The FA Cup quarter finals take place this weekend, with Manchester City the current favourites to lift the trophy in a wide open competition.

The seven-time FA Cup winners are 2/1 favourites to add another triumph to their tally, ahead of the likes of Aston Villa at 4/1 and Brighton at 11/2. Find the full list of outright odds here.

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FA Cup winner odds (talkSPORT BET):

• Manchester City – 2/1
• Aston Villa – 4/1
• Brighton – 11/2
• Fulham – 7/1
• Bournemouth – 7/1
• Nottingham Forest – 8/1
• Crystal Palace – 9/1
• Preston – 150/1

FA Cup quarter finals:

• Fulham v Crystal Palace (Sat, 12:15pm)
• Brighton v Nottingham Forest (Sat, 5:15pm)
• Preston v Aston Villa (Sun, 1:30pm)
• Bournemouth v Manchester City (Sun, 4:30pm)

Only one of the ‘Big Six’ remain in the last eight of the FA Cup this season after a dramatic few months in the world’s oldest national football competition, which acts as Manchester City’s final chance of silverware this season after a desperately disappointing campaign.

Pep Guardiola’s side are down in fifth in the Premier League at the time of writing, 22 points behind runaway league leaders Liverpool, and were hit with early exits from both the Champions League and the Carabao Cup.

Aston Villa are the next shortest odds at 4/1, aided by having what is on paper the kindest draw of the quarter finals, having been put up against the only non-Premier League side left in the competition, Preston, who currently dwell in the bottom half of the Championship.

Villans boss Unai Emery is known as an expert in navigating knockout competitions, with the West Midlands side also in the quarter finals of the Champions League, and are only three points off the top five in the Premier League.

Brighton, Fulham and Bournemouth are priced at third and joint fourth respectively to win what would be a first ever major trophy for all three sides.

The trio are all enjoying standout seasons in the Premier League this season, all currently in a very tightly congested top half of the table that sees 10th placed Bournemouth just four points off the top five, which is expected to be enough to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Two-time FA Cup winners Nottingham Forest are currently third in the Premier League, six points clear of fifth placed Manchester City and only four behind Arsenal in second and increasingly looking like playing Champions League football next season for the first time in 45 years.

Crystal Palace are another side in with more than half a chance of their first ever major trophy, while two-time FA Cup champions Preston are a long shot at 150/1, the only side left outside the top tier.

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