Crystal Palace take on Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, with kick-off at 17:15 BST. Here are some facts you might want to know:

Daichi Kamada scored the winner when these two sides met in the League Cup back in October, taking Palace into the quarter-finals for the first time since 2012.

Palace are looking to make it four games unbeaten against Villa this season, after their Carabao Cup victory was followed with a thrilling 2-2 draw at Villa Park in the league before Christmas - Ismaïla Sarr and Justin Devenny with the goals.

Then in February, goals from birthday boy Ismaïla Sarr (two), Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eddie Nketiah, saw Palace ease past the Champions League hopefuls - the most recent meeting between the teams.

The Eagles produced one of their best performance in recent years when Villa visited Selhurst Park last season - a 5-0 thrashing on the final day of the 2023/24 Premier League.

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).