If you are in the GUNNERY: The Breakfast Buffet starts at 10am. The lunch will be served at the Leage Cup halftime (around 1:15). Each seat you reserved gets you an entry into the prize drawing. Additional tickets can be purchased on site (look for a club official). The drawing will take place at the end of the LC match and we will be livestreaming the drawing at https://www.twitch.tv/arsphl
Hatewatch: 16th-place Tottenham play 17th-place Forest at 10:15. At the same time, 18th-place West Ham are playing Villa. If West Ham win, they will have climbed out of the relegation zone, and they will have been replaced by the loser of TOT-FOR.
Manchester City have been bounced out of the Champions League by Real Madrid. We are the only English side still in 4 competitions. Our win against Bayer Leverkusen midweek means we will be facing Sporting CP in Lisbon on Tuesday April 7 and in London on Tuesday April 14. Times are TBD.
Match Insights
This is our first cup final since 2020 when we beat Chelsea to win the FA Cup. The previous year, we lost the Europa final to Chelsea.
Never before has the League Cup been contested by #1 and #2 in the league.
We had a 1-1 draw against Manchester City at the Emirates on September 21, 2025. We see them again in the league on April 19th at the Etihad. We could potentially play them a fourth time in the FA Cup.
Pep Guardiola is questioning his future at Man City. He seemed to imply to the press that the results of today’s game might influence his inclination to stay.
We will not have another league match until we host Bournemouth on April 11. Last weekend we had a stunning victory against Everton while City drew with West Ham. Our current lead is 9 points (with City due to play an extra game). This weekend we shed our extra game to all teams but City and Palace. With City out of CL, they will likely play Palace midweek as soon as Palace stop playing in UEFA Conference League. They progressed to the QF by beating Larnaca, Cyprus on Thursday.
March 2026: Pep Guardiola posing as a lumberjack faced defeat at the hands of Real Madrid.
