Crystal Palace and Aston Villa meet in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, with both sides enjoying strong spells of form.
Eight of the last ten meetings between these sides have seen both teams score, and this one promises to be no different. Villa’s extra depth and firepower might just give them the edge, but Palace won’t go quietly.
Eight of the last ten meetings between these sides have seen both teams score, and this one promises to be no different. Villa’s extra depth and firepower might just give them the edge, but Palace won’t go quietly.
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00:00Crystal Palace and Aston Villa meet in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, with both sides enjoying strong spells of form.
00:11Palace earned a confidence-boosting 2-2 draw away at Arsenal in midweek, thanks to goals from Eberici Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta,
00:19continuing a run that has seen them lose just three of their last 14 games.
00:24Under Oliver Glasner, the Eagles have climbed to 12th in the table and look far more dangerous outfit.
00:31Palace have twice reached the FA Cup final in 1990 and 2016, but are still chasing their first triumph in the competition.
00:40They'll take heart from their record against Villa this season, having beaten them twice, including a 4-1 win in February, with the other meeting ending 2-2.
00:50Mateta and Eze are both in sparkling form and Palace have scored in 16 of their last 18 matches.
00:57As for Villa, well they come into this one after a narrow midweek loss to Manchester City, but their overall form under Unai Emery has been impressive.
01:06They've suffered just three defeats since February, winning 12 of their last 17 games, with the Champions League quarter-final under their belts.
01:15Villa are chasing silverware to match their progress.
01:18This is the objective, this is the next objective we will have for the next six matches we're going to play in Premier League,
01:26to get Europe and hopefully to get Champions League and to play in FA Cup as well for a trophy.
01:33They've won the FA Cup seven times, though not since 1957, and were runners-up in 2000 and 2015.
01:42With attacking options like Oli Watkins, Marco Sencio, Marcus Rashford and Morgan Rodgers, they will carry real threat going forward.
01:52Eight of the last ten meetings between these sides have seen both teams score and this one promises to be no different.
01:58Villa's extra depth and firepower might just give them the edge, but Palace won't go quietly.
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