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The stage for the FA Cup last is about, and it’s going to be a Manchester derby for the second time in as a few years.

This yr Manchester United reached the ultimate because of a sketchy victory over Coventry City. The Championship group have been 3-0 down deep into the second half of their semi-final solely to attain targets within the 71st, 79th and ninety fifth minute. In further time the underdogs thought they’d the match gained just for their profitable objective to be dominated out for a marginal offside. Manchester United went on to win the tie in a penalty shoot-out.

In the opposite semi-final, Bernardo Silva scored the one objective as Manchester City beat Chelsea. The victory got here simply three days after Silva had missed a significant penalty in City’s Champions League quarter-final defeat to Real Madrid.

Should Manchester United win it could be their thirteenth FA Cup title and Erik ten Hag’s second trophy throughout his time on the membership, after the League Cup victory final season.

If City win, it is going to be their eighth FA Cup.

When is the FA Cup last?

The 2024 FA Cup last will happen on Saturday, May 25, six days after the ultimate spherical of Premier League matches. The Kick-off time is but to be confirmed.

It might be the final time the ultimate is held within the Saturday slot following the final spherical of Premier League fixtures, with the FA having agreed a deal that may see it moved to the weekend of the Premier League’s matchday 37 – the penultimate spherical – for not less than the following six years.

Where is it being held?

Wembley Stadium in London will play host.

Wembley has been the venue for the competitors’s finale since 1923 barring a six-year hiatus between 2001 and 2006, when it was held on the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, whereas the unique Wembley was demolished and a brand new Wembley Stadium was constructed.

The northwest London venue will even host the 2024 Champions League Final on June 1.

What TV channel is the FA Cup last on within the UK?

BBC and ITV have the rights to the FA Cup and shall be exhibiting the ultimate. It will even be obtainable on their digital platforms, BBC iPlayer and ITVX.

By legislation, the FA Cup last is likely one of the fixtures that have to be proven on free-to-air tv within the UK. The different soccer occasions with the identical safety are the boys’s and girls’s World Cups, the boys’s Euros and (in Scotland solely) the Scottish Cup Final.

Can I nonetheless get tickets for the ultimate?

Tickets shall be primarily offered by the official membership web sites of the 2 finalists, though actual allowances haven’t been introduced but. For supporters of Manchester United and Manchester City, the most affordable tickets is perhaps as cheap as £35.

Who are the present champions?

The FA Cup holders are Manchester City, who gained their seventh FA Cup final season, and their second below Pep Guardiola, beating Manchester United 2-1.

Ilkay Gundogan broke the file for the quickest ever objective in an FA Cup last, scoring after simply 12 seconds. After a Bruno Fernandes penalty erased the opening objective, Gundogan scored once more within the 51st minute, propelling City to the title.

Having already gained the Premier League on the time, they’d then go on to win the Champions League one week later to finish a treble.

What is the prize cash for the FA Cup?

The winner of the ultimate will obtain £2 million from the FA. However, the ccumulative prize cash on supply for a group that progresses by the event and wins it stands at simply over £4 million.

Last yr, Manchester City earned round £3.9 million for profitable the competitors. By comparability, City earned £176.2 million for profitable the Premier League and about £85 million for profitable the Champions League.

Which group has gained probably the most FA Cups?

Arsenal are probably the most profitable membership in FA Cup historical past, having gained the event 14 occasionsmost not too long ago in 2020. In second are Manchester United with 12 wins.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are in third with eight wins every. Aston Villa and Manchester City each have seven; Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers six; Everton, West Bromwich Albion and Wanderers 5with Wolves, Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Preston North End, Old Etonians, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Nottingham Forest and Bury all having gained it twice.

What are the most recent odds?

• Manchester City 1/6
• Manchester United 4/1

Odds right as of April 30