FA Cup Final 2024 LIVE: Watch Man City vs Man Utd stream plus score, lineups, commentary and latest updates from Wembley

This match is a repeat of last year’s FA Cup Final where Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-1 to complete the second leg of their league title, FA Cup and Champions League treble. It is only the second time in FA Cup history the same final match in consecutive years, after Blackburn Rovers vs Queen’s Park in 1884 and 1885.

Manchester City have won both of their Premier League meetings with Manchester United this season, beating them 3-0 at Old Trafford and 3-1 at the Etihad. The last time they beat their neighbors three times in the same campaign was in 1969-70.

Manchester United have lost six of their last seven meetings with Manchester City in all competitions (W1), including each of their last three in a row. They last lost four in a row against them in 2013-14.

Manchester United have won five of their last seven FA Cup games against Manchester City. However, both defeats in that series came in games at Wembley Stadium (2011 semi-final, 2023 final).

Manchester City could complete the league title and FA Cup double for the third time, previously only achieved by Manchester United (1993-94, 1995-96 and 1998-99) and Arsenal (1970-71, 1997-98 and 2001- 02). ). The Citizens did so in 2018-19 and 2022-23 and could thus become the first team to do so in back-to-back campaigns.

Manchester United finished 8th in the Premier League this season, the worst side to play in the FA Cup final since Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 in 2020. There have been six other occasions when a team finished 8th or lower, facing that season’s champions in the Showpiece – Aston Villa (10th) beat Manchester United 2-1 in 1957, but such teams have since lost all five finals with a total score of 15-0.

Manchester United are looking to win the FA Cup for the 13th time, something only Arsenal (14) have done more. However, the Red Devils have failed to win the trophy in four of their last five final appearances, except in 2016 against Crystal Palace under Louis van Gaal (2-1).

Manchester City are aiming to win the FA Cup for the eighth time and the first time in consecutive years. Meanwhile, Manchester United have lost the showpiece in back-to-back years once before, doing so in 1957 (vs Aston Villa) and 1958 (vs Bolton).

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 35 matches in all competitions (W29 D6) – the second-longest run by a top-flight club in English football history, behind Nottingham Forest’s 40-match run in 1978.

Manchester United have lost 19 games and conceded 84 goals in all competitions this season. They last conceded 20 in a campaign in 1973-74 (22) and conceded more than 84 in 1963-64 (89).

Manchester City have won each of their last 11 FA Cup matches; excluding relegation and canceled games, there have only been two longer winning runs in the history of the competition – Blackburn Rovers (20 between 1883 and 1886) and Chelsea (13 between 2009 and 2011).

Manchester United beat Liverpool 4–3 in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and drew with Coventry City 3–3 in the semi-final; The Red Devils have only conceded 3+ goals in two of their previous 111 games in the competition combined, while they have never done so in three consecutive games.

With Man City boss Pep Guardiola and Man Utd’s Erik Ten Hag meeting last year in the showpiece, this is the first time a pair of league managers have gone head-to-head in more than one final of the FA Cup (excluding replays).

Man City’s Phil Foden has been involved in 10 goals in his last nine appearances in all competitions, scoring nine and assisting one. He has also scored six goals in his last five games against Manchester United, while only against Brighton (8) has he scored more goals in his career than his six against the Red Devils.

Man City’s Erling Haaland is the Premier League’s top scorer in all competitions this season with 38 goals. He scored 52 times last season and could become the first Premier League player to score over 40 points in back-to-back campaigns.

Erling Haaland has been involved in nine goals in five appearances against Manchester United in all competitions (6 goals, 3 assists), more than he has against any other team as a Manchester City player.

Bruno Fernandes scored from the penalty spot for Manchester United in last season’s FA Cup final. He could become the fifth Manchester United player to score on the showpiece in two different years, after Bryan Robson (1983 and 1990), Norman Whiteside (1983 and 1985), Mark Hughes (1990 and 1994) and Eric Cantona (1994 and 1996). .

Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne assisted three goals in the FA Cup final, setting up Gabriel Jesus in 2019 and both of Ilkay Gündogan’s strikes last season. No player on record (since 1962) has provided more assists in FA Cup finals than the Belgian (Olivier Giroud also three).

Marcus Rashford has scored six goals for Manchester United against Manchester City in all competitions, only scoring more against Leicester (8) and Liverpool (7). Four of his six goals against the Citizens put Manchester United ahead in the match.

Both Phil Foden and Erling Haaland have scored for Man City in both of their Premier League meetings with Manchester United this season; In the history of the Manchester derby, only two players have ever scored in three separate meetings in the same season, with Dennis Viollet (1956-57) and Paul Scholes (2003-04) both doing so for the Red Devils.