Later this month, Wembley will host the FA Cup semi-finals. Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Crystal Palace, and Aston Villa are all aiming to secure tickets there in May.
The dates for the FA Cup semi-finals this season have been confirmed by the Football Association. The competition’s final four teams—Northamburg Forest, Manchester City, Crystal Palace, and Aston Villa—will square off at Wembley later this month.
Palace and Villa are both aiming to make it to the FA Cup final for the second time in the past ten years, while Forest will play City, the 2023 cup winners from the previous year. They are all now aware of the time and date of their semi-final matches.
On Saturday, April 26, Palace will play Villa at 5:15 p.m., and on Sunday, April 27, Forest will play City at 4:30 p.m. The BBC will broadcast the event on Saturday, and ITV platforms will show the match on Sunday.
Every club’s Premier League season will be impacted by the fixture scheduling, but Palace’s will be the most noticeable. The Eagles’ scheduled away game against Arsenal on the weekend of the semi-finals has been moved to Wednesday, April 23.
As it happens, City was supposed to play Villa at home that weekend. As a result, their match, which is expected to be very important in both teams’ attempts to earn a spot in the Champions League, will now take place on Tuesday, April 22. As a result, Villa will get one extra day off before their semi-final matchup with Palace.
On Saturday, April 26, Palace will play Villa at 5:15 p.m., and on Sunday, April 27, Forest will play City at 4:30 p.m. The BBC will broadcast the event on Saturday, and ITV platforms will show the match on Sunday.
Every club’s Premier League season will be impacted by the fixture scheduling, but Palace’s will be the most noticeable. The Eagles’ scheduled away game against Arsenal on the weekend of the semi-finals has been moved to Wednesday, April 23.
As it happens, City was supposed to play Villa at home that weekend. As a result, their match, which is expected to be very important in both teams’ attempts to earn a spot in the Champions League, will now take place on Tuesday, April 22. As a result, Villa will get one extra day off before their semi-final matchup with Palace.
In the meanwhile, Forest’s matchup with Brentford has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 1. Arsenal may play in the Champions League semi-finals, with the opening legs scheduled for the week of April 28. This is why Palace was unable to postpone their match.
Astute supporters will note that while there isn’t a Premier League match to contend with Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final between Palace and Villa, Forest and City will start at precisely the same time as Liverpool’s Sunday match against Tottenham at Anfield. Liverpool might win the Premier League championship in that match.
The semi-final prize money has also been confirmed by the FA. As a consolation prize, the losers will each earn £500,000, while the two winning teams will each receive £1 million. The final of this season will be held on Saturday, May 18, at Wembley.
For the second time in three years, City is the clear favourite to win the FA Cup. They broke their own record by defeating Bournemouth 2-1 last Saturday, becoming the only team in FA Cup history to go to the semi-finals for seven straight years.
