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Preview: Man Metropolis face third tier Leyton Orient within the FA Cup

Sports EditorBy Sports EditorFebruary 7, 20253 Mins Read
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By Ian King


Two sides on totally different ranges

Properly, we thought they have been again. Previous to final weekend’s chastening loss, Manchester Metropolis had been unbeaten of their six earlier Premier League matches, scoring 18 targets. The final time they didn’t get previous the Fourth Spherical of the FA Cup was ten years in the past. The final time Orient received to the Fourth Spherical was in 2011, after they have been crushed 5-0 by Arsenal following a replay.

Orient misplaced 1-0 at house to Stockport County final week, however previous to that they’d been eleven video games unbeaten in League One, a run of 9 wins and two attracts which lifted them as much as sixth place. Within the final spherical of the Cup they beat Championship membership Derby County 6-5 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw at Brisbane Street.

A historical past lesson from the pre-FotMob days

It’s now 49 years since these two golf equipment final met, with that final assembly ending in a 2-2 draw again in Might 1966. They’ve met twelve instances in complete, with Metropolis profitable eight of them. Orient’s final win in opposition to them got here in a Second Division match in August 1964. The 2 golf equipment have met twice earlier than within the FA Cup, in 1920 and 1926, with Metropolis profitable each of these, 4-1 and 6-1 respectively.

Key gamers

The size of the Arsenal loss could provoke Pep Guardiola to play a stronger group than he would possibly in any other case have carried out. Nico O’Reilly might discover himself again within the group. He scored his first senior aim from left-back of their 8-0 win in opposition to Salford Metropolis within the final spherical.

One other Nico, Nico González, arrived for £50m on switch deadline day from Porto, however will any of their latest acquisitions get a runout?

González participant traits

Grenada worldwide Omar Beckles might be on for a busy afternoon on the coronary heart of the Orient defence. He’s been there since 2021, after having risen from the non-league recreation to play for Accrington, Shrewsbury and Crewe.

Crew Information

Orient are anticipated to be at full power. For Manchester Metropolis, Stefan Ortega will probably begin in aim rather than Ederson, whereas their defensive shambles at The Emirates final week signifies that, having missed out on that one, Abdukodir Khusanov might begin within the centre of defence. It’s prone to be a really totally different Metropolis group to the one which began final Sunday.

Prediction

Clearly, this must be a stroll within the park for Manchester Metropolis. The gulf is big. Orient’s file switch charge is the £200,000 they paid Oldham Athletic for Liam Kelly in 2016. In keeping with publicly obtainable data, Metropolis have ten gamers who presently earn that sum of money a week. Metropolis ought to run up a hatful nevertheless it’s the FA Cup – and admittedly, when am I ever going to get the chance to do that once more? So I’ll go for an optimistic 1-0 Orient win as a result of we’d all neutrals would like to see that, wouldn’t they?


(Cowl picture from IMAGO)


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