English FA Cup

FT Saturday, April 25, 2026
Southampton WWWWD 1
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Manchester City WWWWW 2
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Wembley Stadium · 70,053 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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González wondergoal sends Man City to 4th straight FA Cup final

Manchester City produced a dramatic late fightback to reach their fourth successive FA Cup final with a remarkable 2-1 win over Championship Southampton.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
2
30.6
Possession
69.4
4
SHOTS
26
3
ON GOAL
6
0.8
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
201
Accurate Passes
557
271
Passes
619
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
33
14
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
11
13
Effective Tackles
4
25
Tackles
6
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
4
Interceptions
6
25
Effective Clearances
19
25
Clearances
19

Highlights

02:43 Did Man City deserve to reach the FA Cup final after victory vs. Southampton? Watch on ESPN 02:30 Nico González: Winner vs. Southampton was the best goal of my career Watch on ESPN 00:32 Pep Guardiola: The domestic treble is still far away Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 21Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 14Nico GonzálezCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicCM-L
  8. 4Tijjani ReijndersCM-R
  9. 7Omar MarmoushF
  10. 47Phil FodenCF-L
  11. 10Rayan CherkiCF-R

SOU · 5-4-1

  1. 41Daniel PeretzG
  2. 6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD
  3. 15Nathan WoodCD-L
  4. 14James BreeCD-R
  5. 34WelingtonLB
  6. 18Tom FellowsRB
  7. 20Caspar JanderCM-L
  8. 48Cameron BraggCM-R
  9. 13Léo ScienzaLM
  10. 10Finn AzazRM
  11. 11Ross StewartF

Timeline

  1. 58' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  2. 58' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Phil Foden.
  3. 61' Substitution, Southampton. Cyle Larin replaces Ross Stewart.
  4. 61' Substitution, Southampton. Shea Charles replaces Cameron Bragg.
  5. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Erling Haaland replaces Omar Marmoush.
  6. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  7. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Kuryu Matsuki replaces Welington because of an injury.
  8. 79' Goal! Manchester City 0, Southampton 1. Finn Azaz (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kuryu Matsuki.
  9. 82' Goal! Manchester City 1, Southampton 1. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders following a corner.
  10. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  11. 87' Goal! Manchester City 2, Southampton 1. Nico González (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku following a corner.
  12. 89' Substitution, Southampton. Cameron Archer replaces James Bree.
  13. 89' Substitution, Southampton. Samuel Edozie replaces Tom Fellows.
  14. 90'+3' Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+8' Finn Azaz (Southampton) Yellow Card at 98'

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