Squad sheets: Manchester City v Reading

Manchester City will be in their first FA Cup semi-final for 30 years if they can overcome Reading, but Everton will be able to testify that the Championship's eighth-placed side cannot be underestimated. Reading, quarter-finalists for a second successive year after their 1-0 win at Goodison Park in the fifth round, can be encouraged by the fact City come into this match on the back of a gruelling trip to Ukraine for a Europa League tie that saw the team arrive back in Manchester at almost 5am today. Roberto Mancini will hope the grass at Eastlands is kinder to Mario Balotelli as the club aim to reach Wembley for the first time since the third-tier play-offs in 1999. Daniel Taylor Venue Eastlands Tickets £17.50 (0870 062 1894) Best Cup run Manchester City (winners, four) Reading (semi-finals, one) Referee L Probert Odds Manchester City 1-3 Reading 7-1 Draw 7-2 Man City Subs from Taylor, Boateng, Zabaleta, Balotelli, Jô, Barry, Wright-Phillips, Milner, Boyata, Wabara Doubtful De Jong (ankle), Wright-Phillips (back) Injured A Johnson (ankle, Apr), Given (shoulder, May), M Johnson (unspecified) Club suspension K Touré (failed drugs test) Form guide (all comps) LWWDWW Disciplinary record (all comps) Y72 R4 Leading scorer (all comps) Tevez 21 Reading Subs from Andersen, Karacan, Antonio, Howard, Robson-Kanu, Church Doubtful Mills (groin) Injured Griffin (achilles, 19 Mar), Federici (knee, Apr) Suspended None Form guide (all comps) WWWDWD Disciplinary record (all comps) Y65 R4 Leading scorer (all comps) Long 20 Match pointers • The two FA Cup meetings between these sides have gone to replays with the hosts winning both handsomely (7-0 in 1968 and 4-0 in 1993) • Manchester City have lost three of their last four matches against Reading • There has been a goal in the 88th minute or later in each of the last three matches between these sides • Edin Dzeko has scored in each of the two FA Cup matches he has played in since joining City • Shane Long has scored four times in his last four FA Cup appearances