FA Cup

FA CUP QUARTER-FINALS PREVIEW: Vincent Kompany returns to Man City with red-hot Burnley, fourth-tier Grimsby are out to make history while Fulham can ruin ...

Twelve-time winners United have not won the FA Cup since 2016. The dynamic winger duo of Tyrhys Dolan and Sorba Thomas are fantastic footballers, while Sammi Szmodics is adding goals and assists from his central role. Jon Dahl Tomasson is the boss and Rovers have never been past the last eight of the FA Cup in 12 attempts. The odds are stacked slightly against them to change that here but Rovers travel to South Yorkshire in fine form having won seven of their last eight games. Blackburn are one of six teams in England’s top four tiers to never play at the new Wembley. Burnley won the FA Cup in 1914 but these sides’ last meeting in the competition was in 2019, when City won 5-0.

Manchester City welcome their former player Vincent Kompany to the Etihad Stadium as Pep Guardiola takes on Championship high-flyers, Burnley in the FA Cup ...

Second spot guarantees automatic qualification for the Champions League and a win would move Lens one point above Marseille. Fourth-placed Milan would move to second with a win, in a tight race for the Champions League spots in Serie A. Dortmund remains without Julian Brandt after his injury in the Champions League loss to Chelsea last week. Borussia Dortmund is under pressure to win against Cologne after dropping points last week in a draw at lowly Schalke and dropping two points behind Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich as a result. A third straight win would strengthen its hold on third place and let it start believing it can catch Real Madrid in second. The former City captain has the second-division club on the verge of promotion in his first season as its manager.

City, managed by Pep Guardiola, are the favourites to win the competition but will face a Burnley side led by their former captain, Vincent Kompany.

The FA cup quarter-final match between Manchester City and Burnley will be played on Saturday, March 18. Manchester City will now face Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Here are all the details about the match, including date, time, venue, playing XI and information about live-streaming channels

The League Two club are eyeing a famous scalp against Brighton in the quarter-final after already seeing off five teams from higher divisions.

“The eternal hope in me as a long-standing Grimsby Town fan is we might sneak a 1-0 win,” says Billings. It has had a rebirth as a hub of green energy and the positivity is not just around the football club but the town itself too.” “Anything like this is good publicity for the football club and generates that support,” Billings adds. “It’s usually Grimsby is one of the top 10 worse places to live in the UK, or unemployment is through the roof, so this is a great opportunity to put it in the spotlight for something more than that. “We were banned from taking inflatables to Barnet because a steward was hit over the head with an inflatable shark and was prosecuted for it [the fan was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay the steward £100],” Green says. “I got a bit excited at the second penalty and he sort of deflated a sad death.

Both Manchester clubs are aiming to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup this weekend.

Neither United nor City have players suspended for this reason but the Reds will be missing Casemiro. Attention now turns to the FA Cup as City host Burnley and United welcome Fulham to Old Trafford. City kickstarted the week with a whopping 7-0 victory over RB Leipzig, progressing 8-1 on aggregate. [United](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-united-fc) and City get past Fulham and Burnley respectively, they could face each other in the semi-finals or one of Brighton and Hove Albion and Grimsby Town or Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers. [FA Cup](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/fa-cup) weekend, here is all you need to know about this stage of the draw. Manchester United and Manchester City will be bidding to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup this weekend.

Fourth-tier Grimsby Town shocked Southampton to secure their spot in the last eight for the first time since 1939, while Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield United ...

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