Crystal Palace are in London derby action against Arsenal tonight (Wednesday, 23rd April, 20:00 BST kick-off) – follow LIVE updates from the Emirates Stadium below!

Forward shrugs off being dropped for game at CityVilla chasing first major honour since 1996 League Cup Ollie Watkins has urged Aston Villa to bounce back from Tuesday’s defeat at Manchester City by knocking out their “bogey team” Crystal Palace and progressing to the FA Cup final. Villa lost 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium thanks to Matheus Nunes’s 94th-minute winner, leaving them seventh, two points behind Newcastle in the fifth and final place that secures Champions League qualification. Continue reading...

Ebere Eze wants to produce his best form when Crystal Palace travel to Arsenal on Wednesday night (20:00 BST), with Europe still firmly on the agenda in an important week for the Eagles.

This Wednesday, 23 April is St George's Day - the patron saint of England. To celebrate we're looking at those to have represented the Three Lions whilst also playing in the red and blue of Palace...

The list of Wembley pubs and dedicated Fan Zone designated to Crystal Palace supporters, ahead of Saturday’s 17:15 BST kick-off for our FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa, can be found below.

Crystal Palace are preparing for their seventh-ever FA Cup semi-final, as they prepare to take on Aston Villa at Wembley on Saturday 26th April (17:15 BST).

Crystal Palace Under-21s will take on rivals Brighton & Hove Albion on Monday, 28th April (19:00 BST) at the VBS Community Stadium.

Crystal Palace’s first ever visit to Wembley took place in 1988 - 65 years after the national stadium first opened in 1923. After that long awaited debut, the Eagles have managed to return on plenty of occasions.

‘When players are fit and available, they have to play’Liverpool to be league winners if Arsenal lose to Palace Mikel Arteta will not shy away from selecting key Arsenal personnel to face Crystal Palace on Wednesday in their final game before next week’s Champions League semi-final first leg even though his team are playing for little beyond pride. The meagre prize on offer is delaying Liverpool’s title celebrations but the manager denied he could wrap members of his squad in cotton wool. “We cannot think in those terms,” Arteta said. “I think when the players are fit and they are available and they want to play, they have to play. They are at their best when they are playing and they have consistency in their performances.” Continue reading...

Opponents Aston Villa have an extra day to prepare‘You are shouting against the wind and nobody hears you’ Oliver Glasner has complained that the buildup to Crystal Palace’s FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa is unfair, after the Premier League turned down a request from the London club to have both sides play on the same night in midweek. Villa were in action at Manchester City on Tuesday night while Palace travel to the Emirates Stadium 24 hours later. Continue reading...

On the touchline a picture of two managers with high, contrasting emotion coursing through them after Matheus Nunes’s 94th-minute winner. For Manchester City, Pep Guardiola showed sheer delight at a late, late victory that lifts them to third on 61 points, four ahead of Chelsea in sixth. Across from him, Unai Emery felt despair as Aston Villa were down in seventh, the Spaniard’s next job to lift his men for their FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Nunes’s far-post strike from Jérémy Doku’s cross from the left also disappointed Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Chelsea in the race for the top-five berth that secures a Champions League place. Continue reading...

Leif Smerud says Crystal Palace Women can take heart from their recent trip to Kingsmeadow in the Women’s FA Cup, when they travel once more to Chelsea in the Women’s Super League on Wednesday (23rd April, 19:15 BST).

Oliver Glasner says Crystal Palace will go to the Emirates with the sole intention of winning against Arsenal on Wednesday (23rd April, 20:00 BST) – check out his key pre-match quotes below...

Crystal Palace are back at the Emirates Stadium for the second time this season, facing Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday, 23rd April (KO: 20:00 BST).