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Neil Warnock and Pep Guardiola meet for the first time in English football as Cardiff City host Manchester City in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday (kick-off 4pm).
For Guardiola's men, this competition represents another leg of a potential quadruple.
They booked their place in the EFL Cup final against Arsenal at Wembley, are streaking clear in the Premier League and have qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
And they now hope to reach the FA Cup fifth round for the fifth time in six seasons.
Cardiff stand in their way, who hope to be mixing it with City on a weekly basis next season if they can sustain their strong early season form in the Championship. However, Warnock's men are on a run of just two wins in seven games.
Interestingly, Cardiff City secured their first ever Premier League victory, beating Man City 3-2 in their first home match back in the top flight in 2013.
Cardiff have no new injury problems.
Joe Ralls has been declared fit and could line up in central midfield with on-loan Liverpool playmaker Marko Grujic.
Kadeem Harris will also be in the squad after making his first appearance of the season at Sheffield Wednesday last weekend following a long-term ankle problem.
But Lee Peltier (hip), Aron Gunnarsson (knee), Craig Bryson (Achilles) and Danny Ward (knee) remain out.
Kyle Walker appeared to be struggling with a head injury after a heavy collision towards the end of Tuesday's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Bristol City but Pep Guardiola says he is fine and will be considered for Sunday's match in the Welsh capital.
Benjamin Mendy, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Fabian Delph remain sidelined.
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Cardiff last met Manchester City in the FA Cup in January 1994, when they knocked out their top-flight opponents as a third-tier side (1-0 in round four).
Cardiff have won just one of their previous seven home games in the FA Cup (D1 L5), last winning against Colchester United in January 2015 (3-1).
After a run of four successive defeats, Cardiff are now unbeaten in their last four games in all competitions (W2 D2 L0).
Match officials
Referee Lee Mason
Assistants: Simon Long & Simon Beck
Fourth Official: Robert Jones
Game is live on BBC1, ko 4pm.
Playing in front of possibly the biggest domestic TV audience this season.
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Come on you bloooobirds! !
Just been in the ticket office and they had about 10 tickets (returns) on sale.
Did I miss something? Is Bamba injured or suspended?
10 minute stats
Goals
Cardiff 0 - 1 Man C
Possession
Cardiff 26 - 74 Man C
Shots
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Shots on Target
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Corners
Cardiff 0 - 0 Man C
Fouls
Cardiff 1 - 0 Man C
Cardiff highlight
Maindez-Laing run into box
Man C highlight
De Bruyne daisy cutter free kick
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20 minute stats
Goals
Cardiff 0 - 1 Man C
Possession
Cardiff 27 - 73 Man C
Shots
Cardiff 1 - 4 Man C
Shots on Target
Cardiff 1 - 4 Man C
Corners
Cardiff 0 - 1 Man C
Fouls
Cardiff 3 - 1 Man C
Cardiff highlight
Maindez-Laing run into box
Hoilett effort saved on line
Cross into box evades Patterson
Man C highlight
De Bruyne daisy cutter free kick
Good 10 minutes from Cardiff that.
30 minute stats
Goals
Cardiff 0 - 1 Man C (I think!)
Possession
Cardiff 27 - 73 Man C
Shots
Cardiff 3 - 8 Man C
Shots on Target
Cardiff 1 - 3 Man C
Corners
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Fouls
Cardiff 4 - 3 Man C
Cardiff highlight
Maindez-Laing run into box
Hoilett effort saved on line
Cross into box evades Patterson
Linesman keeps Cardiff in game
Man C highlight
De Bruyne daisy cutter free kick
Perfectly good goal ruled offside, BBC have score at 0-2 before realising it wasn't given. Commentator actually wondered why they didn't restart from centre spot! Confusion reigns
40 minute stats
Goals
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Possession
Cardiff 23 - 77 Man C
Shots
Cardiff 3 - 11 Man C
Shots on Target
Cardiff 1 - 4 Man C
Corners
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Fouls
Cardiff 5 - 3 Man C
Cardiff highlight
Maindez-Laing run into box
Hoilett effort saved on line
Cross into box evades Patterson
Linesman keeps Cardiff in game
Man C highlight
De Bruyne daisy cutter free kick
Perfectly good goal ruled offside
Sterling given the freedom of Cardiff, heading home 19th goal of season
Paying to much respect to them, why the feck are we trying to man Mark them
Half-time stats
Goals
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Possession
Cardiff 22 - 78 Man C
Shots
Cardiff 3 - 12 Man C
Shots on Target
Cardiff 1 - 4 Man C
Corners
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Fouls
Cardiff 7 - 3 Man C
Cardiff highlights
Maindez-Laing run into box
Hoilett effort saved on line
Cross into box evades Patterson
Linesman keeps Cardiff in game
Referee gives Bennett a yellow when a red was deserved
Man C highlights
De Bruyne daisy cutter free kick
Perfectly good goal ruled offside
Sterling given the freedom of Cardiff, heading home 19th goal of season
Sane run ended by cynical Bennett tackle.
Referee has helped Cardiff here, a good goal ruled out, and Bennett should have been sent off.
I'm amazed at how much space there is out there. The back four look exposed - shame really, but Man City are unbelievable. One of the best teams I've seen in English football in my time, if not the best.
It looks to me like Warnock has told them to conserve energy, there's absolutely no pressing whatsoever.
Quite possibly he has done that.
50 Minute stats
Goals
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Possession
Cardiff 23 - 77 Man C
Shots
Cardiff 3 - 12 Man C
Shots on Target
Cardiff 1 - 4 Man C
Corners
Cardiff 0 - 2 Man C
Fouls
Cardiff 8 - 4 Man C
Cardiff highlights
Maindez-Laing run into box
Hoilett effort saved on line
Cross into box evades Patterson
Linesman keeps Cardiff in game
Referee gives Bennett a yellow when a red was deserved
Man C highlights
De Bruyne daisy cutter free kick
Perfectly good goal ruled offside
Sterling given the freedom of Cardiff, heading home 19th goal of season
Sane run ended by cynical Bennett tackle.
To deny them space and time on the ball.
Bennetts challenges were terrible and again Manga fails to do basic defensive duties for the second goal
Well it clearly didn’t work
That was dismal. Man City were pretty ordinary as well I thought. Good enough to beat us although you sense they could push on another gear. They could have beaten us by more. Watching from the family stand it looked like Man City had 13 men at some points keeping wingers wide but their passing would end up back with Kompany. Looked like neither team could be fekd and that's how it felt as well.
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