This weekend sees four teams battle it out at Wembley Stadium connected by EE for a place in the final of this year’s Emirates FA Cup Final.
First up, will be Manchester City versus Sheffield United on Saturday at 4.45pm BST, with the game being broadcast on ITV1, UTV, STV and ITVX in the UK.
The following day will then see Brighton & Hove Albion take on Manchester City at 4.30pm BST, with the match televised on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK.
Here you can see all the key facts and statistics ahead of both Emirates FA Cup semi-finals.
Manchester City versus Sheffield United stats and facts
● Sheffield United have won all four of their FA Cup ties against Manchester City, most recently a 2-1 fourth round victory in the 2007-08 campaign.
● But in all competitions, Man City are unbeaten in 12 home games against Sheffield United (W7 D5) since a 3-2 loss in the second tier in October 1987. The Citizens have kept a clean sheet in their last nine such games.
● Top-flight clubs have won the last 13 FA Cup semi-final ties against sides from a lower division, since Sunderland beat Norwich 1-0 at Hillsborough in the 1991-92 campaign.
● Manchester City are featuring in the FA Cup semi-finals for the sixth time in the last seven seasons and for the fifth consecutive campaign. However, they've lost four of their five ties in this time, and could become the first side in FA Cup history to lose a semi-final in four consecutive campaigns.
● Sheffield United are looking to reach the FA Cup final for the first time since 1936. The Blades have lost five semi-finals in that time, most recently a 5-3 loss to Hull City in 2013-14.
● Manchester City have won all four of their FA Cup games this season by an aggregate score of 14-0. The last team to reach the FA Cup final without conceding a goal en route were Everton in 1965-66.
● Sheffield United beat Premier League opposition (Spurs) in the fifth round of the FA Cup this season, ending a run of five consecutive defeats against top-flight sides in the competition. They last eliminated multiple top-tier opponents in a single campaign in 2013-14 (Aston Villa and Fulham).
● Manchester City have lost four of their last five games at Wembley Stadium (W1), as many as they had in their first 18 at the ground since its reopening in 2007 (W11 D3).
● Sheffield United are winless in their last six competitive matches at Wembley Stadium (D1 L5) since winning their first ever match at the ground in the 1925 FA Cup final (1-0 vs Cardiff).
● Man City's Phil Foden has been involved in seven goals in his last six FA Cup appearances (4 goals, 3 assists). Overall in the competition, Foden has won 16 of his 19 games, with his only three defeats coming in his three appearances at Wembley Stadium.
● No team has had more different goalscorers in the FA Cup this season than Sheffield United (10, excluding own goals), with Oli McBurnie the only player to score more than once for the Blades so far.
● Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick in Man City's 6-0 quarter-final win against Burnley, making him the first ever player to score an FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League hat-trick in the same campaign. This would be his first appearance at Wembley Stadium, with Ronny Johnsen the last Norwegian player to net for a Premier League club at the ground (with Manchester United in the 1997 Community Shield).
Brighton & Hove Albion versus Manchester United stats and facts
● Manchester United have won all five of their FA Cup ties against Brighton, most recently in the 2017-18 quarter-final.
● Brighton have won their last two meetings with Manchester United in all competitions, as many as they had in their previous 17 (D2 L12).
● Brighton are appearing in their third FA Cup semi-final – they beat Sheffield Wednesday to reach the final in 1983, and lost to eventual winners Manchester City in 2019.
● This will be Manchester United's 31st appearance in the FA Cup semi-final, more than any other team in the competition's history. Having won 13 consecutive semi-final ties between 1976 and 2007, the Red Devils have now lost three of their last five at this stage, most recently against Chelsea in 2020.
● Victory for Man Utd will see them equal Arsenal for reaching the most FA Cup finals (21). The Red Devils have already won the League Cup this season and could reach the final of both major domestic competitions in a campaign for the third time, previously doing so in 1982-83 and 1993-94.
● Brighton have never won a competitive match at Wembley Stadium, drawing one and losing four of their five visits. This run started against Manchester United in the 1983 FA Cup final, drawing 2-2 and then losing 4-0 in a replay.
● All four of Manchester United's FA Cup games this season have been 3-1 wins, with their last 11 goals in the competition all coming in the second half of games. The last team to reach the FA Cup final while scoring at least three goals in every game were Manchester City in 1925-26.
● Brighton have eliminated just one fellow Premier League side in the FA Cup this season, beating Liverpool 2-1 in the fourth round. In FA Cup history, there have been just four occasions of a team eliminating both Liverpool and Man Utd in a single campaign, with three of these coming within the last 15 years (Wolves 1948-49, Everton 2008-09, Wolves 2018-19, Chelsea 2019-20).
● 18-year-old Evan Ferguson is Brighton's top scorer in the FA Cup this season with three goals. The last player to net more in an FA Cup campaign for the Seagulls was Jake Robinson (4 in 2006-07), while the last teenager to score more in a single season was Kelechi Iheanacho in 2015-16 (4).
● Kaoru Mitoma has either scored (2) or assisted (2) a goal in all four of his FA Cup games for Brighton. The last player to be involved in a goal in each round of the competition from the third round to the semi-final was Romelu Lukaku in 2017-18.
● Marcus Rashford has scored twice at Wembley for Manchester United, doing so against Tottenham in the 2018-19 Premier League and against Newcastle in this season's League Cup final. He could become the fourth Man Utd player to score at Wembley in three different club competitions, after Mark Hughes (FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield), Wayne Rooney (Champions League, League Cup, Community Shield) and Jesse Lingard (FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield).
