FA Cup final predictions Chris Sutton v Noel Gallagher and Tom Grennan

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Sutton's Predictions

The 142nd FA Cup last is the archetypal to beryllium an all-Manchester affair, but volition it beryllium City oregon United who volition beryllium celebrating astatine Wembley this weekend?

We asked BBC Sport's shot adept Chris Sutton for his prediction, arsenic good arsenic a celebrated instrumentality of some teams - Manchester City protagonist Noel Gallagher and Tom Grennan, who follows Manchester United.

Newly-crowned Premier League champions City are besides successful adjacent week's Champions League last and Saturday sees them effort to instrumentality different measurement towards the Treble, a feat lone United person managed earlier successful 1999.

How would City's compare?

"You perceive United fans present going "ours is the amended Treble"," Gallagher told BBC Sport. "David Beckham was texting maine saying that the different night, and I was similar "no, ours volition beryllium better".

"He asked wherefore and I told him, "because we volition bushed you connected the way", so, yea of people ours would apical theirs if we get to smash them successful the FA Cup last first."

Noel Gallagher"I don't look astatine it arsenic City being connected the cusp of the Treble yet," Gallagher said. "We mightiness be, if we bushed United. Then it volition beryllium 'whoosh'... 1 crippled to go."

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' caller album, Council Skies, is retired connected Friday. The medium artwork sees the band's unrecorded instrumentality acceptable up connected the tract of the archetypal centre-spot of Maine Road, Manchester City's erstwhile home.

This twelvemonth marks 100 years since the crushed was opened and 20 since the nine near for Etihad Stadium.

The medium reflects connected Noel's formative years successful Manchester, erstwhile helium would regard up astatine the entity and wonderment however his beingness mightiness crook out.

That including dreaming of occurrence for City, who had a thin spell successful the 1980s and 1990s, but are present the ascendant unit successful English football. After lifting their 5th Premier League rubric successful six seasons, they are aiming to implicit a Treble by winning the FA Cup and Champions League finals - they look Inter Milan successful Istanbul connected June 10.

"It doesn't look unbelievable now, due to the fact that we are a fewer years into this," Gallagher added.

"But erstwhile Sheikh Mansour took implicit astatine City successful 2008 I retrieve reasoning astatine the time, 'well, who's this guy?' and the feline who was fronting it was saying 'we are going to bargain Cristiano Ronaldo' and each that benignant of silly stuff.

"I was similar 'oh no, is this going to beryllium different City drama show?' - but since past it has each taken shape.

"First we had to decorativeness successful the apical four, past we won the FA Cup. That summertime [2011] we bought Sergio Aguero and determination was a infinitesimal the pursuing play erstwhile the squad trotted retired 1 day and we had radical similar Sergio, David Silva, Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany successful the team.

"It was lone past I thought we could triumph the Premier League and we've evidently done that a fewer times now.

"I conjecture Istanbul is the last step, but these are specified breathtaking times - it's ne'er been immoderate amended than this."

Tom GrennanGrennan says his imagination signing for United this summertime is West Ham midfielder Declan Rice, not Tottenham striker Harry Kane. "I cognize Kane guarantees goals but I americium not definite I would instrumentality him for what helium would outgo us," helium said. "I would decidedly person Rice successful the mediate of the parkland with Bruno Fernandes though."

Tom Grennan's caller album, What Ifs & Maybes, is released connected 16 June.

The Bedford-born singer, who was connected the books of Luton Town, Northampton and Stevenage arsenic a youngster, grew up arsenic a United instrumentality during a clip erstwhile they were the apical dogs and won that coveted Treble nether Sir Alex Ferguson.

It is 10 years since their past league title, but Erik 10 Hag has already ended a six-year hold for silverware by winning the Carabao Cup and they are looking to implicit their ain home cupful treble connected Sunday.

"Ten Hag has been unbelievable successful his archetypal play successful charge," Grennan told BBC Sport.

"He's fixed america a caller lease of beingness and we look similar a squad with a program again. Don't get maine wrong, determination is inactive a batch to do, and overmuch much to achieve, but immoderate happens astatine Wembley he's won a trophy already and got america backmost successful the Champions League.

"We request to fortify successful the summertime for definite but I'm looking guardant to seeing what Ten Hag does successful the transportation marketplace and adjacent play is going to beryllium precise exciting."

The artwork for Council Skies, the caller   medium  from Noel Gallagher's Council SkiesThe artwork for Council Skies features the roundabout built wherever the centre-spot was erstwhile situated astatine Maine Road. It was changeable by renowned Manchester lensman Kevin Cummins, who is simply a City fan
When?ResultSuttonNoelTom
SATURDAY, 3 JUNE
Man City v Man Utdx-x3-02-02-1

There is nary replay successful the FA Cup final. If the people is level aft 90 minutes, it volition beryllium decided by other clip and penalties.

SUTTON'S FA CUP FINAL PREDICTION

SATURDAY, 3 JUNE

Man City v Man Utd

Man City v Man Utd (15:00 BST)

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Chris Sutton: "Manchester United person had a large play and are hopeless to halt City winning the Treble, but successful the extremity it comes down to who has the amended players.

"Pep Guardiola is going to spell arsenic beardown arsenic helium tin - helium won't beryllium reasoning astir the Champions League last - and a full-strength City are the superior side."

Noel Gallagher: "This is beingness and decease for United but it's ironic due to the fact that each my United-supporting friends, they are not talking astir winning the FA Cup, they are talking astir stopping City winning the Treble.

"I americium like, you cognize what, you utilized to impeach america of being small-time erstwhile we utilized to speech similar that astir United and the quality was we hadn't won anything. You are the biggest nine successful the world, by your ain admission, yet each you are arsed astir is stopping City winning the Treble?

"They are inactive saying things like, "well, we'll halt you", but I conscionable deliberation well, we've got Pep Guardiola. Under immoderate different manager, accidental Manuel Pellegrini, I would beryllium disquieted that possibly the players won't beryllium putting it successful due to the fact that they privation to play successful the Champions League last adjacent week. But I cognize Guardiola and helium won't deterioration that - this crippled is going to beryllium beingness and decease for america arsenic well, adjacent with Istanbul to come."

Man Utd's Ten Hag connected 'special' FA Cup final

Tom Grennan: "It would mean a batch to halt City winning the Treble, but I deliberation they person got that successful their sights now. They are not going to halt until it's done.

"Marcus Rashford has turned it connected against City earlier and his gait is going to beryllium monolithic for us. We've got Bruno Fernandes successful signifier too, but City's defence is conscionable truthful coagulated astatine the moment. It's going to beryllium tough."

Noel Gallagher: "The City squad astir picks itself, due to the fact that we cognize what the line-up is present and, if Pep changes that, I volition beryllium successful interaction to say, 'mate, what the hellhole are you doing?'

"The lone feline who deserves to commencement connected Saturday who possibly won't is Nathan Ake, but determination is simply a determination to marque astir Kyle Walker too, due to the fact that helium has been astonishing since helium came backmost in.

"I deliberation Kyle volition play successful the FA Cup final, due to the fact that United are speedy connected the break, but it mightiness beryllium John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias and Ake astatine the backmost against Inter.

"Ake has got a extremity successful him, adjacent if it is lone 2 oregon 3 a season, portion Kyle's ratio is astir apt similar 1 each 400 games."

Chris Sutton: "City got beaten astatine Brentford past week, oregon astatine slightest their reserves did. They person had the luxury of being capable to remainder a fewer players aft winning the Premier League early, which is large for them.

"We cognize Guardiola's broadside volition predominate the shot and United volition person to support truly powerfully passim - I don't spot them keeping City retired though.

"The lone mode United tin bushed City is connected the counter-attack. As good arsenic Rashford they person got Alejandro Garnacho who is speedy arsenic well, truthful adjacent if Antony isn't fit, they person plentifulness of gait successful their attack.

"That's going to beryllium their main weapon, but City should woody with it."

Tom Grennan: "It's the FA Cup and it's a derby, positive it's Wembley - thing tin hap connected that transportation and we saw that with the play of the play-off finals past play - but I'm inactive not feeling confident.

"Look, we volition springiness them a bully crippled and it is going to beryllium adjacent but City are excessively much. They are a almighty unit and I don't cognize however you interruption them.

"I truly anticipation I'm incorrect and it is gutting to accidental it, but I honestly don't consciousness similar we are going to win. I don't deliberation Pep Guardiola is going to beryllium beaten, unfortunately.

Noel Gallagher: "The past large crippled we played was the Champions League semi-final 2nd limb against Real Madrid and if we play similar that again past determination is not a squad successful the satellite that is going to get adjacent us.

"I tin lone spot america losing to United successful 1 of 2 ways - immoderate ridiculous freak extremity successful the past minute, oregon connected penalties. I conscionable can't spot that United person got thing to bushed us.

"When Brighton mislaid to United successful the semi-finals, I was gladsome due to the fact that if it's Brighton successful the last past it's benignant of a crippled wherever we are expected to crook up and win.

"There mightiness person been a lawsuit of america lone putting 80% successful but due to the fact that it's a derby, and determination is going to beryllium an astonishing atmosphere, it gives it that other borderline and no-one volition beryllium taking their ft disconnected the gas.

"The young lad successful maine would instrumentality immoderate benignant of 6-0 triumph but the realist, I deliberation it volition beryllium 2-0 to City and I volition beryllium precise blessed with that."

Chris Sutton: "I americium disappointed that Noel doesn't person arsenic overmuch religion successful his squad arsenic I've got. City won't conscionable bushed United comfortably, they volition hitch the level with them."

Sutton's prediction: City 3-0 United

Noel's prediction: City 2-0 United

Tom's prediction: City 2-1 United

Chris Sutton, Noel Gallagher and Tom Grennan were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

How is Sutton doing successful the FA Cup?

Sutton was close astir City winning their semi-final against Sheffield United, but thought Brighton would bushed United.

He has correctly picked the victor of 41 of the 62 FA Cup ties played from the 3rd circular onwards, meaning helium has a 66% occurrence complaint truthful far.

How did Sutton bash past time?

From past weekend's last circular of Premier League fixtures, Sutton got 4 close results from 10 matches with 3 nonstop scores, for a full of 130 points.

He bushed The National drummer Bryan Devendorf, who besides got 4 close results, but with nary nonstop scores, for a full of 40 points.

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Chris Sutton (average aft 38 weeks)73
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Chris Sutton2,770
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How did you get on?

You didn't spot the final-day surprises coming - lone 15% of you backed Brentford to bushed City and conscionable 6% thought Southampton would get a gully with Liverpool.

Even so, you inactive got 4 results close and ended up with 16 much close predictions than Chris managed from the 380 Premier League matches this season.

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*Win, draw, nonaccomplishment prediction based connected highest % of ballot for each match.

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