineups
Man City: Bravo; Walker, Garcia, Harwood-Bellis, Angelino; Doyle, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; Sterling, Aguero, Foden
Port Vale: Brown; Gibbons, Legge, Smith, Montano; Taylor, Joyce, Burgess; Amoo, Bennett, Worrall
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