Crystal Palace 1-0 Aston Villa Live Score, FA Cup Semi-Final: Eberechi Eze Screamer Gives CRY Lead Against AVFC At Wembley

Eberechi Eze goal separates the teams at half-time! Chances at either ends but Palace go into the break being the happier team.

What a golden chance for Palace to make it 2-0 but Tyrick Mitchell fluffs his lines and goes down. Ismaila Sarr tees up nicely for the left-back but the latter cannot score. A corner then follows and still Palace cannot score.

Approaching half-time and Villa be will be frustrated and angry that they have conceded and not scored as well. Youri Tielemans header almost finds the net but Dean Henderson saves it off the line.

Jean-Philippe Mateta! The Frenchman goes on a solo run and crosses from the left only for Ismaila Sarr to miss the header. At the other end, Ollie Watkins punishes the Palace defence but ends up winning a corner.

Eberechi Eze with a screamer of a goal against Villa as he gives Palace the lead in the semi-final. The Crystal Palace fans are bouncing and why not! Huge task for Emery & co now.

Wow! Jean Philippe-Mateta beats Ezri Konsa and goes and scores past Villa keeper Emi Martinez but ref calls it a foul on Konsa and its disallowed.

Morgan Rogers misses a golden opportunity! Lucas Digne crosses in from the left, and the ball misses everyone and falls to Rogers's feet, who shoots it wide.

Unai Emery, the Villa boss, wears a worried look at the sidelines but his side are looking quite competitive in the field. But can Rashford's miss affect their plans?

Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers goes on a marauding run on the wing but Tyrick Mitchell hauls him down, and gets booked. Yellow card and a free-kick!

Scrappy start at Wembley with either side yet to threaten the opposition keeper. The only time a shot has been taken is by Villa's Boubacar Kamara, that was sent to the stands.

CRY are having 37.2% possession in the game so far and that could probably be their mantra in the whole game. Oliver Glasner is out in the technical area and directing his troops.

No fiery start yet from either sides as both teams are playing watchful football. However, we will soon might see some intricate play.

Unai Emery will have told his defence that be vary of Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta, who is in supreme form at the moment. The Frenchman, who scored a fabulous goal at the Emirates, will be high on confidence.

And we are away in Wembley as Palace get things underway against Villa in the FA Cup 2024-25 semi-final.

Crystal Palace wins: 16

Draws: 16

Aston Villa wins: 21

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner:

"We are all very excited. A great game, great atmosphere and a fantastic stadium. We're in a good shape, we feel well, so let's go.

"Aston Villa is doing so well in the league and Champions League. We know how they play and if we're very disciplined in our defending - we will get our chances."

On Aston Villa: "This is a very attacking formation, they move the ball quickly, but then we have to wait for those errors.

"Set-pieces will be a big issue - both teams are doing well from set-plays.

"We will give our best."

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery firstly confirms that Marcus Rashford misses out due to injury.

On Ollie Watkins: "It is our challenge, collectively and secondly individually to try get out best performances. Overall, we're performing very well.

"Now, we are in a good moment. Today without Rashford, but Ollie Watkins is playing really well and he is feeling good, he is feeling confident. He is scoring goals in the last matches that he's played."

On Crystal Palace: "Massive respect for them.

"Successful coach [Oliver Glasner]. Crystal Palace, they experience playing at this level every season in the Premier League.

"In this competition they deserve to be here in the semi-final. When we have faced them [in the league] they are feeling strong and they were performing very well and this is the respect we have today."

(Speaking to BBC)

AVFC star Marcus Rashford isn't involved and folks on the club's social media are inquiring about the Man United loanee. Well the official word is that Rashford misses out today due to injury. Big blow that!

We will have the playing XIs soon from Wembley Stadium as Villa take on Palace in the semi-final of the 2024-25 FA Cup.

The live-action for the Crystal Palace Vs Aston Villa, first semi-final match of the FA Cup 2024-25 will start at 9:45 pm IST. The match will be played at the Wembley Stadium in England.