{"id":9469,"date":"2026-05-17T01:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=9469"},"modified":"2026-05-17T01:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:11:33","slug":"alan-shearer-predicts-the-outcome-as-man-city-face-chelsea-in-the-fa-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=9469","title":{"rendered":"Alan Shearer Predicts The Outcome As Man City Face Chelsea In The FA Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BBC<\/em> pundit Alan Shearer is backing Man City to win the FA Cup this weekend, but he thinks Pep Guardiola\u2019s side will only \u201cedge\u201d their clash against Chelsea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite their opponents being in poor form, Shearer is not convinced by the Cityzens defensively, and he believes it could be a goalfest:<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/mancitynews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?240402-33626\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Man City News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is really interesting that City have lost the last two finals as favourites. I did the co-comms last year for that game when Palace beat them. Chelsea showed slight improvement last week against Liverpool despite going 1-0 down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think because of the mood that City are in, the belief and the confidence, they\u2019ll edge it. I know that City still give you chances, even watching the game against Crystal Palace, they missed two or three really good chances. I think there\u2019ll be a lot of goals in this, but I think Man City will edge it just.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Man City vs Chelsea team news<\/h2>\n<p>Guardiola has only one injury doubt heading into the game at Wembley. Rodri has a groin problem that has kept him sidelined since the 2-1 win over Arsenal last month, and the Spaniard will have a late fitness test.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea interim manager Calum McFarlane has said that Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho and Robert Sanchez are in with a chance of playing, having recovered to take part in training this week.<\/p>\n<p>However, Estevao (hamstring), Jesse Derry (concussion) and Jamie Gittens (hamstring) are still not available.<\/p>\n<p>Buy a Man City 2000 home shirt from Fanatics here<\/p>\n<h2>Who is the favourite to win the FA Cup final?<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed theme=\"sp-theme\" customer-id=\"0b629b85ba2abe5ff39df9829ee5fb57\" image-id=\"ARCH394633_00229621\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; aspect-ratio: 5415\/3610; max-width: 5415px;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>Unsurprisingly, considering Chelsea\u2019s poor run of results, City are the heavy favourites to lift the trophy at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Bookmakers have them between 2\/5 and 1\/3 odds-on to win, with their opponents priced between 7\/4 and 11\/5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more news on Man City? Add Man City News as a preferred source on Google<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links. 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