Crystal Palace vs Man City: FA Cup final prediction, kick-off time, team news, TV, live stream, h2h, odds today
Crystal Palace and Manchester City clash in the FA Cup final at Wembley today.
Saturday's showpiece pits seven-time winners appearing in their third consecutive final against a team hoping to seal a first-ever major trophy.
City defeated Nottingham Forest 2-0 in their semi-final tie at the home of English football last month, while Palace dispatched Aston Villa 3-0 to reach their first final since 2016.
On that day, the Eagles, then managed by Alan Pardew, were downed by 2-1 by City's rivals Manchester United in extra time.
Saturday's final will be Man City's final chance for major silverware this term, with Pep Guardiola's side only winning the Community Shield at the start of the campaign.
City are in a fierce battle for Champions League qualification in the Premier League, having been usurped by newly-crowned champions Liverpool.
City have now dropped to sixth in the table after respective wins for Chelsea and Aston Villa on Friday night, but with a game in hand in their fight for a top-five finish.
Palace, meanwhile, sit in the familiar position of 12th, but they are unbeaten in their last five games since their 5-0 thrashing by Newcastle last month.
They earned a 2-2 draw at the Emirates Stadium against Arsenal, before holding Champions League-chasing Nottingham Forest to a 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park.
In their most recent outing, they dealt a 20th league defeat of the season to Ange Postecoglou as they beat Tottenham 2-0 in north London.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City is scheduled for a 4:30pm BST kick-off time today on Saturday May 17, 2025.
As ever, the FA Cup final will take place at Wembley Stadium in London.
TV channel: In the UK, the final will be televised live and free-to-air on both BBC One and ITV1, with coverage starting at 3pm on ITV1 and 3:25pm on BBC One.
Live stream: You can also stream the game live online via the BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and ITVX.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport's live blog, with expert analysis from Dom Smith at Wembley.
Free highlights: The BBC Sport app and YouTube channel will show highlights after the game, with a Match of the Day FA Cup final special coming on BBC One at 12:25am on Sunday morning. There is a re-run at 8:25am.
For City, Guardiola has a full squad to pick from bar four.
Of that quartet, John Stones, Oscar Bobb and Nathan Ake are out for the season with thigh and ankle injuries respectively.
However, Ballon d'Or winner Rodri has been reintegrated back into team training following the anterior cruciate ligament injury that he sustained against Arsenal last year.
Guardiola said at the start of the month that as soon as the doctors approved the Spaniard to play, then he would. Watch this space.
As for Palace, Adam Wharton has recovered from an ankle ligament issue which forced him out of the Eagles' win at Spurs in a huge boost.
Long-term absentees Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure are still sidelined.
In recent years, Palace have proved a thorn in City's side, beating them at the Etihad Stadium twice.
That said, they have only defeated them once in London in that time - a 2-1 win at Selhurst Park in April 2015, where Glenn Murray and Puncheon were on the scoresheet.
Glasner's side made light work of a good Villa team in the semi-finals, and dismantled Tottenham with relative ease last week.
However, City have plentiful experience in cup finals, and that will count for a lot here.
Man City to win, 3-1.
Man City wins: 39
Crystal Palace wins: 17
Draws: 17
Crystal Palace to win: 3/1
Man City to win: 17/20
The draw: 11/4
Odds via Betfair (subject to change)
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