Southampton v Manchester City LIVE commentary and team news: Saints eye FA Cup quarter-final shock

Manchester City make the trip to Southampton this Sunday for their FA Cup quarter-final clash.

City saw off Peterborough in the last round while the Saints beat West Ham to make the last 8 of the historic tournament.

City have been in brilliant form this season but have struggled against Southampton.

Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men have secured back-to-back draws against Pep Guardiola and co in the Premier League this term.

Now, the Saints will hope to pull off something of a shock and beat City to a place in the cup semi-finals.

Southampton v Man City: talkSPORT coverage

This FA Cup quarter-final will take place at St Mary’s on Sunday, March 20 and will kick off at 3pm.

The match will be live on talkSPORT with commentary from Nigel Adderley and former Southampton striker David Connolly.

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Southampton v Man City: Team news

Saints goalkeeper Alex McCarthy remains out and it remains to be seen if Fraser Forster or former City ace Willy Caballero will start.

Lyanco, out with a hamstring injury, is Southampton’s only other issue.

Cole Palmer could return for City following his lengthy spell on the sidelines.

City defender Ruben Dias is still out with his hamstring problem.

Southampton v Man City: What has been said?

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl: “In every game (we lost), something different was missing, but the fact is that we haven’t played on our highest level in all three games.

“The question should be more why we didn’t do it and then ‘what can we do to make it happen again?’

“It is not like you speak about a car that you put some different fuel in and suddenly it runs better, you have to find the margins that were missing and then learn to reach this level which we had once again.

“This is something (we face) from the Premier League every week, that is clear.

“We had games where we couldn’t find our rhythm or where we have been stopped with different way of killing our rhythm. But Sunday will be a completely different game against a very good team.

“We have had games against them when we had 50 per cent possession, which is outstanding, but we also had games where we had only 28 per cent and we took a point, so everything is possible.

“We have shown in these two games (against City) this season that we are able to draw against them, but on Sunday we need to win.

“We have both had a week to prepare for this game and had some experience with (playing) each other.

“Hopefully we find a few good solutions for the game because we all know when you face one of the best teams in the world, you have to do a very good job and we are absolutely convinced that we can do that.”