Here are the official starting lineups for both Crystal Palace F.C. and Manchester City F.C. for their FA Cup final on 17 May, 2025 at the Wembley Stadium (official crowd attendance of 84.163)
CPFC stunned MCFC 1:0 to win the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history.
Crystal Palace F.C. vs Man City Starting Lineups & subs FA Cup Final 2025
Henderson
Chris Richards, Lacroix, Guehi (Lerma 61)
Munoz, Wharton (Hughes 87), Kamada, Mitchell
Sarr, Eze
Mateta (Nketiah 78)
Manchester City starting lineup vs CPFC FA Cup Final May 2025
Ortega
Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Nico O’Reilly
De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva (Gundogan 88)
Savinho (Foden 76), Marmoush (Echeverri 76), Doku
Haaland
Claudio Echeverri made his Man City senior team debut in the 2025 FA Cup final as a second half substitute for Omar Marmoush.
Both Crystal Palace and Man City made only 3 substitutions in the 2025 FA Cup final.
Crystal Palace FC vs Man City FC 1:0 Timeline FA Cup 2025 Final
1:0 Eze goal 16
1:0 Marmoush missed penalty 36 (for Man City)
1:0 Munoz disallowed VAR goal 61 (for Crystal Palace)
Ball possession: Crystal Palace 21% | Man City 79%
Total Shots/attempts: Crystal Palace 7 | Man City 23
Shots on target: Crystal Palace 2 | Man City 6
Passes: Crystal Palace 192 | Man City 678
Corners: Crystal Palace 1 | Man City 7
Crystal Palace FC had only 21% possession against Man City in the 2025 FA Cup final.
CPFC had a pass accuracy of only 65% in the 2025 FA Cup final (MCFC’s pass accuracy was 90%)