Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football reporter at Wembley Stadium

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has gambled with his team selection by playing many of his second string for this FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

There are eight changes in total from the side that beat Burnley in midweek.

John Stones plays for the first time since the win over Newcastle in the earlier rounds and he also take the captain’s armband, with his long-term future at City unclear.

James Trafford starts in goal, with the likes of Nathan Ake, Nico Gonzalez, Mateo Kovacic, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden and Omar Marmoush all coming in.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Bernardo Silva, Nico O’Reilly, Antoine Semenyo, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland all drop out,

Man City XI: Trafford, Nunes, Stones, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Gonzalez, Kovacic, Reijnders, Cherki, Foden, Marmoush.

Championship high-flyers Southampton make six changes from their draw against Bristol City last time out.

Welington, Caspar Jander, Cameron Braggs, Tom Fellows, Leo Scienza and Ross Stewart all come into the side.

Flynn Downes is suspended, while Ryan Manning, Shea Charles, Kuryu Matsuki, Cameron Archer and Cyle Larin drop out.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis captains the Saints against his old side.

Southampton XI: Peretz, Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Welington, Jander, Bragg, Fellows, Azaz, Scienza, Stewart.