The two league meetings between these sides this season have produced 11 goals with BTTS landing in both. Palace held City to a 2-2 draw back in December before City then got their revenge at the Etihad in coming away 5-2 winners, but not without falling 2-0 behind in the early stages.

Both of these sides enter the final in positive form, Palace have avoided defeat in their last five matches while City have remained unbeaten across their last 10 outings across all competitions. Palace have scored in each of their last four games which has been a tough run of fixtures against Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Arsenal and Tottenham.

Manchester City have scored in eight of their last 10 games across all competitions with the exception of the Manchester Derby, and their 0-0 draw with Southampton last time out. City have been defensively vulnerable all season, they’ve conceded 43 goals across their 36 games in the Premier League which is already more than they conceded across the entirety of last season (34).

Eze is ending the season really strongly, he’s been criticised at times for his goal output but he’s made it more reflective of his performances this season in the last few weeks.

Eze has scored in each of his last four games, including the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa. He scored a brace against Tottenham last time out and has also found the net against Nottingham Forest and Arsenal in this recent run of goalscoring form.

Eze has been pivotal to Palace’s FA Cup campaign. He scored in the quarter-final against Fulham as well as opening the scoring against Aston Villa in the semi-final. He’s found the target in every round of the competition and can add to that record in the final. Eze scored against City in Palace’s 5-2 defeat to Pep Guardiola’s side last month and is averaging 1.00 shots on target per 90 in the Premier League this season.

O’Reilly was targeted by Palace in the most recent meeting at the Etihad. Palace are incredibly strong down the right hand side of the pitch with Daniel Munoz and Ismaila Sarr forming a dangerous partnership which can threaten any Premier League backline.

O’Reilly has been playing as a left back since breaking into the City side, but he’s really a central midfielder who is being asked to do a job as a left back with City short on fully fit defenders. As a result, he can look a little awkward in 1v1 duels, especially against a player like Sarr who can be very direct. O’Reilly committed two fouls in City’s 5-2 win over Palace last month.

O’Reilly has committed six fouls across his nine Premier League appearances this season (1.02 per 90). His direct opponent in Sarr has won 55 fouls across his 36 Premier League appearances this season (1.93 per 90). O’Reilly committed a foul and was shown a yellow card in City’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final.

Haaland had a quiet return back to the starting lineup against Southampton last time out. Manchester City’s top scorer this season only had 17 touches of the ball at St Mary’s which was the lowest of any player on the pitch. Guardiola was eager to chalk this down to Haaland getting back to match fitness after a spell on the sidelines.

Haaland scored and had two shots on target in the 2-2 draw between the sides back in December. He’s had 58 shots on target across his 29 Premier League appearances this season (2.03 per 90). Unsurprisingly, his shot volume has remained high all season - managing 103 shots across these appearances (3.60 per 90). 

Manchester City managed to carve out 12 big chances in the most recent meeting between the sides as well as registering nine shots on target. City are averaging 5.8 shots on target per game in the Premier League this season which is a total only bettered by Chelsea (5.9) and Liverpool (6.2).

Hughes has committed 62 fouls across his 31 Premier League appearances this season (2.80 per 90). He’s been impressive for Palace this season but has shown a tendency to be overly reckless in the midfield, as the 11 yellow cards he’s received this season suggests. 

No Crystal Palace player is averaging more fouls committed per 90 than Will Hughes this season. Hughes came on in the most recent head to head meeting between the sides and committed a foul in his 45 minutes of action on the pitch. Palace committed 16 fouls in that game, well over their average of 10.9 fouls committed per game in the Premier League this season. 

He’ll be tasked with tracking a midfield trio of Kevin De Bruyne (0.99 fouls won per 90), Mateo Kovacic (1.05 fouls won per 90) and Bernardo Silva (1.05 fouls won per 90). This trio are incredibly strong at keeping and recycling the ball for Manchester City which should see Will Hughes get through plenty of work off the ball and commit a few fouls in this FA Cup final.

Palace have come in one shot on target under this line in their last two matches with Manchester City this season.

Palace are averaging 4.8 shots on target per game in the Premier League this season which is a record that ranks 9th in the top-flight. Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Sarr are the main shots on target threats, but Palace also carry a threat with Munoz from the wingback areas as well as an aerial threat from set pieces.

Palace had four shots on target in their 3-0 win over Aston Villa in the semi-final and have managed 4+ shots on target in each knockout stage of the competition.