Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the FA Cup semi-final between Crystal Palace and Watford at Wembley. Some team news coming up...

So it's been an improbable quartet to reach the semi-finals, really. We're about to kick off now, so we'll find out soon enough who will join Man Utd in the final.

In the Watford camp, we're hearing rumours that manager Quique Sanchez Flores is on the brink of being sacked, which seems improbable - it hasn't been the worst season for Watford, by any stretch of the imagination.

He's also not happy about the venue - Wembley Stadium: "I'm a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to the cup," he said. "I'd prefer just the final to be at Wembley if I'm honest."

It's going to be a bit of a slog today for both teams, having played in the week, and Alan Pardew isn't best pleased about the scheduling. He said: "We're squeezing games in; the run we've had, this is our fourth game in 12 days. That's a tough run, when you've got a semi-final, the biggest game in this club's history for a while, since the play-off final. Both myself and (Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores) probably haven't had enough preparation with the team."

Whoever wins this will go on to play Manchester United in the final, who beat Everton 2-1 yesterday and it'll be the only silverware this season for whoever the winner is, so a lot to play for today.

Both Crystal Palace and Watford have had a bit of a down-turn in the second-half of the Premier League, having started well, with Crystal Palace now perilously close to the relegation zone.

James McArthur has now recovered from a ankle injury, but is on the bench today at least to start with. Other players rested by Palace during the week - Bolasie, Dann, Ward and Ledley - all start today. Troy Deeney and Odion Ighalo also had a bit of R&R time in the week and return, today.

TEAM NEWS: Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare, Puncheon, Cabaye, Jedinak, Zaha, Bolasie, Wickham. Subs: Speroni, Kelly, McArthur, Ledley, Sako, Gayle, Adebayor // Watford: Pantilimon, Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Ake, Abdi, Capoue, Watson, Jurado, Deeney, Ighalo. Subs: Gomes, Prodl, Suarez, Behrami, Guedioura, Anya, Berghuis.