The first of two FA Cup semi-finals take place at Wembley on Easter Saturday when Manchester City take on Liverpool.
Here's everything you need to know about the game in the English capital:
What time is Man City v Liverpool kick-off?
Man City v Liverpool kicks off at 3.30pm on Saturday, April 16.
Is Man City v Liverpool on TV? Is it free and what about live streaming?
Yes, Manchester City v Liverpool is being broadcast live on terrestrial channel BBC One. Coverage begins at 3pm. You can also live stream the action on the BBC Sport website and on BBC iPlayer.
What's the latest team news?
Manchester City will make late calls on the availability of Kevin De Bruyne and Kyle Walker. Both players suffered knocks in their side's 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night, a result which saw the Citizens progress into the semi-finals of the Champions League. Pep Guardiola has also revealed he will consider starting second-choice goalkeeper Zack Steffen over regular starter Ederson.
As for Liverpool, they expect Diogo Jota to be available after he sustained a knock in his side's 3-3 draw with Benfica in midweek. The Reds have no other injury concerns.
What have the managers said?
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola: “I have said to the players that I do not want any excuses. We need to go to Wembley and play our game.
“Semi-finals of the FA Cup are always hard, against this side. Even with the top players fit and rested.
“I learned as a manager when you arrive in the latter stages in all competitions, you adapt to the schedule. If you want to complain for a [safety] net, you make a mistake. It is what it is. It is because we are fighting for the title. If we are not fighting for the titles we would have long weeks."
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "I'm really looking forward to the game. Wembley is a big pitch, so we have to cover a lot of grass, to run a lot, to close big gaps and all these kinds of things, but I think it will be cool.
"Of course, both teams will use the last game for the analysis, of course, and we will see who uses it better. It has to be treated like a final, we have to. In an ideal world we have 12 games, that means the 10 around we treat like finals. That's how it is pretty much and that's how we approached it already since January since we started this little mission. You have to go all-in."
What are the latest betting odds?
Match result (regular time):
Man City win - 7/5
Draw - 13/5
Liverpool win - 7/4
To reach the final:
Man City - 8/11
Liverpool - 1/1
(Odds courtesy of Sky Bet, correct at time of publication. Gamble responsibly.)
Who is the referee?
Michael Oliver will take charge of the contest in London. He will be assisted by Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett.
Kevin Friend is the fourth official while Darren England is the video assistant referee.
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Match facts
- Manchester City and Liverpool have met twice before at Wembley stadium, with both games ending in a 1-1 draw before going to penalties. The Citizens eventually emerged victorious on both occasions in 2016 (League Cup final) and 2019 (Community Shield).
- This is the first FA Cup meeting between Man City and Liverpool since Gérard Houllier’s Reds ran out 1-0 victors away from home over Kevin Keegan’s men in 2003, with Danny Murphy netting the winner. Indeed, Liverpool’s only two defeats to Man City in the competition came in replays, winning three of the other five games (D2).
- This is the first FA Cup meeting between teams in the top-two of the Premier League on the day of the game since the 2016-17 semi-final between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, a 4-2 victory for the Blues. The only other occasion the semi-final of the FA Cup was contested by the Premier League’s top-two teams was in 1998-99, won 2-1 by Manchester United against Arsenal after a replay.
- Following their Premier League fixture on April 10th, Liverpool and Manchester City will meet twice in the space of a week for the first time since April 2018, when both legs of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final came six days apart. The sides last contested two separate competitions in such a short amount of time during Jürgen Klopp’s first season at the club in 2015-16, losing the League Cup final three days before a 3-0 Premier League win over Manuel Pellegrini’s men.
- Manchester City are appearing in their fifth FA Cup semi-final in the last six years – only missing out in 2017-18 – and all coming under Pep Guardiola. They have however lost three of the previous four games (W1) after what was an eight-match winning streak at this stage between 1933 and 2013.
- Liverpool have progressed from eight of their last 10 FA Cup semi-final ties, only failing to do so in this run in 1989-90 (v Crystal Palace) and in their most recent appearance at this stage in 2014-15 under Brendan Rodgers (v Aston Villa).
- When used as a neutral venue, Liverpool haven’t won any of their last six games at Wembley (D4 L2), though did beat Chelsea on penalties in the League Cup final in February. Having won more matches at the old venue than any other side (15), Liverpool have only won one of their eight encounters at the new site (2-1 v Everton in 2012).
- Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez has scored four goals in three FA Cup games this season, double that of in his 20 appearances beforehand (2). He’s scored in round four, round five and the quarter-final this season – the last Premier League player to score in four consecutive rounds in the same campaign was Romelu Lukaku for Manchester United in 2017-18.
- Throughout their managerial careers, neither Man City’s Pep Guardiola nor Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp have lost more often against any other manager than they have against one another. In domestic cup competition, they have one win apiece against each other, with Guardiola’s Bayern Munich beating Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the 2014 DFB-Pokal final, and Klopp returning the favour in the 2014-15 semi-final (2-0 on penalties after a 1-1 draw).
- Only four of the last 34 Wembley goals scored by either Liverpool or Manchester City have come via English players, with Raheem Sterling responsible for each, all since moving to Manchester. The last Englishman to net for the Reds at this venue was Andy Carroll in May 2012, with Joleon Lescott the most recent before Sterling to do so for the Citizens (August 2011).
