It’s the interesting part about these championship teams. When you find them playing in these competitions, you would see that they mean it, they give it there all and that’s how the exit some of the EPL teams. I think what made Cardiff had a difficult time is the fact that, this game was played at the Villa Park. Aston Villa wasn’t going to lose a game to them on that ground and had to put the pressure on them in the second half.

2 reasons.

Both Liverpool and Brentford play with their second lineup, Plymouth Argyle was damn lucky.

Manchester City will use their second lineup too and they not always score many goals, in the previous match against Leyton Orient, they only scored 2 goals.

Technically Manchester City should won in this match, but I doubt they will score many goals.

There is some doubt about the performance of Manchester City this season, because they are currently failing to perform well. But I think they will perform well enough in this FA Cup, and each player will be able to play a good role in their respective positions. However, most gamblers have bet on Manchester City, and I myself have put Manchester City in my betting list.
So I will definitely enjoy today's game on the TV screen, because I definitely enjoy watching the match I bet on. I have personally estimated and determined the difference between the two teams, and there is a lot of difference in various aspects.

I don't think Plymouth were able to defeat Liverpool simply because they made a rotation on their squad. I think football happened, and Plymouth got the win even has an underdog.

Today's game would be different. Manchester City would be victorious, I don't see such luck or fortunate events happening in favor of Plymouth twice against EPL big teams. The City squad is still solid against a team like Plymouth and there is much possibility of them scoring a lot of goals against Plymouth today.

at this phase of the FA cup and considering that Manchester city is equally struggling and have the FA cup as what's left for them to fight for, the numbers of goal they will score in this game is not of important, they need to win the game and go at it like they are playing the usual strong team in the premier league. we have all seen the mistake that Liverpool made which is that they underrated those boys thinking that it is going to be one too simple game that any team selection they make can win.

Plymouth is not a strong team and never at the level of Manchester city so certainly, they will underate them and might not be too serious with this game but after seeing what has happened to Liverpool, who would want same fate to befall them? they won Liverpool and Brentford not because they played better but just because they were lucky. any strong team that takes them seriously will easily win them.

Guardiola is expected to rotate the usual lineup quite much. This is why I think they will struggle even more than normal. I don't know I just wouldn't trust them even if they had their main lineup. 

For quite a long time they have been terrible. Plymouth is a Championship club, yeah. But one should never forget how they pushed Liverpool out of the FA Cup earlier.

I think Guardiola will be victorious but by a small margin. Like 1-0 or 2-1.

They're already out of the champions league, ELF cup, and of course not going to win the premier league, so this competition is really important as it's their only shot at a silverware this season. If it was last season or two, I would have said City would win but based on their current form and also taking into account that Plymouth has already sent parking two premier league teams, I think it's not going to be an easy match. I expect Plymouth to take the same approach as they did against Liverpool, to sit back and defend while they rely on counter attacks and set pieces to punish City.

We are currently in the second half of the match, and the score is 1-1, Manchester city are just finishing it so difficult to score in the match, Plymouth defense is difficult to break for Manchester city, even as they dominate the match. Plymouth is playing a defensive game, and Manchester city are unable to penetrate their defense, I guess Manchester City should be able to add a goal before the match ends.

Seriously I never expected such a good performance from Plymouth in the match, I was just thinking the match will be a easy win for Manchester city, but as we can see, city are finding it difficult to score in the match. Pep Guardiola didn’t start Haaland, but since he isn’t getting the result which he want, he doesn’t have choice than to bring in Haaland, it’s difficult for city to score, but error might end up happening, and city will add more goals.

And at the end, Manchester City were able to defeat Plymouth Argyle with a 3:1 scoreline so I ask, do you think goal difference is huge enough or not? I know Manchester City haven't been as impressive this season as they've been in the last four seasons but against Plymouth Argyle, I wasn't expecting them to struggle to win and despite Pep Guardiola's decision to rotate the squad and not name most of his regular starters in today's starting line up, they were still able to easily win the game. Now, the reigning English champions are through to the next round of the English FA Cup

The game ended just the same way i predicted it on my bet parlay. Yeah i went for the bigger odd which is for Plymoth to score at least one goal in the game. When i already new that Manchester City will win the game. They dont have any other competition to fight for except for the UCL and FA cup. Honestly i doubt if they can win any of the title this season. They might end up going home with nothing.