The players are stepping out on to the pitch.

Quite a few fans are holding banners displaying David Wagner.

Now they sing "one David Wagner, there's only one David Wagner..."

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I love this. The bloke on the PA at the John Smith's is playing Bon Jovi 'Keep the faith'.

Quite apt in Huddersfield's position.

It goes like this:

You know you're gonna live thru the rain

Lord you got to keep the faith

Don't let your love turn to hate

Right now we got to keep the faith

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The only goal Pep's side have leaked in 2019 was against Liverpool. Since then, City have scored 20 goals without reply.

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City's 9-0 win over Burton on 9 January was the first time they had scored more than eight goals in a single match since November 1987 - when they beat Huddersfield 10-1 in the old second division.

The Bee Gees were number one at the time with 'You Win Again'.

I can tell you the players have left the pitch and we are now awaiting them in the tunnel.

I'm not sure how Huddersfield win this game. I'd love to offer a way it can happen tactically but I think they'll need the Gods more than a specific formation.

But then what do I know? Not a great deal I can tell you...

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As Maurizio Sarri has lost it on his players,we want to know what you would like to say to your team. You'll have to keep it clean but what questions would you ask them? What would you demand they do?

Secondly, given Jose Mourinho has admitted he hid in a laundry basket to access a dressing room and Marcelo Bielsa likes some James Bond activity, we want to know what football mysteries you would like solved?

Mark Taylor: I would like to know what topping was on the the pizza that Cesc Fabregas threw at SAF in 2004? Hard cheese and sour grapes maybe?

Haseeb: I would like to solve the mystery of Virgil van Djik hitting bizarre shots towards the goal and somehow they turn out to be the main assists for Liverpool at the time when nothing seems to be working for them.

Last week's 0-0 draw with Cardiff ended a seven match losing streak in the league, but the Terriers are still winless in nine games.

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Looking at Huddersfield, I kind of like them in the Premier League.

They have a nice looking ground, take a few risks on their managerial appointments, have decent support and for me, there's a romance to some of these clubs being in the top flight when they've defied the odds to be there.

But they are 10 points adrift of safety at the bottom now and hence something has to happen fast.

They've lost eight of their last nine Premier League matches, drawing the other.

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Could Huddersfield be about to appoint a youthful manager in Jan Siewert?

The 36-year-old is coach of Dortmund's second team, a role David Wagner held before joining Huddersfield in 2015.

We understand they have made an approach. You can read more on that here.

MV: Regards 12:40 entry. I'm guessing that all those programmes hoarded in my parents' loft aren't worth the fortune I thought then!

Maybe not MV but they make for cracking door stops.

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Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield caretaker manager Mark Hudson: "It's been an emotional start to the week - there were a few goodbyes but since then there's been a real focus on the training field ahead of Sunday.

"We fully respect what David Wagner has done for Huddersfield Town, and he's done a lot for me too, as both a player and a coach.

"A Mark Hudson side will be full of intent and fight. Togetherness is something I really believe in."

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A quick one on Mark Hudson, who is currently overseeing a warm-up on the pitch.

During a spell I had once working at BBC Wales Sport he was Cardiff City captain during the season in which they first won Premier League promotion.

I interviewed him in some bizarre places like hospitals and even in a posh watch shop one night. He was always a good bloke to chat to and hence good luck to him.

The 36-year-old gets the chance to test himself against Pep Guardiola no less.

John Murray
BBC football correspondent at John Smith's Stadium

It's over three years ago since Huddersfield Town were last under caretaker management. Then, with Mark Hudson in the team,they lost 3-0 at home to West Yorkshire rivals Leeds United.

After this week's most amicable parting of the ways with David Wagner, Hudson finds himself in charge of the team for a game in which a 3-0 defeat would be considered almost a minor triumph.

This match pits the lowest and highest scorers in the Premier League this season against one another. When they met in Manchester in August,City ran in six goals. With Pep Guardiola's side in free-scoring form, the expectation this time round will be for something similar.

Mark Hudson - Huddersfield's caretaker boss - has been doing some interviews as he gets ready to be thrown in the very, very deep end here. More on him next but for now, let me say kudos to the stall owner who put this sign up. It's what's needed when you're a mile from safety...

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As Maurizio Sarri has lost it on his players,we want to know what you would like to say to your team. You'll have to keep it clean but what questions would you ask them? What would you demand they do?

Paul: I would ask the Arsenal team why they can't perform like yesterday every week. Or at least most weeks. We need more consistency.

Secondly, given Jose Mourinho has admitted he hid in a laundry basket to access a dressing room and Marcelo Bielsa likes some James Bond activity, we want to know what football mysteries you would like solved?

Mark Howarth: What the officials were thinking when Pedro Mendes scored the ghost goal against Man Utd.

Mark, the whole of the ball needs to cross the line. Cracking shout that one!

Tweet us on #bbcfootball.

Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender predictions

City had to come from behind to win here last season through a late Raheem Sterling goal, but I think things will be more comfortable for Pep Guardiola's side on Sunday.

Prediction: 0-2

Take a look at Lawro's predictions in full here.

You know when you see one of those dudes on the high street who try to stop you to sign up and give money away each month to a good cause, do you pretend you're listening to music and look down at your phone?

No? Oh, me neither...

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David Silva's son Mateo was mascot for the reverse fixture.

He was born prematurely in December 2017 and spent the first five months of his life in hospital, which led to David having compassionate leave last season, but just look at how he's doing now.

Go on little fella...

Sergio Aguero has scored six goals in his last three games against Huddersfield, including a hat-trick in the reverse fixture in August.

He didn't play as the Terriers held City to a 0-0 draw at Etihad Stadium last May.

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Huddersfield caretaker manager Mark Hudson has made six changes from the Terriers' last league game and what turned out to be David Wagner's last game in charge.

In come Tommy Smith, Terence Kongolo, Juninho Bacuna, Adama Diakhaby, Chris Lowe and Isaac Mbenza.

Huddersfield XI: Lossl, Smith, Schindler, Kongolo, Lowe, Bacuna, Hogg, Puncheon, Kachunga, Diakhaby, Mbenza.

Subs: Hamer, Depoitre, Pritchard, Mounie, Jorgensen, Hadergjonaj, Durm.

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has thrown a spanner in the works for Fantasy Football managers.

Gabriel Jesus, who has scored seven goals in his last three games, drops to the bench alongside both Silvas - David and Bernardo - and John Stones.

Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Nicolas Otamendi start in their place.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Danilo, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Sterling, Aguero, Sane.

Subs: Stones, Delph, Bernardo Silva, Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Foden, Muric.

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