The two big stars are missing but there should be plenty of needle here in a match which the Manchester of the United variety should end up winning. Keep an eye on that "to be shown card" market though because that's where the best bets lie.
At the start of the season there were plenty tipping Manchester City to win all sorts of trophies, including the Premier League. The squad as a whole was that good; Roberto Mancini was that canny; Carlos Tevez was superhuman. Nine months down the line we've learnt that a star-studded squad isn't necessarily a happy one, the Italian isn't sure when to stick or to twist but also that Tevez is indeed one of the great match-winners of world football. The FA Cup is City's last chance of silverware, although they are well set to achieve their primary objective of securing a Champions League qualification spot.
Manchester United are on course for an incredible second Treble in twelve years and while the odds ([7.0]) suggest they'll fall short, experience of watching Sir Alex Ferguson guiding his team in this competition for over two decades make us think it won't be in the FA Cup that they will fall short.
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The aforementioned Tevez will miss this match after suffering a hamstring injury in City's demise away at Liverpool on Monday night. He's unlikely to watch the match alongside former team-mate Wayne Rooney(suspended) in the Hospitality Suite, after an acrimonious exit from Old Trafford two seasons ago. My colleague Andrew Atherley offers some fascinating insight into how much City miss Tevez more than United miss Rooney and that's symptomatic of how these two clubs operate.
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