Stunning Mansfield free-kick that dumps Burnley out of Cup

Good afternoon and welcome to coverage of the FA Cup fourth round as we focus on Manchester City vs Salford City.

That match is one of five games kicking off at 3pm. The others are Burnley vs Mansfield Town, Norwich City vs West Brom, Port Vale vs Bristol City and Southampton vs Leicester City.

At the Etihad Stadium, Pep Guardiola, the City manager, said his players are “exhausted physically and mentally” having not had more than four days of rest between games since the turn of the year.

”Our priority is beating Salford and going to the next round. In this competition, over the last years, [we have been] reaching finals, finals and finals,” Guardiola said in his pre-match press conference.

”Unfortunately we could not win the last two finals but being there is always a success. I always think about that.

”Hopefully, before ⁠this long week that we need, because we are so, so exhausted physically and mentally from this incredible amount of games in many months — we can have a little break after the game.”

Last season, City thrashed Salford ⁠8-0 in the third round but Guardiola does not think that result will have a bearing on what happens today.

”Of course, they are [in] League Two and of course we play at home, but I try to knuckle into the mind of the players that nothing is for granted and that everything is difficult,” ‌he said.

”Of course, it could be easy afterwards but we have to do our job. That’s why in a tight competition in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup, we have always been there. We have always behaved really, really good and Saturday ‌cannot be an exception.”

Elsewhere, James Ward-Prowse is in line to make his first Burnley start in Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie at home to Mansfield.

A January signing on loan from West Ham, the former England midfielder made his debut as a substitute on Wednesday night as the Clarets ended their 16-match league winless run with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at Crystal Palace.

”I was really pleased that he came on the other night and in the time he had, and with the dynamics of the game as they were, you saw his experience,” Scott Parker said.

”It’s another opportunity for him to get minutes. He’s not played a lot of football, albeit here a little bit with the under-21s, so it’s another opportunity for us to see his quality and what he can bring for us.”

Stand by for all the line-ups and team news from the upcoming matches.