Luton Town v Manchester City FA Cup Round of 16 is scheduled for Tuesday 27th February at 10pm at Kenilworth Road and will be broadcast from the Pro Arena.
Luton Town, who are fighting for relegation, and Manchester City, who have a strong chance of a fourth title in a row and are the reigning FA Cup holders, will meet in one of the most lopsided games of the last 16 of the FA Cup.
Luton Town have reached this stage of the competition after being held 0-0 at home and 2-1 away in the second leg against League One (Third League) side Bolton in the third round. and also won 2-1 at Everton in the round of 16.
In the Championship, Rob Edwards’ side are 18th after 26 games with 20 points (having played one game less), one behind 17th-placed Everton, the bottom of the Premier League survival team, and in the last stage they lost to away from Liverpool with a score of 1-4 (before the match with Manchester City has three defeats in a row).
Luton Town’s best FA Cup performance was the 1958-59 final, a 1-2 draw against Nottingham Forest.
Manchester City reached the last 16 of the FA Cup after beating Championship (Division Two) side Huddersfield 5-0 at home in the third round and Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 away in round from 16 competitions.
In the Premier League, Pep Guardiola’s side are second in the Premier League after 26 games with 59 points, one behind leaders Liverpool and one above third-placed Arsenal, having won the last round of the league, 1- 0 away at Bournemouth (unbeaten in 2024 in all competitions).
Manchester City have won the FA Cup seven times, most recently in the most recent edition, 2022-2023, winning the final 2-1 against Manchester United, and five more times they have lost in the final act of the competition, most recently in the 2012 edition 2013 (0-1 with Wigan).
The teams last met in the current EPL season on December 10, 2023, when the “townsmen” won at Luton Town with a score of 2:1 after goals from Bernardo Silva (62) and Jack Grealish (65), respectively, Elijah Adebayo (45+2) .
Superbet offers odds of 1.33 on the prediction 2: the victory of the visitors in the match Luton Town – Manchester City.
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* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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