For a ninth time in ten seasons below Pep Guardiola, Manchester City have reached the FA Cup semi-finals.
With the one exception coming once they misplaced to Wigan Athletic within the 2017-18 fifth spherical, this is their eighth consecutive semi-final – an FA Cup report.
Before this, the longest run of semi-finals was 5, by Manchester United between 1962 and 1966 and Arsenal from 2001 to 2005.
With their 10-1 win over Exeter within the third spherical, City turned the primary top-flight group since Tottenham Hotspur beat Crewe 13-2 in a fourth spherical replay in February 1960 to notch double figures in an FA Cup sport.
While firing in objectives and hammering opponents isn’t simply reserved for decrease division groups – they beat Liverpool 4-0 within the quarter-final – their current report towards sides from outdoors the elite serves as a severe warning for Southampton once they meet at Wembley on Saturday night (5.15pm BST).
Since the beginning of 2018-19, City have performed 21 FA Cup video games towards decrease league groups and crushed all of them by an combination rating of 84-11, a run which has included 5 totally different wins by 5 or extra objectives, together with one in every of the final 4 seasons: 6-0 vs Burnley in 2022-23, 5-0 vs Huddersfield in 2023-24, 8-0 vs Salford in 2024-25 and that 10-1 win over Exeter this season.
And they’ll be looking to prolong that run and set new history in 2025-26.
You can watch Saturday’s sport on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max, BBC One and iPlayer within the UK, with kick-off time at 5.15pm BST.
