Bramall Lane Sunday 27 January Fourth Round Kick-off: 1600 GMT Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside) Replay: Wed, 13 February, 1945 GMT BBC coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio Five Live & highlights on Match of the Day.
Lee Hendrie (ban) returns to contention and Gary Naysmith (shoulder) could also return to the Sheffield United side.
Long-term absentees James Beattie, Danny Webber (both knee) and defender Chris Morgan (ankle) remain sidelined.
Manchester City defender Micah Richards is out of the fourth-round FA Cup tie because of a knee injury while Javier Garrido is sidelined through illness.
Emile Mpenza returns after a five-week lay-off while 18-year-old striker Daniel Sturridge joins the squad.
BIG-MATCH FACTS Sheffield United against Manchester City is one of three Championship against Premier League ties in the fourth round.
If City are the justify their higher ranking, they'll have to knock the Blades out of the FA Cup for the first time in their history.
Both clubs eliminated Premier League opposition in the third round; Sheffield United put out Bolton and City, West Ham, after a replay.
The League ladder
Manchester City are 27 places higher than Sheffield United in the league standings.
SHEFFIELD UNITED Current form
Won two of the last seven (all comps).
Recent FA Cup performance
Aiming to make the fifth round for the fourth time in six seasons, and the first since 2005, having been quarter-finalists in 2004 and semi-finalists in 2003.
The Manager
Bryan Robson captained Manchester United to three FA Cups in 1983, 1985 and 1990 and as manager of Middlesbrough, guided the Teessiders to three Wembley finals; the 1997 and 1998 Coca Cola Cup and 1997 FA Cup finals losing the first to Leicester, and the other two to Chelsea.
FA Cup fact
Were the recipients of an historic rematch with Arsenal in the fifth round in February 1999, when the FA accepted a public sporting gesture from Gunners boss Arsene Wenger. The Blades lost the initial tie 2-1, the winner coming from Marc Overmars after Nwankwo Kanu, on his Arsenal debut, naively seized on Ray Parlour's throw-in 'return'. United keeper Alan Kelly had thrown the ball out to enable an injured colleague to receive treatment. They also lost the rematch 2-1.
MANCHESTER CITY Current form
Won two of the last nine; lost one of the last eight (all comps).
Recent FA Cup performance
Quarter-finalists in each of the last two seasons.
The Manager
Sven-Goran Eriksson has won five domestic cups in three different countries as a coach. He guided IFK Gothenburg to the Swedish Cup in 1979 and Benfica to the Portuguese Cup in 1983, as well as winning the Italian Cup with AS Roma in 1986, Sampdoria in 1994 and Lazio in 1998.
FA Cup fact
Manchester City inside forward Bobby Johnstone became the first player to score in successive finals. He netted City's consolation in the 1-3 defeat to Newcastle in 1955, and opened City's account in the 3-1 triumph over Birmingham in 1956.
HEAD to HEAD All competitions
Not met since both were in the Premier League in 2006-07. City are undefeated in four; won two and drawn two since United's 1-0 home victory at second league level on 22 January 2000.
FA Cup
These clubs have been drawn together three times in the FA Cup, and Sheffield United have won all three. The most recent was in 1939 at this fourth round stage; the previous in 1914, required two replays.
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