Despite the eye-catching budget, comparatively little attention is paid to Roberto Mancini's prospects of lasting as Manchester City manager. It is not certain that the team will even finish in the Premier League's top four, but there would be impact if Manchester United were eliminated from the FA Cup. Sir Alex Ferguson's side are used to competing on several fronts and City, with Carlos Tevez injured, may be reduced to hoping against hope that the £27m Edin Dzeko can at last make some kind of meaningful impact. Kevin McCarra
Venue Wembley, Saturday 5.15pm
Tickets Sold out
Referee M Dean
Odds Man City 5-2 Man Utd 11-10 Draw 23-10
Previous FA Cup meetings Man City 4 Man Utd 2 Draw 0
Manchester City
Subs from Taylor, Zabaleta, Milner, Wright-Phillips, A Johnson, Jô, Boyata, Razak, McGivern, Guidetti, Vieira
Doubtful None
Injured Given (shoulder, May), Tevez (hamstring, May), Boateng (knee, unknown), M Johnson (knee, unknown)
Suspended K Touré (club sanction)
Form guide (all comps) LWLWWL
Disciplinary record (all comps) Y88 R6
Leading scorer (all comps) Tevez 22
Manchester United
Subs from Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Smalling, Fábio, Gibson, Anderson, Park, Giggs, Owen, Bébé
Doubtful Rafael (knee)
Injured Lindegaard (knee, 23 Apr), Fletcher (illness, May), Hargreaves (shoulder, Aug)
Suspended Evans (last of three), Rooney (first of two)
Form guide (all comps) WWWWWW
Disciplinary record (all comps) Y62 R3
Leading scorer (all comps) Berbatov 22
Match pointers
• Dimitar Berbatov has one goal in 11 outings against City for Tottenham and United
• The injured Carlos Tevez has 22 goals this term – his possible deputies, Edin Dzeko, Mario Balotelli and Jô have just 17 between them
• This is Sir Alex Ferguson's 10th FA Cup semi-final – he has won eight and lost one on penalties, to Everton in 2009
• City have won only two of their past seven Cup matches against top-flight opponents
• United have scored winning goals in the final 15 minutes of four of their past six games against City in all competitions
