Crystal Palace and Manchester City are going at it at Wembley in an epic FA Cup final.

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Kick off time: 11:30am ET Saturday (May 17)
Venue: Wembley Stadium — London
TV/Streaming: ESPN+

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Everything that could go right went right for Palace in that first half. Eze scored a beauty with their only real chance, Henderson saved Marmoush's penalty kick and plenty of decisions have gone in their favor. Palace are 45 minutes away from the first trophy in their history. Man City are knocking at the door and the first 15 minutes of the second half are going to be so crucial.

Jeremy Doku cuts inside and curls a beauty towards the top corner but Henderson makes a fine save. Marc Guehi then heads clear with two City players challenging him and the ball drops to Kevin de Bruyne but he fires over wildly. City pushing hard before half time for an equalizer.

Tyrick Mitchell slides in and brings down Bernardo Silva in the box. He did get a slight touch on the ball but that was after Silva went down. The Palace left wing-back knows he shouldn't have slid in. Omar Marmoush takes the ball from Erling Haaland but the Egyptian hits a poor penalty kick which Henderson saves. Massive celebrations from the Palace faithful. Wow. Henderson probably shouldn't be on the pitch, remember...

Palace's goalkeeper gets this wrong as he comes off his line with Erling Haaland charging towards him and just swipes the ball away. Replays show that Henderson handled the ball just outside the box and VAR has a good look at it. They decide that Henderson handling the ball outside of the box wasn't stopped an obvious goalscoring opportunity and the Palace goalkeeper survives what would have been a red card. That seems like a huge let-off for Palace.

Palace are flying now and Munoz is found on the right and whips in another great cross. This time Ismaila Sarr arrives and his low effort is saved and then collected by Ortega.

Palace lead! A long ball up to Jean-Philippe Mateta sticks and he finds Daniel Munoz who whips in a brilliant cross for Eze to finish. After all of that early Man City pressure, Palace lead with their first attack of the game.

City have looked dangerous so far from corners and another is whipped in. This time Akanji gets his head to it but it loops over.

Really good save from the Crystal Palace goalkeeper. A cross is clipped to the back post and Erling Haaland is lurking. He manages to get something on it but Henderson saves across his goal. Bright start from City.

The lineups have been announced and for Palace it's exactly as you would expect with Adam Wharton fit to start in central midfield. But Pep Guardiola has gone all-out attack with his starting lineup, with Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva the two deeper central midfielders and the quartet of Savinho, Marmoush, Doku and Haaland in attack. Wow. That is brave from Guardiola and I don't think Palace were expecting that.

Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta

Ortega; Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; De Bruyne, Silva; Savinho, Marmoush, Doku; Haaland

The big injury concern for Palace is central midfielder Adam Wharton, but Glasner has said he's available and the England international should be fit to start. That is huge for the way they play as Wharton is so good at playing the ball forward quickly and accurately for Mateta to hold up and the likes of Eze and Sarr to run in-behind. Palace's 3-4-2-1 formation makes them so robust when they need to be defensively and they will look to frustrate City and then pick their moments on the counter. Daniel Munoz and Tyrick Mitchell have both had outstanding seasons at right and left wing-back respectively and will be so important in this final as they try to help Palace flourish on the break.

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OUT: Cheick Doucoure (knee), Chadi Riad (knee)

After Pep Guardiola went with an attack full of central players last weekend at Southampton and it backfired spectacularly, expect him to go back to traditional wide players for the cup final. Omar Marmoush drifting around underneath fit-again Erling Haaland is tempting, while Jeremy Doku seems sure to start on the left. Kevin de Bruyne will be desperate to win one last trophy before he departs, while City's full back situation is intriguing. Josko Gvardiol is having a great season but he should probably start at center back with exciting youngster Nico O'Reilly at left back.

OUT: Oscar Bobb (thigh), John Stones (thigh), Rodri (torn ACL - MORE), Nathan Ake (ankle)

This is going to be fun. Contrasting styles of play and there will be no fear from Palace who have absolutely nothing to lose. Expect this to go to extra time and I'm going for a Palace win on penalty kicks to complete the upset. Crystal Palace 2-2 Manchester City (Palace win on penalty kicks).

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Crystal Palace and Manchester City meet in an intriguing FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday and this feels like a real 50-50 game.

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Oliver Glasner's Palace are clearly the underdogs, but should they be? They drew 2-2 at home against Man City earlier this season and last month they were 2-0 up early away at City, and should have gone 3-0 up, then imploded to lose 5-2. Palace are the ultimate 'cup team' and they have never won a major trophy in their 119-year history. With Eberechi Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philipe Mateta so dangerous on the counter, plus a solid defensive unit and a very clear playing style to dominate on transitions, Palace match up well against City.

But this is Manchester City. Pep Guardiola's side have surged back in recent weeks, putting themselves back in the top five as they look set to qualify for the Champions League. That wasn't the case for most of this season. If City win this FA Cup final and finish in the top five, in a really bad season they would've won a trophy and reached the Champions League. That's not bad given the injuries (to Rodri and Haaland in particular), massive dips in form and Guardiola ushering in a new era with plenty of young, exciting new players.