Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City

Manchester City have qualified for the FA Cup final for the 14th time in their history. Four of those have come under current manager Pep Guardiola, with only Chelsea (5) reaching more finals in the competition since Guardiola took charge of the club.

Nottingham Forest have only won one of their last eight matches in the FA Cup (D5 L2), and exit this season’s edition with just one win in five games (D3 L1), having progressed from the previous three rounds all via penalty shootouts (v Exeter, Ipswich and Brighton).

Manchester City have won each of their last four matches across all competitions, only recording a longer winning streak this season on one occasion – a run of five in October 2024.

Nottingham Forest have beaten Man City 1-0 in the Premier League this season, last beating them twice in the same campaign in 1989-90 (2x league, 1x Full Members Cup).

Manchester City have lost four of their five FA Cup meetings with Nottingham Forest (W1), most recently a 3-0 home loss in the third round in 2008-09.

This is Nottingham Forest’s first FA Cup semi-final appearance since 1990-91 under Brian Clough, beating West Ham 4-0 at Villa Park before eventually losing to Spurs in the final.

This is Man City’s seventh consecutive appearance in an FA Cup semi-final, winning three and losing three of the previous six. They’ve won the last two, and are looking to reach the final in three consecutive years for the first time.

This will be just Nottingham Forest’s second match at Wembley Stadium since its reopening in 2007, previously beating Huddersfield 1-0 in the 2022 Championship play-off final. Meanwhile, this will be Man City’s 28th game at the ‘new’ Wembley (as a neutral venue), with only Chelsea playing there more often (30).