Manchester City were 3-0 by half time of their 3rd round match v Salford. They had created 1.90 xG before the interval from 10 shots, 4 on target. They took the lead after 8 minutes and strangled the tie.

Against Watford in the Carabao Cup earlier this season they scored in the 5th minute and took a 1-0 lead into half time.

In the early stages of this season’s Carabao Cup Leyton Orient travelled to Brentford where they found themselves 3-1 down at half-time.

These are the 3 most relatable matches this season to Saturday’s fixture and it’s most likely that a similar trend follows.

Manchester City showed a ruthless streak against Salford and scored a further 5 second half goals to win the tie 8-0.

A mixture of young squad members, fringe players and first teamers are expected to form the team which should ensure that no hunger and motivation is lost.

Manchester City are outright favourites to win the FA Cup and it may be their best chance of silverware this season.

Across all competitions this season, Jack Grealish has been fouled 2.65 times per game.

He has been fouled twice or more in a game on 7 occasions and 6/9 times when he has played 65+ minutes in a match.

Omar Marmoush’s shot numbers in the Bundesliga this season read 1-5-7-3-8-2-2-3-2-4-5-7-3-4-5-7-6. He hit 50% of his shots on target for 11.02 xG and 15 goals. His form led to a January transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt to Manchester City.

Marmoush has played twice for Manchester City so far where he took 2 shots in 75 minutes v Chelsea and 1 shot in 72 minutes v Arsenal. In both matches he played a more withdrawn role than he favours but Saturday’s cup tie v lower league opposition presents a good opportunity for him to play in a more threatening central striker role.

In the 3rd round tie v Salford, Manchester City hammered in 20 shots with 10 on target.

On average this season, across all competitions, Manchester City take 16.5 shots per game with a 37% on target ratio.

As well as the Salford FA Cup tie, Manchester City have had 8 or more shots on target in a game on 8 other occasions this season – v West Ham, Arsenal, Watford, Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Prague, Feyenoord, Brentford and Ipswich.

BTTS No is essentially a way of getting Manchester City to keep a clean sheet into a bet builder.

Against Salford, in the game that is most relatable to this tie, Manchester City restricted their opponents to just 2 shots on target all game.

In Leyton Orient’s last fixture, v Stockport, they could only create 0.40 xG and never managed a shot on target in 8 attempts.

Experienced midfielder Darren Pratley will likely take up a role shielding the back 4 of Orient. It’s a position on the pitch where fouls can be expected and Pratley needs no encouragement.

Pratley averages 1.99 fouls per game in League One this season. He has given the referee cause to blow his whistle twice or more in a game on 8 occasions. Pratley’s League One foul numbers this season read 1-1-2-2-0-0-2-1-2-0-0-2-1-1-0-1-4-2-2-1.

Apart from 1 game this season, Pratley has made at least 1 foul in all others where he has played more than 45 minutes.

Midfielder-by-trade, Ethan Galbraith has become an established right-back this season. On Saturday he’ll be tasked with shepherding Jack Grealish. Often the best way to shackle Grealish is to foul him. The Manchester City winger averages being foul 2.65 times a game this season.

On average, Galbraith has made 1.09 fouls per game in League One this season. But he has committed multiple foul games on 9 different occasions.