For one side, it could be just another day in the office. After playing so many finals and winning so many trophies since the club became prominent and wealthy, what’s one more FA Cup final? After all, once you win the long-awaited Champions League, no other piece of silverware can be more special, unique, and important.Yet, once you hit the bottom, you’ve forgotten ever existed, any trophy would mean a lot if it could help you redeem yourself to the fans.Reijn-man becomes a Cityzen?For the other side, it’s probably the most crucial day in the club’s 119-year-long history. It’s a day that could remain written in golden letters in almanacs at Selhurst Park and help this team join their much more powerful London neighbours whose number of trophies is hard to count.The stage is set 🏟️The 2024-25 #EmiratesFACup Final is here! 🏆🎨 @FDsigns_ pic.twitter.com/eRmnLI4xHH— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) May 17, 2025 In the 144th FA Cup final, Man City and Crystal Palace will lock horns at Wembley (18.30). The Cityzens will – as mentioned – try to redeem to their fans after an unprecedentedly bad season and end it with a trophy. A trophy they have lifted seven times so far, the last one two years ago.Today’s clash will be Pep Guardiola’s team’s third consecutive FA Cup final, as they lost the previous one to their city rivals, Man United, 2-1.⚔️ Will Man City make it eight FA Cup titles, or will Crystal Palace finally lift their first-ever? 🏆 pic.twitter.com/mArrfIqXUV— Globe Soccer Awards (@Globe_Soccer) May 17, 2025 On the other hand, Crystal Palace aim to win their maiden major trophy in England – something they have failed to do in the past 119 years. They played two FA Cup finals – in 1990 and 2016 – and lost both to Man United. Interestingly, both matches ended in draws, only the first time the Red Devils won a replayed game, while nine years ago, Jesse Lingard brought them a trophy in extra time.The Eagles’ boss Oliver Glasner surely knows how to win trophies, as he led Eintracht Frankfurt to the biggest success in the club’s history four years ago when the German side won the UEFA Europa League.After Crystal Palace’s last match v Man City, Oliver Glasner said this 🗣️The two teams meet again in the FA Cup final later today… pic.twitter.com/suLpFdJv9t— Premier League (@premierleague) May 17, 2025 If he triumphs today with Palace, he and his lads will participate in the same competition next season. At the same time, the London side would play in Europe for the first time after 1998 – when they competed in the UEFA Intertoto Cup – which had been their only European campaign.The two teams have met twice this season in the Premier League. In London, they shared the spoils (2-2), and in Manchester, City came from behind, smashing Palace 5-2 after being 2-0 down. Still, today’s game is different.The Cityzens are clearly firm favourites, but the Eagles have a chance they rarely get. We already know who’s better, but today, only the quality won’t be enough. The FA Cup final is played with heart and soul. Tonight around 20.30, we’ll find out which team understood it better.FA CUP – FINALSaturday18:30: (4.30) Crystal Palace (3.90) Man.City (1.85)***odds are subject to change***
