FA Cup Final Tips: Who Will Win Between Man City And Man Utd?

Man City v Man Utd Predictions: 

• Manchester City To Win By One Goal - 13/5 With BoyleSports
• Draw At Half-Time - 13/8 With Unibet
• Kevin De Bruyne To Score Anytime - 3/1 With William Hill

The FA Cup final is almost upon us and the best betting sites have numerous markets for Saturday’s encounter at Wembley Stadium.

Manchester City and Manchester United will go head-to-head for the last domestic prize on offer this season.

Pep Guardiola’s side are chasing a potential treble of Premier League title, FA Cup and Champions League, while United - the only team to have ever achieved such a feat - will be determined to stop them.

So, who will come out on top when these two rivals renew hostilities in north London? Here is how we see the game playing out.

Manchester City Deserve To Be Favourites

Manchester City are rightly the favourites with football betting sites to come out on top this weekend. 

Had the European Super League project come off, Guardiola’s team would almost certainly have been successful in this season’s edition. 

Whatever happens against Inter in the Champions League, the consensus is that they are the strongest side in European football as Man City chase an unprecedented treble.

Of course, the nature of knockout football is that the best team does not always win. But there is a reason why City are so widely fancied to get their hands on the FA Cup. 

They have just finished 14 points clear of United, winning their fifth Premier League title in the last six years. 

Over the last few months they have seen off Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle United domestically - plus RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in Europe. Few opponents can live with City when they are on song.

FA Cup finals tend to be tight affairs, though: 16 of the last 18 have either been drawn after 90 minutes, or seen one side win by a one-goal margin. 

Man City did administer a 6-0 thrashing of Watford in the 2019 showpiece, but they may have to settle for a more slender triumph this time around.

Tip: Manchester City To Win By One Goal - 13/5 With BoyleSports

First Half Unlikely To Be End-To-End

In each of the last three FA Cup finals, there has been nothing separating the two teams at the interval. We reckon that will be the case again on Saturday.

While Man City deserve their status as favourites with Unibet, Man United’s chances should not be dismissed out of hand. 

This is not exactly David vs Goliath; the Red Devils won the only meeting between the pair in 2023. 

True, they were on the wrong end of a 6-3 thumping at the Etihad Stadium in October, but that was when Erik ten Hag was still finding his feet in his new role.

The Dutchman has done a good job in his first season at the helm of United. He oversaw an EFL Cup triumph earlier in the campaign and more recently secured a top-four finish and thus a return to the Champions League.

Next season, the aim at Old Trafford will be to push City closer in the Premier League.

For now, there is still a not-insignificant gap between the two Manchester-based outfits, but United are more than capable of causing City a few problems.

We should expect Guardiola’s side to dominate possession on Saturday, especially in the first half. 

But United can, at the very least, hold them at arm’s length until the interval. This is a match which might not be decided until the second period.

Tip: Draw At Half-Time - 13/8 With Unibet

Look Past Erling Haaland In The Goalscoring Market

Erling Haaland has enjoyed a sensational season at the Eithad, notching 52 goals in 51 games across all competitions. The Premier League has never seen a debut campaign quite like his.

As you would expect, there is very little value in backing Haaland to score any time these days. 

The Norway international puts the ball in the back of the net with such regularity that, from a betting perspective, it is better to look elsewhere.

Consider Kevin De Bruyne. The Belgium international has come to the fore in the second half of the season, driving City on in the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League. 

A big-game player, De Bruyne is someone who stands up to be counted when his team needs him most.

The attacking midfielder missed last weekend’s defeat by Brentford, but it would be a surprise if he was not fit enough to return for the FA Cup final.

Guardiola hinted that he would indeed be ready to feature at Wembley, and we like the look of him in the anytime goalscorer market on betting apps. Back De Bruyne to make his mark at the national stadium.

Tip: Kevin De Bruyne To Score Anytime - 3/1 With William Hill