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BBC Radio 5 Live build-up BBC Radio 5 Live This video can not be played Watch live as Crystal Palace face Aston Villa in FA Cup semi-final at Wembley BBC One coverage at top of page, with BBC Radio 5 Live commentary available via 'watch & listen' tab Eze screamer puts Eagles 1-0 up during first half Nottm Forest play Man City in other semi-final on Sunday Winners will meet in Wembley showpiece on Saturday, 17 May Get Involved: #bbcfootball, Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Emlyn Begley Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Villa's Marco Asensio has a shot blocked in the box and Palace counter. From that break Tyrick Mitchell does a proper air-kick in the box. Woe. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Want to see a brilliant FA Cup semi-final goal? Click the video below (UK only). This video can not be played Eze smashes Palace into lead at Wembley Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Villa putting the pressure on. Ezri Konsa throws himself at a John Mc Ginn cross but doesn't make contact with ti. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa John Mc Ginn's pass map, Marc. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Not sure what Mc Ginn offers us, constantly passing sideways and backwards. Need more urgency otherwise this game will get away from us soon. Marc, Villa fan Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Palace midfielder Daichi Kamada concedes a free-kick for a foul for the second time. Another one or two and he'll be booked, you'd think. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Villa go close to an equaliser Youri Tielemans' header is heading towards the bottom corner but Dean Henderson scoops it off the line. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Wonderful play by Jean-Philippe Mateta to beat his man on the left wing with a brilliant flick before crossing for Ismaila Sarr, who can't turn the ball home. Villa counter and win a corner. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) The ‘best’ keeper in the world would have at least got a hand to that…. . just saying. James Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Villa trying to get something going down the right but Morgan Rogers and Tyrick Mitchell both go down after colliding. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Phil Mc Nulty BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley Deafening noise from Crystal Palace's fans and no wonder. Eberechi Eze's strike was very special. Eze has got a real "X Factor" as he proved with his goal in the quarter-final at Fulham and there it was again. Those Palace supporters are bouncing - literally. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Eberechi Eze has scored in back-to-back games for Crystal Palace in all competitions for the first time since May 2024 - which also included a goal against Aston Villa. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Been out shopping all day, just turned the game on, must be a cracking match, seen Mateta disallowed goal and a blinder from Eze. Mo, Darlaston I keep saying it, game after game, Torres is not good enough! Bring back Mings, much more solid when he's playing. Game after game this happens. Stephen, Birmingham Justice done for Palace. That first 'goal' should never have been disallowed. Chris, Manchester Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa So good, isn't he, Eberechi Eze? Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Only Matheus Cunha and Bruno Fernandes (both six) have scored more goals from outside the box among Premier League players in all competitions this season than Eberechi Eze (five). Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa This would really change the vibe if Villa were to score. The cross comes in and Pau Torres heads wide. It was a bit tough for him to reach so not an easy header. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Crystal Palace fans are bouncing now. Villa win an immediate corner. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Neil Johnston BBC Sport at Wembley Oliver Glasner spent about 10 seconds wagging his finger in the air after Anthony Taylor disallowed Jean-Philippe Mateta's attempt. Moments later the Crystal Palace boss flung his arms in the air in celebration at an outrageous strike by Eberechi Eze. From frustration to utter joy in a matter of seconds. Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Alan Shearer Former England striker on BBC One I thought Aston Villa were lucky to get away with the first one, but they were sloppy again. What a strike that is - 23 yards out and into the roof of the net. What a finish. That finish is exceptional. Eberechi Eze Screamer! !! Eberechi Eze scores his second scorcher in a week - and this is a huge one. Villa lose the ball and Ismaila Sarr rolls the ball across the penalty area. It lands to Eze 20 yards out and he curls a first-time beauty past Emiliano Martinez in the goal. It goes fairly central in the goal but the Argentine can't keep it out. Match report to appear here. Manager: Oliver Glasner Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Unai Emery Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Oliver Glasner Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Unai Emery Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 To watch and listen, you need to enable Java Script in your browser. BBC Radio 5 Live build-up. BBC Radio 5 Live. Audio BBC Radio 5 Live build-up BBC Radio 5 Live Crystal Palace v Aston Villa. BBC Radio 5 Live. Audio Crystal Palace v Aston Villa BBC Radio 5 Live Listen live Crystal Palace v Aston Villa. BBC Radio WM. Audio Crystal Palace v Aston Villa BBC Radio WM Listen live Crystal Palace v Aston Villa. BBC Radio London. Audio Crystal Palace v Aston Villa BBC Radio London Listen live FA Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Aston Villa have won none of their last four matches against Crystal Palace in all competitions (D1 L3), conceding 13 goals. Palace knocked them out of the League Cup earlier this season, with Spurs the only side to eliminate them from both the FA and League Cups in the same campaign in 1968-69. Crystal Palace have faced Aston Villa three times in the FA Cup and have been eliminated each time, losing 5-0 in the third round in 1912-13, 4-3 in the third round in 1961-62 and 3-1 in a fifth round replay in 2009-10. Aston Villa have reached the FA Cup semi-final for the first time since 2014-15, beating Liverpool 2-1 to reach the final. They’ve reached 11 FA Cup finals, with only seven teams featuring in more. This is Crystal Palace’s sixth FA Cup semi-final and they’ve alternated between going out at this stage (1976, 1995, 2022) and reaching the final (1990, 2016) in their previous five semi-finals. Aston Villa have lost six of their last eight games at Wembley, with this their first since losing 2-1 to Manchester City in the 2020 League Cup final. Their two wins in this run came in 2-1 victories against Liverpool (2015 FA Cup semi-final) and Derby County (2019 Championship play-off final). Crystal Palace knocked Fulham out 3-0 in this season’s FA Cup quarter-final, having been eliminated in eight of their previous 10 FA Cup ties against Premier League sides. They last knocked out more than one Premier League side in a season in 2015-16, the last time they reached the final (four teams). Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has progressed from each of the four single-legged semi-final cup ties he’s managed in, all with Paris Saint-Germain across 2016-17 and 2017-18 in the Coupe de la Ligue (4-1 vs Bordeaux, 3-2 vs Rennes) and Coupe de France (5-0 vs Monaco, 3-1 vs Caen). Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner is looking to become the first Austrian manager to reach an FA Cup final and Austria would be the first new nation represented by a manager in the showpiece event since Germany in 2021 (Thomas Tuchel for Chelsea). In domestic cups this season (FA and League Cup), Marcus Rashford has had a hand in six goals (4 goals, 2 assists) for Man Utd and Aston Villa. Since the start of 2016-17, he has been involved in 40 goals in 60 games these competitions (26 goals, 14 assists), more than any other Premier League player. He is yet to score or assist in an FA Cup semi-final, however, in five attempts. Crystal Palace’s Ismaïla Sarr has been involved in four goals in two starts against Aston Villa this season (3 goals, 1 assist), and in his five starts against Villa in all competitions in his career, he has either scored (5 goals) or assisted (2 goals) in each start. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.