Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa LIVE: Eagles blow Villa away to soar into FA Cup final

A place in the domestic showpiece is on the line in an intriguing clash at Wembley

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Crystal Palace blew away Aston Villa at Wembley to give themselves a shot at lifting a first FA Cup trophy in their history.

After a slow start, Ebereche Eze fired in a stunner to bring the semi-final clash to life, just as he did in Palace’s last-eight tie at Craven Cottage.

Villa thought they had renewed hope when Jean-Philippe Mateta missed his penalty soon after the restart - but were quickly dealt a hammer blow when Ismaila Sarr doubled Palace’s lead from range.

Sarr put the icing on the cake in stoppage time as he slotted past Emi Martinez, sealing the Eagles’s place in only their third ever FA Cup final - now on the verge of a first major title.

Follow all of the latest from the FA Cup semi-final with our live blog below:

Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa LIVE

• 29' NO GOAL! Mateta goal ruled out after robbing Konsa [CRY 0-0 AST]
• 31' GOAL! Eze stunner opens scoring at Wembley [CRY 1-0 AST]
• 53' PENALTY MISSED! Mateta goes wide from spot-kick [CRY 1-0 AST]
• 58' GOAL! Sarr belter doubles Palace's lead [CRY 2-0 AST]
• 90+3' GOAL! Sarr adds to tally to put icing on cake [CRY 3-0 AST]
• Crystal Palace XI: Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta
• Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Tielemans, Kamara; Asensio, McGinn, Rogers; Watkins

[26 April 2025 19:28 · Will Castle]

FULL-TIME! Crystal Palace 3-0 Aston Villa

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(The FA via Getty Images)

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[26 April 2025 19:12 · Will Castle]

FULL-TIME! Crystal Palace 3-0 Aston Villa

CRYSTAL PALACE ARE INTO THE FA CUP FINAL!

Palace blew away Aston Villa at Wembley to give themselves a shot at lifting a first FA Cup trophy in their history.

After a slow start, Ebereche Eze fired in a stunner to bring the semi-final to life, just as he did in Palace’s last-eight tie at Craven Cottage.

Villa thought they had renewed hope when Jean-Philippe Mateta missed his penalty soon after the restart - but were quickly dealt a hammer blow when Ismaila Sarr doubled Palace’s lead from range.

Sarr put the icing on the cake in stoppage time as he slotted past Emi Martinez, sealing the Eagles’s place in only their third ever FA Cup final.

(The FA via Getty Images)

[26 April 2025 19:11 · Will Castle]

Crystal Palace 3-0 Aston Villa

90+6 mins: This has been a clinic from Crystal Palace. Every player has shown up.

It’s party time in South London.

[26 April 2025 19:08 · Will Castle]

GOAL! Crystal Palace 3-0 Aston Villa

90+4 mins: GOAL! SARR SEALS IT!

Aston Villa are robbed of possession again and Sarr runs in on goal to slot past Martinez and take this one out of sight.

Crystal Palace will be in the FA Cup final.

[26 April 2025 19:06 · Will Castle]

Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa

90+2 mins: Another off-balance Malen effort flies out for a throw after it bounced from head to head in the box.

[26 April 2025 19:05 · Will Castle]

Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa

90 mins: Malen receives the ball with back to goal and falls over as he directs a tame effort towards Henderson.

SEVEN minutes added on.

[26 April 2025 19:03 · Will Castle]

Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa

88 mins: Eze and Wharton are taken off by Glasner as Hughes and Lerma enter the fray to steady the ship.

Another influential performance by the man who set this semi-final alight, Eze.

[26 April 2025 19:01 · Will Castle]

Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa

86 mins: Cash gets into the box and spots a path to goal, firing an effort through the gap that goes a yard or so wide.

Henderson was never troubled by that.

[26 April 2025 19:00 · Will Castle]

Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa

85 mins: Another Villa free-kick is nodded away, this time by Sarr.

Bailey retrieves and lofts a deep delivery towards Torres, who can only prod into the side-netting.

Palace are nearly there.

[26 April 2025 18:58 · Will Castle]

Crystal Palace 2-0 Aston Villa

83 mins: Mitchell is now down and receiving treatment.

He isn’t able to continue and makes way for Chilwell.

Palace still have three subs available, while Villa have used all five up.