{"id":4899,"date":"2022-01-06T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/06\/why-manchester-city-will-field-a-youth-team-against-swindon-in-the-fa-cup\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:01:18","slug":"why-manchester-city-will-field-a-youth-team-against-swindon-in-the-fa-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/06\/why-manchester-city-will-field-a-youth-team-against-swindon-in-the-fa-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Manchester City will field a youth team against Swindon in the FA Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>FA Cup third round weekend<\/h2>\n<p>This weekend marks one of the biggest on the English sporting calendar, as the Premier League clubs enter the FA Cup at the third round stage, alongside teams from across the football pyramid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? of the 3\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e3 FA Cup third-round ties will be televised ?<\/p>\n<p>You can watch five of them across BBC platform ???<\/p>\n<p>\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/1479032493579722758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City have been drawn against Swindon Town, who are currently fighting for promotion out of League Two, and who have beaten Crewe Alexander and Walsall to get to this stage.<\/p>\n<p>And while there are no replays, they will at least be welcoming the English champions to the County Ground on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>For betting tips and how to watch the game, see below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/swindon-town-vs-manchester-city-live-streaming-watch-fa-cup-online\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Swindon Town vs Manchester City live streaming: Watch FA Cup online<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"page-top-info col-xs-12 \">\n<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/swindon-town-vs-manchester-city-betting-tips-fa-cup-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Swindon Town vs Manchester City betting tips: FA Cup preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"col-md-9 col-sm-8\">\n<div class=\"inside-post\">\n<div id=\"social-share\">\n<div class=\"cj-social-share\" data-post-id=\"1634089\">\n<div class=\"primary-share\">However, Manchester City are set to name a youthful side.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>COVID strikes the Champions<\/h2>\n<p>Now, Swindon will be fancying their chances of an upset, as it has been revealed that 7 Manchester City first team members have tested positive for COVID-19, while Pep Guardiola will also not be on the sidelines after returning a positive test.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">City confirm 14 back room staff, including Pep Guardiola and Juanma Lillo, and 7 first team players have tested positive for Covid. Game against Swindon is still on. Rodolfo Borrell will take charge and youth players will be used<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Lee (@SamLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamLee\/status\/1479061631036493824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This means that, while the game will still go ahead, the Citizens will be without much of their influential first team, and those that tested negative may no longer get the night off as they try to balance youth with experience.<\/p>\n<p>It also offers Swindon Town a glimmer of an upset.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/newcastle-united-have-bids-for-trio-of-defenders-rejected\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Newcastle United have bids for trio of defenders rejected<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/tottenham-and-arsenal-set-to-do-transfer-battle-over-another-defender\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Tottenham and Arsenal set to do transfer battle over another defender<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FA Cup third round weekend This weekend marks one of the biggest on the English sporting calendar, as the Premier League clubs enter the FA Cup at the third round stage, alongside teams from across the football pyramid. ? of the 3\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e3 FA Cup third-round ties will be televised ? You can watch five of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-4899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}