Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa

Crystal Palace have reached their third FA Cup final in their history, previously doing so in 1989-90 and 2015-16.

Aston Villa have lost seven of their last nine games at Wembley Stadium in all competitions (W2), while overall Villa have lost three of their last six games in all competitions (W3), as many as in their prior 21 matches (W13 D5).

Crystal Palace have beaten Aston Villa in three of their four meetings in all competitions this season (D1), it’s the first time they’ve beaten a side three times in the same season since 2015-16 against Stoke City.

Aston Villa have won none of their last four matches against Crystal Palace in all competitions (D1 L3), conceding 13 goals. Palace knocked them out of the League Cup earlier this season, with Spurs the only side to eliminate them from both the FA and League Cups in the same campaign in 1968-69.

Crystal Palace have faced Aston Villa three times in the FA Cup and have been eliminated each time, losing 5-0 in the third round in 1912-13, 4-3 in the third round in 1961-62 and 3-1 in a fifth round replay in 2009-10.

Aston Villa have reached the FA Cup semi-final for the first time since 2014-15, beating Liverpool 2-1 to reach the final. They’ve reached 11 FA Cup finals, with only seven teams featuring in more.

This is Crystal Palace’s sixth FA Cup semi-final and they’ve alternated between going out at this stage (1976, 1995, 2022) and reaching the final (1990, 2016) in their previous five semi-finals.

Aston Villa have lost six of their last eight games at Wembley, with this their first since losing 2-1 to Manchester City in the 2020 League Cup final. Their two wins in this run came in 2-1 victories against Liverpool (2015 FA Cup semi-final) and Derby County (2019 Championship play-off final).