- Date: Saturday, Apr. 20 | Time: 12:15 p.m. ET
- Location: Wembley -- London, England
- Watch: ESPN+
City: Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland and Manuel Akanji face late fitness tests while Kyle Walker's readiness is also questionable. John Stones and Nathan Ake should be back, Stefan Ortega could come in for Ederson in goal and Mateo Kovacic as well as Julian Alvarez could also earns starts.
Chelsea: Reece James, Christopher Nkunku, Lesley Ugochukwu, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia are all out while Cesare Casadei is cup-tied after his Leicester City loan spell. Raheem Sterling, Robert Sanchez, Axel Disasi and Enzo Fernandez all missed Monday's win over Everton while Levi Colwill has been absent of late. Fernandez's availability to pair with Moises Caicedo in midfield could impact where Conor Gallagher features around the in-form Cole Palmer.
Potential City XI: Ortega; Walker, Stones, Dias, Ake; Rodri; Foden, De Bruyne, Alvarez, Doku; Haaland.
Potential Chelsea XI: Petrovic; Gusto, Chalobah, Silva, Chilwell; Caicedo, Fernandez; Palmer, Gallagher, Sterling; Jackson.
Pep Guardiola's men are still unbeaten over 28 games in 90 minutes which is a joint-record tally, but the impact of losing to the Spaniards on penalties will be that of a defeat given that it resulted in elimination. Two domestic titles are still in play, though, but Pochettino and his players would love to get hold of one of them after losing out to Liverpool earlier this campaign, and this will be the Londoners' 27th FA Cup semifinal. Chelsea are unbeaten in eight EPL games and can still hope to close the gap on Europe, but the UEFA coefficient situation complicates that for English clubs which makes this the Blues' best and most direct route by far.
