Manchester United v Chelsea - FA Cup final preview and possible lineups

Chelsea: Emerson Palmieri will have to sit the game out but other than that there are no fresh injury concerns for Chelsea. David Luiz and Danny Drinkwater are long term injuries and will also miss out. 

Manchester United: Anthony Martial is fit but Romelu Lukaku will face a late fitness test. Marouane Fellaini has travelled with the squad despite missing the previous two matches, while Michael Carrick is not in contention to play. 

Antonio Conte: This is a final. At the end of the day you have to win. It will be a tactical game. I don’t know what type of game. We will see. It will be tough. We need to be focused because we have an important game to play, a really important competition. The oldest in the world. My players will be focused on the game for sure. My expectation is this. o get to the final, to finish the season and the possibility to play at Wembley for the second time in a row it is a great achievement for us and the fans. The most important thing is to win the trophy and the will and desire to lift it.

Jose Mourinho: Of course it [winning the FA Cup] makes a difference but one thing is to make a difference and to consider good or bad because of one match. When I analyse the work I did and the effort I put and everything we all did in the club, and that includes the most important persons in the club, which are the players, I'm not going to analyse them because of one very important match. I know the effort, the negative things and I'm not going to change my analysis of the season because of one match, not at all.

Did you know?

These sides have met in the FA Cup final on two previous occasions, winning one each. 

Olivier Giroud has played a part in 22 goals in 26 FA Cup appearances since January 2012.

Manchester United have conceded just one goal in the competition this season

Score preditction: 0-0 (Chelsea to win on penalties)

Chelsea possible XI: Courtois, Moses, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Alonso, Kante, Fabregas, Willian, Hazard, Giroud

Manchester United possible XI: De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Young, Pogba, Matic, Sanchez, Herrera, Lingard, Lukaku