Rodolfo Borrell insisted Manchester City take the FA Cup “very seriously” after they comfortably beat League Two Swindon 4-1 to book their place in the fourth round.Bernardo Silva struck first in the 14th minute to open the scoring before Gabriel Jesus capitalised on a defensive error just before the half-hour mark.In the second half, City controlled the game and Ilkay Gundogan added...Full Story »

Manchester City comfortably beat League Two Swindon 4-1 to book their place in the FA Cup fourth round.Bernardo Silva struck first in the 14th minute to open the scoring before Gabriel Jesus capitalised on a defensive error just before the half-hour mark.In the second half, City controlled the game and Ilkay Gundogan added to the score with a direct free-kick in the 59th minute as they finished ...Full Story »

Nottingham Forest have been boosted for Sunday’s visit of Arsenal by the midweek arrivals of Steve Cook and Keinan Davis.The duo moved to the City Ground from Bournemouth and Aston Villa respectively and could make their debuts in the FA Cup third-round tie.Boss Steve Cooper will welcome their additions after Monday’s scheduled match with Barnsley was postponed due to ...Full Story »

Morgan Whittaker is set to go straight into the Lincoln line-up for their Sky Bet League One clash with Oxford.Whittaker signed on loan from Swansea on New Year’s Day and is now available for selection after completing an isolation period following a positive coronavirus test.Captain Liam Bridcutt is still struggling to fully recover from a knee injury and is rated at 50-50 by boss Michael...Full Story »

Manchester United captain Harry Maguire is a doubt for Monday’s FA Cup third round clash against Aston Villa.The 28-year-old centre-back missed the 1-0 home loss to Wolves through injury and has yet to start training again.Fellow defender Victor Lindelof returned to training on Thursday after testing positive for coronavirus, but Paul Pogba (thigh) remains sidelined.Eric Bailly and Hanniba...Full Story »

Mansfield manager Nigel Clough is hopeful that a trio of players can return for his side’s FA Cup clash with Middlesbrough.Clough is hoping George Lapslie, Stephen Quinn and Harry Charsley can return to the fold after missing the 3-2 win against Hartlepool on Boxing Day.The Stags have had their last two games postponed due to Covid and Clough admitted his team have had “a couple more...Full Story »

Tottenham will be without Son Heung-min for the visit of League One Morecambe.The South Korean picked up a muscle injury against Chelsea in midweek and is out for the remainder of Spurs’ January fixtures.Harry Kane will be rested as Antonio Conte looks set to give his fringe players a run.A couple of unnamed players could still miss out with Covid-19 while Cristian Romero, Ryan Sessegnon a...Full Story »

A Covid-19 outbreak which caused the shut-down of first-team training for 48 hours will impact the side Liverpool put out at home to Shrewsbury in the third round of the FA Cup.It was likely a number of fringe players would have featured regardless but with only the academy sides able to train over the last couple of days, the reliance on youngsters is likely to be greater.That means the likes o...Full Story »

Newport welcome back Mickey Demetriou and Joe Day for their League Two clash with Salford.Goalkeeper Day and defender Demetriou have completed their Covid-19 isolation periods having missed last weekend’s draw with Walsall.That match yielded no new injury concerns, while Priestley Farquharson made his first appearance since suffering a knee injury in September and will hope for more minute...Full Story »

West Ham are still without injured defenders Kurt Zouma and Angelo Ogbonna for the visit of Leeds.Full-back Aaron Creswell could miss out again due to a back problem.Boss David Moyes also confirmed there are “one or two” Covid cases in the Hammers camp.Alphonse Areola could replace Lukasz Fabianski in goal as he has in the previous cup competitions.Leeds have suffered a fresh injury ...Full Story »