The FA Cup final takes place at Wembley Stadium this weekend as Crystal Palace and Manchester City compete for the final piece of domestic silverware of the season.
Ahead of the final, bet365 have announced that 84% of their customers back 3/4 favourites Man City to win their 8th FA Cup in 90 minutes, with underdogs Crystal Palace at 11/5 to lift the trophy, and new customers can get £30 in free bets when they bet £10 on the final here*.
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Even after a challenging season, last year’s Premier League Champions Manchester City are backed by 84% of bet365 customers, and labelled unsurprising 3/4 favourites to win the game in normal time.
Although the vast majority are backing Man City to join the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham on eight FA Cup wins, Crystal Palace’s 11.5% of bet365 backers will hope they can make their third FA Cup final a cup-winning one for the first time.
Palace are the underdogs in the odds, priced at 10/3 to win at full time and at 11/5 to lift the trophy.
There have been plenty of changes since their previous FA Cup Final game in 2016, but this time they’ll need to get the better of the blue side of Manchester, instead of the red side that beat them almost a decade ago.
bet365’s Sports and Trading expert Steve Freeth said: “While Manchester City are the most popular choice in the Full Time Result market with 84.03% of bets placed on Pep Guardiola’s side, recent history between the two teams suggest that Crystal Palace shouldn’t be underestimated as they aim to end their long wait for major silverware.
“Eberechi Eze is in scintillating form heading into the FA Cup final, having scored in each of the last four matches, including a brace in his last match, and he’s proving extremely popular in the ‘To Score Anytime’ market, accounting for 51% of bets placed.”
That 51% of the backing for Eze to score anytime only further highlights the reason that Pep Guardiola is rumoured to have interest in the Englishman.
At 15/4 to score anytime, Eze has caught the eye of bet365 customers too, as has 17-goal Jean-Philipe Mateta who has had a brilliant season to see 2/1 odds on an anytime goal.
Although dwarfed by the percentage of bets placed on Palace’s number 10, there’s still the obvious threat of Erling Haaland and his 5/6 odds that have been backed by 17.79% of bets in the To Score Anytime market.
With fans eyeing up a fairytale finish for City’s beloved Kevin De Bruyne, 3.5% have put their faith in the Belgian to fulfil 7/2 anytime scorer odds.
Crystal Palace vs Manchester City odds (bet365):
Full time result:
Crystal Palace 10/3, Draw 29/10, Man City 3/4
To Lift the Trophy:
Crystal Palace 11/5, Man City 4/11
To Win on Penalties:
Crystal Palace 12/1, Man City 12/1
To Score Anytime:
Omar Marmoush – 11/10
Phil Foden – 21/10
Kevin De Bruyne – 7/2
Jean-Philippe Mateta – 2/1
Eberechi Eze – 15/4
Ismaila Sarr – 7/2
Result/Both Teams to Score:
Crystal Palace – Yes 13/2, No 7/1
Man City – Yes 5/2, No 9/4
Draw – Yes 15/4, No 12/1
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