Crystal Palace vs Manchester City Preview, prediction, lineups, betting tips & odds | FA Cup final 2024-25

Pep Guardiola’s men dominated the proceedings between the two sides last time around.

Crystal Palace are ready to go head-to-head against Manchester City in the FA Cup 2024-25 final. The high-stakes contest between the two sides is all set to take place at the Wembley Stadium.

Crystal Palace made it to the final round after a dominating display over Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final. The Eagles will have a tough contest on their hands as the Cityzens have slowly gained their form back in the Premier League as well. Crystal Palace have also done decently well in their last few games and might come up with a tough fight here.

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City are trophyless as of now this season. This is a chance for them to close this season after winning a title. For Man City, it is not going to be an easy contest and it will be interesting to see what all set of plays they are likely to come up with to outshine their opponents.

The Blues 🩵 pic.twitter.com/8ANQ8SuqC1

— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 14, 2025

Kick-off:

• Location: London, England
• Stadium: Wembley Stadium
• Date: Saturday, May 17
• Kick-off Time: 21:00 IST/ 15:30 GMT/ 10:30 ET/ 07:00 PT
• Referee: Stuart Attwell
• VAR: In use

Form:

Crystal Palace: D-D-W-D-W

Manchester City: W-W-W-W-D

Players to Watch

Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace)

With four goal involvements in four FA Cup games this season, Eberechi Eze has done decent enough and has helped his team in the midfield. His form in the attacking front has been good enough in the cup competition. The English midfielder will be looking to keep his form up and emerge as a game-changer for his side in the high-stakes fixture.

Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

Erling Haaland has been quiet in his last few matches. Although he is Man City’s top goal scorer in the English Premier League this season, the Norwegian striker has lacked consistency and has not been able to help his team enough. Haaland will be looking to step up and help his side in the English Club Cup competition final.

Throwing it back to @ManCity's last #EmiratesFACup win in 2023 ⏮️🏆 pic.twitter.com/032s3d2uG1

— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) May 8, 2025

Match Facts

• None of the teams have lost any of their last five fixtures.
• Crystal Palace have not won any of their last five contests against Man City.
• Manchester City have three of their last five games against the Eagles.

Crystal Palace vs Manchester City: Betting Tips and Odds

• Man City to win @79/100 Bet Goodwin
• Erling Haaland to score @7/2 Paddy Power
• Goals over 3.5 @39/20 Unibet

Injury and Team News

Crystal Palace will be without the services of Adam Wharton, Chadi Riad and Cheick Oumar Doucoure as they are injured.

John Stones, Nathan Ake and Rodri have injuries and hence will not be in action for Man City. Oscar Bobb might also sit out due to a lack of fitness.

Head-to-Head

Total matches: 26

Crystal Palace won: 3

Manchester City won: 18

Draws: 5

Predicted Lineups

Crystal Palace predicted lineup (3-4-2-1)

Henderson (GK); Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta

Manchester City predicted lineup (4-2-3-1)

Ederson (GK); Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Silva, Gundogan; Savinho, De Bruyne, Doku; Haaland

Match Prediction

Both teams deserve to be in the final of the competition and they will not battle for the title here. Manchester City are likely to defeat Crystal Palace in the FA Cup 2024-25 final and leave with the trophy.

Prediction: Crystal Palace 2-3 Manchester City

Telecast Details

India: Sony LIV, Sony Sports Network

UK: BBC, ITV

USA: ESPN

Nigeria: No Telecast

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