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Played
February 17, 2013 7:30 PM IST
Etihad Stadium — Manchester
Referee: M. Clattenburg
Attendance: 46849
February 17, 2013 7:30 PM IST
Etihad Stadium — Manchester
Referee: M. Clattenburg
Attendance: 46849
Manchester City - Leeds Preview: Mancini's men look to recover from Southampton humiliation
With the FA Cup now looking like the Premier League champions' best chance of silverware, Roberto Mancini's side will be hoping to avoid a repeat of last weekend's upset
By Alex Hess
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| PROBABLE LINEUPS |
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MANCHESTER CITY
 Hart Maicon, Kompany, Nastasic, Kolarov Silva, Rodwell, Y.Toure, Milner Dzeko, Tevez |
LEEDS UNITED
 Kenny Green, Peltier, Lees, Warnock Byram, Brown, Norris Diouf, Morison, Varney |
For the first time in a number of weeks, Roberto Mancini is likely to have the vast majority of his players available for selection for Sunday's meeting.
Crucially, the Italian could welcome back his captain Vincent Kompany (calf), who has been sidelined since City's last FA Cup fixture in late January.
Micah Richards (knee) is the only player certain to be ruled out, with Kolo and Yaya Toure both having returned from the Africa Cup of Nations duty prior to the defeat to Southampton.
Neil Warnock is also hoping to have a fully-fit squad to pick from, while neither of his January acquisitions Stephen Warnock or Steve Morison cup-tied for the clash.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Manchester City have conceded nine goals in the five cup games that they have played on home turf this season.
- The two clubs have faced each other in the FA Cup five times before, with the Yorkshire club having advanced three times to Man City's two.
- James Milner (pictured right) began his career at Leeds, and became the Premier League's youngest-ever Premier League goalscorer during his time there - breaking the record held by Wayne Rooney by just five days at the age of 17.
- Leeds have knocked three Premier League clubs out of domestic cup competitions already this season. They are 33/1 to win 1-0 with bet365.
- In January 2000, when both clubs were in English football's top tier, Leeds thrashed Manchester City 5-2. 12 years on, Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions, while Leeds finished 14th in the division beneath.
- Likewise, Leeds skipper Michael Brown started out at Manchester City. He was sent off 10 minutes into his debut in August 1995.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Manchester City 1-2 Leeds
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Manchester City 3-0 Leeds
- 12.64 %
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Manchester City 2-0 Leeds
- 9.31 %
| FA Cup (FA) | 17-Feb-2013 | Manchester City 4 - Leeds 0 |
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Manchester City
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| 19-May-2013 | Manchester City 2 - Norwich City 3 | EPL |
| 15-May-2013 | Reading 0 - Manchester City 2 | EPL |
| 11-May-2013 | Manchester City 0 - Wigan Athletic 1 | FA |
| 08-May-2013 | Manchester City 1 - West Bromwich 0 | EPL |
| 04-May-2013 | Swansea City 0 - Manchester City 0 | EPL |
Leeds
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| 04-May-2013 | Watford 1 - Leeds 2 | ENG2 |
| 27-Apr-2013 | Leeds 1 - Brighton 2 | ENG2 |
| 20-Apr-2013 | Birmingham 1 - Leeds 0 | ENG2 |
| 17-Apr-2013 | Leeds 1 - Burnley 0 | ENG2 |
| 13-Apr-2013 | Leeds 2 - Sheffield Wed 1 | ENG2 |
| 30 | Costel Pantilimon | Goalkeeper |
| 13 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Defender |
| 28 | Kolo Toure | Defender |
| 33 | Matija Nastasic | Defender |
| 5 | Pablo Zabaleta | Defender |
| 21 | David Silva | Striker |
| 7 | James Milner | Midfielder |
| 14 | Javi García | Midfielder |
| 42 | Yaya Touré | Midfielder |
| 32 | Carlos Tévez | Striker |
| 16 | Sergio Agüero | Striker |
| 1 | Joe Hart | Goalkeeper |
| 22 | Gael Clichy | Defender |
| 6 | Joleon Lescott | Defender |
| 3 | Maicon | Defender |
| 17 | Jack Rodwell | Midfielder |
| 8 | Samir Nasri | Midfielder |
| 10 | Edin Dzeko | Striker |
| 21 | Jamie Ashdown | Goalkeeper |
| - | Lee Peltier | Defender |
| 13 | Stephen Warnock | Defender |
| 22 | Tom Lees | Defender |
| 28 | Aidan White | Defender |
| - | Rodolph Austin | Midfielder |
| - | Samuel Bryam | Midfielder |
| 15 | Luke Varney | Striker |
| 8 | Michael Brown | Midfielder |
| 18 | El-Hadji Diouf | Striker |
| 44 | Ross McCormack | Striker |
| 1 | Paddy Kenny | Goalkeeper |
| - | Jason Pearce | Defender |
| 8 | David Norris | Midfielder |
| 23 | Michael Tonge | Midfielder |
| - | Ryan Hall | Midfielder |
| - | Mouhamadou Habib Habibou | Striker |
| 5 | Steve Morison | Striker |
Results
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Top Scorers
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Danny Hylton Striker Aldershot |
8 | 0 |
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Carlos Tévez Striker Manchester City |
5 | 0 |
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Scott Rendell Striker Luton Town |
4 | 1 |
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Marvin Sordell Striker Bolton Wanderers |
4 | 1 |
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Demba Ba Striker Chelsea |
4 | 0 |