On June 3, the final match of the FA Cup will take place in London, in which Manchester City will play Manchester United. The forecast for this match is given by the famous commentator Alexander Elagin.
Interestingly, in the century-and-a-half history of the FA Cup, this is only the first time that Manchester City and Manchester United will compete for the trophy in a decisive match. It is also worth adding that in the League Cup finals, these teams have never met in a face-to-face duel. For the first time they played each other in the FA Cup in the 1969/1970 season, and then in the 1/16 final Man United won 3-0 on their own field.
In total, the history of Manchester derbies in the FA Cup is 6 matches. The Red Devils have been the winners five times, and only 1 success on the side of Manchester City. For the current head coaches, Josep Guardiola and Eric ten Haga, this will be the first derby in the framework of the national Cup.
Manchester United reached the FA Cup final for the 21st time in history, repeating the record of the tournament, which belonged to Arsenal. But the Gunners still have more trophies won – 14 against 12 for the Mancunians. Manchester City will play in the FA Cup final for the 12th time. Previously, the "citizens" took this trophy 6 times, having done it once under Josep Guardiola.
Man City won all 5 of their matches in the current tournament in regular time, not conceding a single goal, but scoring as many as 17 goals against opponents, including knocking out rivals such as Chelsea and Arsenal. Man United scored 12 goals and conceded 4 in their matches, defeating Brighton in the semi-finals only in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw.
The "citizens" can make the championship title this season, having already become the champion of England, as well as having chances to win the finals of the FA Cup and the Champions League. Alex Ferguson previously managed this with Manchester United in 1999. Alexander Elagin believes that Guardiola is able to repeat this achievement with Man City, so he puts it on them.
