Early corner to Villa which is flicked on by Danny Ings, who is captaining the side, but there is no one in the six yard box to finish.

There's around 3,000 Stevenage fans at Villa Park and they're helping produce an excellent atmosphere. The visitors, who are wearing all white, have settled quickly and are spraying the ball around with confidence.

Mario Melchiot
Former Chelsea defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

What is going wrong at Chelsea is that they are revamping and making a whole new team out of what they have right now. It's going to take some steps and of course the injuries are not helping them.

Izzy Christiansen
Everton and England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

This is quite a big night for Chelsea given where they're at - and with City rotating their starting XI, there is probably no better opportunity to put them to the sword.

And we're under way too at Etihad Stadium. Manchester City have already knocked Chelsea out of the League Cup this season, will they do the same in the FA Cup?

It's been a weekend of upsets. Are we about to witness another?

Away we go.

We now have a minute's applause at the Etihad following the sad passing of former Chelsea striker Gianluca Vialli, who died on Friday.

The Chelsea players had earlier all worn training tops with Vialli's number nine on the back when warming up.

Karen Bardsley
Former England and Manchester City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

I would say the FA Cup is more important to Chelsea this season given where they are in the league table at the minute. They will be scrapping to get something out of the season and get some momentum going.

Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola speaking to BBC One: "We are expecting a tougher game today than Thursday.

"When you have an opponent with this quality, the team who didn't win and have extra motivation. It will be tough but we knew that the moment the draw was done."

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Sutton's prediction: 3-1

Manchester City have not really hit their stride since the World Cup, and a few callers to 606 this week blamed Erling Haaland for that - saying their goals are not spread around the team anymore - which I thought was extraordinary.

Chelsea have far bigger problems right through their team and, although it was close when they met at Stamford Bridge in the league on Thursday, I am expecting Pep Guardiola's side to beat them comfortably at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Last year's runners up have reached four of the past five FA Cup finals, but they won't make it to Wembley this time.

Nathan's prediction: 2-2 (City to win replay)

City will beat Chelsea, but they are going to have to do it the hard way, in a replay at Stamford Bridge.

Find out how Sutton and Nathan think the rest of the FA Cup third-round ties will go

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• Chelsea have lost five of their past six away matches against Manchester City (W1) in all competitions. Their one win in that time was in May 2021 in the Premier League under Thomas Tuchel, a 2-1 victory.
• Manchester City have already eliminated Chelsea from the League Cup this season, winning 2-0 in November. This could be the second consecutive season that Chelsea are knocked out of both the League Cup and FA Cup by the same team, losing in the final of both competitions to Liverpool in 2021-22.
• Since the 2016-17 season when Pep Guardiola took charge of Manchester City for the first time, only Chelsea (27) have won more FA Cup games than City (24). Guardiola has never previously gone out at the earliest stage in a domestic cup competition in a season in his managerial career across the FA Cup, League Cup, DFB-Pokal and Copa del Rey (progressed 20/20).

Chelsea

Chelsea manager Graham Potter speaking to BBC One: "We lost Raheem and Christian in the last match and then because of Thiago [Silva], Azpi [Cesar Azpilicueta] and Dennis [Zakaria] because of the World Cup, where they are in their careers. The game came too soon for them to start but we hope they can help us towards the back end of the game.

"It's just a balancing act at the moment and we feel we have a team to compete

On Lewis Hall and Bashir Humphreys starting: "Lewis played here in the Carabao Cup and did really well. He has been training with us for a while. Same as Bash, the opportunity came up for them to play and they won't let us down, I'm sure of that.

"It's about trying to win the game. The narrative outside is nothing I can control. For me it is about the next day, the next match.

On Vialli: "Emotional few days since hearing the news. I didn't have the pleasure of meeting him but he is a Chelsea legend in terms of what he has achieved in his football career. The most important thing is how everyone speaks of him as a person so we are all incredibly proud of him and incredibly sad and our thoughts go to his family."

Mario Melchiot
Former Chelsea defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Who in the team now is providing the goals that Graham Potter is looking for? That is the biggest thing and scoring goals should never be a Chelsea problem.

I have not played in a team for Chelsea where we have problems scoring goals because we have players like Zola, Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen so scoring goals was never a problem in the side that I played in.

Karen Bardsley
Former England and Manchester City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

Who is the best starting 11 for Graham Potter? Does he know who it is? Aubameyang was woeful when he came on, it was really disappointing.

You think where are these goals going to come from and how deep do you have to go into the academy and the team sheet to find a spark?

There are a lot of really interesting questions coming out of the Chelsea camp at the minute.

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Stevenage have not reached the fourth round since 2014 but the League Two club arrive at Aston Villa in high spirits.

Around 3,000 fans have made the journey from Hertfordshire to cheer on Steve Evans' side who are enjoying a fine season in the fourth tier of English football.

When Evans took the job last March, Stevenage were 22nd in the table. They currently sit second and Evans has just signed a new contract until June 2025.

Will his side produce a famous win on what has been a weekend of giant-killings?

Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC One

It is tough for Chelsea at the moment, they are going to have to stick together and it will be really really difficult for them today.

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Aston Villa are seven-time winners of the FA Cup but their recent record in the competition can be described in one word: Dreadful.

They have not reached the fourth round since 2016 after losing their last SEVEN matches.

They've been knocked out by Manchester and Liverpool in the last two seasons. In 2020 they lost at the first hurdle to Fulham and in 2019 they were defeated at home by Swansea.

Peterborough and Tottenham have also beaten Villa in the competition since they overcame Wycombe in the third round seven years ago only to lose to Manchester City in the fourth round.

Will they end their losing run against League Two Stevenage?

Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on BBC 5 Live

In terms of Graham Potter as a manager, because he did well in England and we have seen his Brighton team, we know how they played and they were good.

Then he arrives at Chelsea and everyone knows that he has not been there before so everyone is looking at him.

If I was a player and he is saying and doing the right things and I am getting better, then there is no reason to not believe in it.

I think for some of the players, they are not playing well and that's when you start to ask questions. That's where the buck stops with the manager.

They have a ton of injuries but outside of that, how are other people doing? If it's not good then what do you say?

Eight changes for Aston Villa with Douglas Luiz, Matty Cash and Leon Bailey the only survivors from the side that drew 1-1 with Wolves on Wednesday.

There's a start for Philippe Coutinho while Danny Ings captains the team.

League Two Stevenage include former Hull City player Max Clark.

Jordan Roberts, whose goals have helped propel the team into second spot, also start at Villa Park.

Micah Richards
Former England defender on BBC One

That's why Man City are always favourites for whatever cup they are in with their strong squad options. Experienced players like Akanji but I am looking forward to Gomez at full-back as well.

He's Spanish, loves to attack, good technically as well and Cole Palmer who might play in centre midfield or can play on either wing as well.