FA Cup semi-draw confirmed with Aston Villa facing Crystal Palace at Wembley | Football

Aston Villa will take on Crystal Palace in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Manchester City meanwhile will take on Nottingham Forest with Pep Guardiola’s side coming from behind to beat Bournemouth on Sunday evening.

Semi-final ties will take place on the weekend of 26 and 27 of April.

Unai Emery’s side booked their place in the final four of the competition after a 3-0 victory over Preston at Deepdale on Sunday afternoon.

The Championship side held strong up until just before the hour mark when Marcus Rashford broke the deadlock.

The England international, on loan from Manchester United, doubled his tally five minutes later from the penalty spot with Jacob Ramsey wrapping up the win.

Palace meanwhile cruised into the semis with a 3-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

Goals from Eberechi Eze, Ismaila Sarr and Eddie Nketiah booked the Eagles’ place in the semi-finals at the expense of their London rivals.

Palace, twice beaten finalists against Manchester United, are looking to win the competition for the first time.

Forest meanwhile reached their first FA Cup semi-final since 1991 after seeing off Brighton in a penalty shootout.

Their last FA Cup success came back in 1959.

City, who won the competition in 2023 before losing in the final to Manchester United last year, fell behind at Bournemouth on Sunday evening after Erling Haaland’s penalty miss.

The Norwegian levelled the contest four minutes into the second-half but was forced off injured on the hour mark.

His replacement Omar Marmoush scored City’s second minutes after coming off the bench to send his side into the last four.

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