Manchester City take on Southampton in the semi-finals of the FA Cup this afternoon.
Pep Guardiola’s men arrive at Wembley Stadium full of confidence after they ended Arsenal’s six-month stint at the top of the Premier League table in midweek.
Erling Haaland scored the winner in a narrow 1-0 victory at Burnley which brought City level on points with the Gunners, and allowed them to leapfrog them on goals scored.
They had already beaten Mikel Arteta’s side last weekend in a 2-1 thriller at the Etihad Stadium, with Rayan Cherki and Haaland on target to bring them to within three points of the north London club.
Southampton, who dumped Arsenal out of this competition in the last round, are aiming to become the first non-Premier League outfit to win the oldest trophy in football for 46 years.
Tonda Eckert’s side are locked in a promotion race in the Championship in a bid to bounce back to the top flight at the first time of asking.
They take on third-placed Ipswich Town in a huge clash next week.
Keep up to date with all the latest from Wembley with our live blog below.
Man City vs Southampton latest updates
50 mins: Nunes looks to be moving ok after his injury worry in the first half.
Better news for City.
47 mins: An early scare for City as Azaz beats Ait-Nouri to the ball and sets Fellows through, but he dallies and Ake recovers to avert the danger.
There's the interval.
Nothing to split the two sides in an entertaining first period.
What will the second 45 have in store?
43 mins: Nunes is back on for City.
42 mins: Not good news for City as Nunes is down on his own and in some pain.
Khusanov is stripped and ready to replace him.
39 mins: Southampton have stamped their authority on this game and are not rolling over easily.
They’ve had some good passages of play in this first half.
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