Zaha starts despite late fitness scare in Crystal Palace v Manchester United FA Cup final

Zaha, a former United player, appeared to injure himself during the warm-up, and social media buzzed with news of him missing the final.

But he was named in Alan Pardew's starting XI, which also features Palace's semi-final match-winner Connor Wickham.

There are no surprises in United's line-up, with Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial playing up front while Wayne Rooney starts in midfield once again.

Crystal Palace: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare; Zaha, Cabaye, McArthur, Jedinak, Bolasie; Wickham. Subs: Speroni, Kelly, Mariappa, Sako, Puncheon, Gayle, Adebayor.

Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Blind, Rojo, Carrick, Fellaini, Mata, Rooney, Martial, Rashford. Subs: Romero, Darmian, Jones, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Young, Lingard.

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew: "They keep the ball really well. We're going to have to be patient at times. We are going to be the side that needs to fight that bit harder to win, I don't think there's any doubt about that. We have got areas of the pitch where I think we're slightly superior and we've got to make those areas count."

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "Always your starting point is to impress and perform well. That depends on a lot of factors, including your opponent. Then you get a fantastic match. Our starting point is to win well and score beautiful goals. But if we win 1-0 that is also enough. Winning is the most important thing in a final, otherwise you have nothing."

Only Reading (14) have scored more goals than Manchester United in this season’s FA Cup (12).

Anthony Martial has been involved in exactly half of Manchester United’s 12 FA Cup goals this season (two goals, four assists).

Eight different players have scored for Man United in the FA Cup this season, more than any other team.

However, Crystal Palace have had the joint-second highest number of scorers (7, level with five other clubs).

Should Crystal Palace win, 83% of their opponents in the competition this year will have been from the top flight – the highest proportion since Liverpool in 2006 (also 83%).

Anthony Martial has been directly involved in 25 goals in all competitions this season (17 goals, eight assists); four many than any other Man Utd player.

Juan Mata has assisted more goals in all competitions for the Red Devils this term than any other player (9), although the Spaniard has set up just one goal in his last eight appearances.

Marcus Rashford has scored eight goals from just 14 shots on target for Manchester United in all competitions.

Since his first team debut on February 25 th , no Manchester United player has scored as many goals for the club as Marcus Rashford (8).

Manchester United have won eight and lost two of their last 11 matches in all competitions (D1).

The match will be shown live on BBC1 and BT Sport 2

The FA Cup final is a sell out, but you can find out more information via The FA's official ticket hub page.

Crystal Palace 19/4, Manchester United 10/13, Draw 45/17