Crystal Palace v Man City LIVE: FA Cup final starting line-ups as Pep Guardiola springs surprise at Wembley

Pep Guardiola has made five changes to the side that drew 0-0 to Southampton.

Stefan Ortega comes in for Ederson in goal, while in defence Rico Lewis makes way for Nico O’Reilly, who shifts across to left-back.

In midfield, Mateo Kovacic comes out in place of Omar Marmoush, with Kevin De Bruyne moving into a deeper role.

In the final two changes, James McAtee and Phil Foden come off the wings in favour of Savinho and Jeremy Doku.

Palace manager Oliver Glasner has made two changes to the side that beat Spurs last weekend.

Both are in midfield, with Adam Wharton and Daichi Kamada replacing Will Hughes and Jefferson Lerma.

In attack, Jean-Philippe Mateta leads the line with Ismaila Sarr and Ebere Eze in support.

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

Subs: Turner, Ward, Lerma, Nketiah, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Chilwell, Devenny.

City XI: Ortega Moreno; Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Bernardo, De Bruyne (C); Savinho, Marmoush, Doku; Haaland.

Subs: Ederson, Grealish, Nico, Gundogan, Reis, Nunes, Echeverri, Khusanov, Foden.

Line-ups should be released in the next five minutes…

City have won their last three FA Cup meetings with Crystal Palace by an aggregate score of 18-4. The most recent meeting was in the fourth round in 2016-17, with the Citizens winning 3-0 at Selhurst Park.

They are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Crystal Palace in all competitions (W4 D3), since a 2-0 loss in the Premier League in October 2021.

While Crystal Palace have taken a dramatic route to the FA Cup final against Manchester City, striker Jean-Philippe’s journey to Wembley went via the hospital after suffering a horror injury earlier in in the competition.

Pep Guardiola feels it is “massively important” for Manchester City to win the FA Cup.

City have had to readjust their targets this season after failing to defend their Premier League title and exiting the Champions League prematurely.

Guardiola’s side are hoping to salvage something from a disappointing campaign by beating Crystal Palace in Saturday’s final at Wembley and securing a top-five spot next week.

City have won this competition a total of seven times, with their first win coming in 1903 before subsequent triumphs in 1934, 1956 and 1969, when a famed side including Colin Bell and Franny Lee beat Leicester 1-0.

Fast forward a few decades and 2011 brought the next FA Cup win and a first major trophy since the League Cup in 1976. A 1-0 win over Stoke City, courtesy of a Yaya Toure goal, gave City their first major trophy since the Mansour takeover and marked the start of the club’s current trophy-laden era.

Since then, City have won the cup on two more occasions: in 2018/19 with a 6-0 win over Watford, and in 2022/23 as part of their treble success that season.

Crystal Palace have an altogether more disappointing history in this competition, having never won a major trophy but having twice been losing finalists.

In 1990, Palace played out a 3-3 draw with Manchester United at Wembley before United eventually won a replay 1-0 courtesy of a Lee Martin goal.

And in 2016, it was the same foes who conquered Palace as Jesse Lingard scored a brilliant volley to win the final in extra-time.

This match marks Palace’s third FA Cup final – could it be third time lucky for the Eagles at Wembley?