Manchester City fighting for their eighth FA Cup title
The Blues take on Crystal Palace at Wembley this afternoon
Manchester City will be attempting to win the FA Cup trophy for the eighth time when they face Crystal Palace this afternoon.
Pep Guardiola’s men face Oliver Glasner’s side at Wembley with a 16:30 kick-off, hoping to banish last year’s 2-1 loss to Manchester United at the same stage.
The final could be Kevin De Bruyne’s final opportunity to win silverware at the club, after ten years of being with the Blues.
City and Palace have never met in the FA Cup final, but there have been four previous ties in earlier rounds.
Saturday’s FA Cup final will be the fifth FA Cup meeting between the sides, with the first two encounters played in this competition back in the 1920s.
Guardiola has overseen two FA Cup triumphs so far – the first against Watford in the 2019 final and the 2023 success against Manchester United on the way to an historic Treble.
Those wins saw him follow in the footsteps of Roberto Mancini, Joe Mercer, Les McDowall, Wilf Wild and Tom Maley as bosses who led City to FA Cup glory.