Key events
Team news
Brighton (4-4-1-1) Nnadozie; Rule, Hayes, Minami, Vanegas; Seike, Symonds, Cankovic, Olislagers; Kirby; Haley.
Subs: McLauchlan, Camacho, Tvedten, Kafaji, Rayner, Baggaley, Mpome, Noordam, Tsunoda.
Man City (4-2-3-1) Yamashita; Casaparij, Rose, Knaak, Greenwood; Brown, Hasegawa; Kerolin, Clinton, Hemp; Shaw.
Subs: Cumings, Coombs, Fowler, Miedema, Ouahabi, Fujino, Lohmann, Prior, Murphy.
City’s route to the final
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Bournemouth (A) 6-0
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Sheffield United (H) 4-0
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Birmingham (A) 1-0
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Chelsea (A) 3-2
Brighton’s route to the final
The victory at Arsenal was one for the books, but they can top it today.
Growing up in Brisbane with a big time difference to London, Dario Vidosic loved being allowed to stay up past his bedtime to watch a big Wembley final on television next to his father, Rado, before trying to recreate a great goal with him in the garden the following day.
On Sunday, Rado will not only be in the Vidosic family’s thoughts but in the hearts and minds of everyone associated with Brighton as the team walk out at Wembley for the Women’s FA Cup final against Manchester City to try to win their first major trophy, four months after Rado – who was working as the women’s team’s head of coaching – died from cancer.
Secure your first league title for a decade? Tick. Extend your golden boot-winning striker’s contract. Tick. Lift a first Women’s FA Cup since 2020? Pending. May 2026 has gone swimmingly for Manchester City and they are hoping it will get even better.
Once you get that sweet taste of long-awaited success, you want more, and coaches will tell you it is not reaching the top that is the hardest part, but staying there. Keeping hold of your best players is job No 1 in that regard, so persuading Khadija “Bunny” Shaw to perform a remarkable U-turn and stay for another four years was vital.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the FA Cup final between Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City. There’s no narrative ambiguity today: either City, the best team in the country, will do the double for the first time, or Brighton will win their first major trophy. Whatever the result, it’ll be historic.
Kick off 3pm.