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Leyton Orient are set for a blockbuster FA Cup fourth round tie when they welcome the Premier League champions Manchester City to Brisbane Road.

The League One side have already made it through three rounds of the cup following victories over National League clubs Boreham Wood and Oldham Athletic,as well as earning a 6-5 penalty shootout win versus the Championship’s Derby County in their last outing in this competition.

Orient are having a fine season -they sit sixth in League One - but come into the match having lost to Stockport last time out. The O’s will be hoping to cause an upset against Pep Guardiola’s side who have their own reasons for needing to win.

City suffered a 5-1 humiliation to Arsenal last weekend and hope to get back to winning ways against a lower league opponent this afternoon. A boost in morale would set them in good stead for the next part of the season as they hope to secure Champions League football in the Premier League and lift silverware in the cup competitions.

Pep Guardiola focused on FA Cup progress

Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City’s main focus this week has been Saturday’s FA Cup trip to Leyton Orient.

The first leg of City’s Champions League last-16 tie against holders and record 15-time winners Real Madrid is now starting to loom large.

Guardiola said: “Tomorrow we play early, 1230, and after the game we will come back here to Manchester and we will have time to start to talk.

“Of course I had an eye (on the game) against Madrid but Leyton deserve my attention.

“It’s always been like that, otherwise we don’t get to the amount of semi-finals and finals of cups we have in the last five or six years.

“I am concerned and focused on Leyton. Always we have had problems away in this competition – FA Cup or Carabao Cup – even against teams in League One and Two.

“Always we struggle but we are ready for the challenge. Every game is a new opportunity.”