Crystal Palace v City: Kick-off time, team news and TV information

Manchester City F.C.

·11 May 2025

Crystal Palace v City: Kick-off time, team news and TV information

Find out everything you need to know ahead of City's FA Cup final clash with Crystal Palace.

WHEN AND WHERE

We take on the Eagles in the final of the 2024/25 FA Cup on Saturday 17 May, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 16:30 (UK) at Wembley Stadium.

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The game will be shown live in the UK on ITV 1, ITV X, STV Scotland and STV Player, as well as BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

You can also keep across all of the action via the official Man City app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

MAN CITY APP COVERAGE

Our official Man City app allows you to follow all of the action from Wembley in one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 15:15 (UK).

Michael Brown and Andy Morrison will be the guests on the latest Matchday Live show, offering their expert insight before, during and after the action.

During the game, you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann (via CITY+), while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

Both a shortened and extended highlights package can be accessed from 12:00 (UK) on Monday 19 May, while a full-match replay (via CITY+) will follow from midnight.

PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW

Pep Guardiola will be facing the media at his pre-match press conference from 13:30 (UK) on Friday 16 May where the City boss will provide all the latest team news updates and you can follow it live on mancity.com and our official app.

Don't worry if you are unable to watch Pep’s press conference as it happens as we'll have a written review and video recap soon after it has concluded.

PREVIOUS MEETING

Our last FA Cup encounter with Palace came back in the fourth round in 2017, where we cruised to a 3-0 victory at Selhurst Park thanks to goals from Yaya Toure, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane.

Our latest encounter in the Premier League came just last month, where Pep’s side secured a 5-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium. The reverse fixture last December ended in a 2-2 draw in London.

WATCH: Classic highlights: Crystal Palace 0-3 City 2017

LAST TIME OUT

We reached the final of the competition after a superb 2-0 semi-final victory over Nottingham Forest, with Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol striking in each half.

In league terms, we were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw against relegated Southampton at St Mary's Stadium last time out.

As for Palace, they also produced an impressive semi-final showing, defeating Aston Villa 3-0 to progress into the showpiece occasion. An Eberechi Eze goal and an Ismaila Sarr brace did the damage on the night.

In league terms, Palace travel to face Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

WATCH: Nottingham Forest 0-2 City: Brief FA Cup highlights