Manchester City take on Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley this afternoon
Phil Foden of Manchester City reacts during the Premier League match between City and Crystal Palace
Phil Foden impressed during Manchester City's Premier League match with Crystal Palace
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Manchester City are back in the FA Cup final for a fourth successive season as they take on Chelsea at Wembley this afternoon.
City, who are still in the hunt for the Premier League title with two games remaining, will start as favourites against an out of form Chelsea. Pep Guardiola's side have lost their last two FA Cup finals and will hope to add the trophy to the Carabao Cup success they secured under the arch in March.
The Blues have a near fully-fit squad to choose from and Guardiola made six changes for the midweek win over Crystal Palace in the top flight.
James Trafford is poised to continue his cup run in goal, having starred against Arsenal in the League Cup victory. The back four has looked settled in recent weeks, Matheus Nunes has made the right back spot his own while Nico O'Reilly will likely come back in at left back.
Marc Guehi seems certain to start in the middle of the backline and Abdukodir Khusanov could win the race to partner the former Palace man ahead of Ruben Dias, John Stones and Nathan Ake.
Bernardo Silva will start in midfield but who partners the skipper is up for debate.
Nico Gonzalez was left out of the squad completely in midweek while Tijjani Reijnders and Mateo Kovacic are possible contenders to play.
But Phil Foden impressed in a deeper role against Palace and could be given the nod.
Rayan Cherki and Jeremy Doku came off the bench late on in midweek and can come back into the side while Antoine Semenyo has done enough to continue in the XI. Erling Haaland, rested in midweek, will return to lead the line.
City predicted XI vs Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Trafford; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O'Reilly; Bernardo, Foden; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland