Manchester City take on Southampton at Wembley for a place in the FA Cup final.City are seasoned regulars of this stage of the competition, making their eighth consecutive appearance in the FA Cup last four. Southampton, meanwhile, are playing in their first FA Cup semi-final in five years, but go into the game on a 20-match unbeaten run having dispatched Citys Premier League title rivals Arsenal in the last round. The Saint are fourth in the Championship, with top-flight aspirations still very much alive. Pep Guardiolas men will be buoyed after a narrow 1-0 victory over Burnley in midweek saw them leapfrog the Gunners into top-spot with five league matches remaining.Guardiolas men begin the day as firm favourites, but the City boss says he is anticipating a fantastic day against their in-form opponents. Table of ContentsMan City team newsSouthampton team newsWhere to watch Man City v Southampton: TV channel, live online streamsManchester City v Southampton statsMan City team news Erling Haaland, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Bernardo Silva are among the City substitutes as Guardiola opts to shake things up for the semi-final.There are eight changes to the team that beat Burnley, with Rayan Cherki, Matheus Nunes and Rayan Ait-Nouri the only ones to keep their place. John Stones captains the side, while there is a first start of the season for the returning Mateo Kovacic, who has been out with a long-term injury.Man City XI: Trafford, Nunes, Stones, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Nico, Kovacic, Reijnders, Cherki, Foden, MarmoushSubs: Donnarumma, Haaland, Doku, Guhi, Bernardo, Savinho, OReilly, Khusanov, LewisSouthampton team newsBoth midfielder Flynn Downes and defender Ryan Manning miss out for the Saints through suspension. Captain Jack Stephens is also absent with an injury, with Nathan Wood replacing him at centre-half. Welington also comes in at full-back. Southampton XI: Peretz, Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Welington, Bragg, Jander, Fellows, Azaz, Scienza, Stewart.Subs: Long, Quarshie, Jelert, Charles, Matsuki, Edozie, Robinson, Archer, LarinWhere to watch Man City v Southampton: TV channel, live online streamsKick-off on Saturday is at 17:15 BST (12:15 ET / 09:15PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, theBBC Sportwebsite, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the HBO Max app.TNT Sports costs �30.99 a month and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.Manchester City v Southampton statsThe first-ever meeting between the teams was a 5-0 City win in the FA Cup second round in February 1910The seven-time champions have won all three editions of the fixture in the FA Cup, also prevailing 3-1 at home in the fourth round in January 2007 and 4-1 away in the quarter-finals in March 2022They have lost one of their last 10 meetings with Southampton (W6), although that defeat came in a cup competition with a 2-0 loss in the EFL Cup in January 2023Cityhave won their last five matches in all competitions by an aggregate scoreline of 12-1, as well as scoring in each of their last seven gamesEight of the last nine occasions on which City have failed to beat Southampton have come away from their own stadium (L4 D4)Erling Haaland has the highest goal conversion (60%) of any player to have scored at least three times in this seasons competition, as well as a shot accuracy of 80% that is only bettered among those players by Weston-super-Mares Louis BrittonThis match will fall 99 days after Southamptons last defeat, losing 2-1 at home to Hull City in the Championship a week after beating third-tier Doncaster Rovers away in the FA Cup third roundSouthampton have one goal across their last five meetings with City. The only Saints player to score in the last six editions of the fixture is Sekou Mara, netting in a 4-1 Premier League home defeat in April 2023There have been more than three hours and 18 minutes of football between the teams since Mara scored that goal, although City have also gone more than 175 minutes against Southampton without netting, since Erling Haalands winner in their 1-0 home victory in October 2024Southamptonhave scored in each of their last 22 matches in all competitions, as well as netting in all seven of their matches in domestic cup campaigns in 2025/26Three of their last four FA Cup goals have come after the 84th minute, comprising Shea Charless 85th-minute winneragainst Arsenal, Ross Stewarts 91st-minute penalty in their 1-0 victory at Fulham in the fifth round and James Brees 109th-minute decider at home to Leicester City in the fourth round Topics FA Cup Manchester City F.C. Southampton F.C. 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