The 2023-24 FA Cup Final will take place this Saturday with reigning champions Manchester City taking on rivals Manchester United.
The two Manchester sides face off in the Cup final for the second year straight at Wembley as Pep Guardiola‘s men are hoping to lift their third FA Cup trophy in six seasons.
Whilst Erik Ten Hag and Co are looking to claim the title for the 13th time in the club’s history.
City come into the tie as strong favourites having beat United 2-1 last year thanks to an Ilkay Gundogan brace.
This year’s Premier League winners are hoping to finish the season winning the double after claiming their fourth consecutive league title.
Here is everything you need to know about Manchester United vs Manchester City in the FA Cup Final including kick-off time, where to watch and much more.
When is Manchester City vs Manchester United?
Manchester City vs Manchester United will take place on Saturday, May 25 at Wembley Stadium.
What time is kick-off?
The FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Manchester United is scheduled for a 3pm kick-off time.
Where can I watch/follow the FA Cup final?
Mail Sport will be providing live coverage of the clash between the two sides, including all the build-up, teams news and live score as it happens.
To keep up-to-date with the match you can follow our live blog here.
The game will also be shown live on both BBC One and ITV1, free of charge to UK residents.
Coverage of the game will begin at 1:45 on ITV1 and 1:50pm on BBC One.
You can also live stream the game via BBC iPlayer and ITVX.
Team news
Here is all the news we know about the two teams heading into their titanic final clash.
Manchester United team news:
Erik Ten Hag revealed that Harry Maguire is out of the FA Cup final.
Maguire has missed the last four games with a muscle problem and Ten Hag confirmed ‘it didn’t heal as expected’.
That means Lisandro Martinez is set to partner Raphael Varane in central defence against Manchester City at Wembley after both players recovered from injury.
United also expect Mason Mount, Anthony Martial and Victor Lindelof to be available after all three players returned to training this week.
Manchester City team news:
As for the defending champions, they will be out their number one, Ederson through injury. The Sky Blue of Manchester won’t be too concerned over the Brazilians absence as cup sepcialist Stefan Ortega is expected to slot into the starting eleven.
Other than that City have no new injury concerns and Kovacic may come back into the squad as he was rested by Guardiola in the last game of the Premier League against West Ham.
What happens if Manchester United win the FA Cup?
Although many have already counted Ten Hag’s men out of the final, they could still do the unlikely and stun the City crowd in Wembley, which would result in them claiming a spot in Europe next summer.
Ten Hag will be putting his best eleven forward on Saturday afternoon as a lot lies on this final.
The Dutch manager will not only be eager to get the one over on their bitter rivals but he knows that a win on Saturday would mean that the Red Devils would be playing in the Europa League next season.
Ten Hag’s future will be in real jeopardy if his side can’t manage to come up with a victory against Manchester City, after he lead his side to their worst Premier League finish in the club’s history.
A win on Sunday could make the Dutch manager safe and no longer at risk of departing the club.
