Manchester City vs Crystal Palace preview: No fresh injury concerns for the BluesGuardiola full of admiration for Palace ahead of 144th FA Cup Final
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace
Competition: F.A. Cup
Date: 16.30pm, Saturday 17th May 2025
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Referee: Stuart Attwell Assistants: A Nunn, D Robathan Fourth Official: D England VAR: J Gillett
Odds: City 4/5, Draw 11/4, Palace 3/1
Tickets: Sold out
TV: BBC & ITV
Manchester City
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Squad (from): Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Dias, Reis, Gvardiol, Akanji, Khusanov, Lewis, Kovacic, Grealish, Gonzalez, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Nunes, Foden, McAtee, Marmoush, Haaland, Doku, Savinho
Injured: Rodri, Ake, Bobb, Stones
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Form guide: WWWWD
Crystal Palace
Manager: Oliver Glasner
Squad (from): Henderson, Turner, Matthews, Ward, Mitchell, Lacroix, Munoz, Clyne, Chilwell, Richards, Riad, Lerma, Eze, Kamada, Hughes, Wharton, Esse, Devenny, Sarr, Nketiah, Franca, Mateta, Ebiowei
Injured: Dnanou, Doucoure
Doubtful: Wharton
Suspended: None
Form guide: WDWWW
City have no fresh injury concerns ahead of the 144th FA Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday. Rodri, Oscar Bobb, John Stones and Nathan Ake remain sidelined through injury.
Opponents Crystal Palace were in impressive form as they cruised past Aton Villa in the semi-finals, and Pep Guardiola was full of admiration for the Eagles.
“It is a fantastic team,” he said at Friday's press conference.
“They [Crystal Palace] have had a good season, second part. More than a year with Oliver working with the same players.
“It’s final of the FA Cup, an honour and privilege. Of course we have to perform well. We travel to London and we will try to win the title.
“Mateta is strong on long balls and after that I would say their quality with Eze is obvious,” he said.
“Sarr in the semi-final punished Villa a lot. [Adam] Wharton is a really good holding midfielder who links well.
“It is a final. If we played against Villa it would be the same.”
City won their last game against Palace 5-2, with goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Omar Marmoush, Mateo Kovacic, James McAtee and Nico O'Reilly. Overall City have won 39 of the 73 games played against the Eagles, with 17 draws and 17 defeats.
Predicted line-up: Ortega, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Kovacic, Silva,
Score prediction: City 2 Palace 1
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