Cucurella does well to block Bernando Silva from reaching a Foden through ball. The Chelsea full back has had a very good first half at Wembley.

Five minutes to go until half-time and City continue to lack a spark in this game.

41 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

Brilliant defending from Stones who throws himself at an effort from Madueke in the penalty area to keep Chelsea out.

Moments later and we see more evidence of the quality of Palmer. He picks up the ball in the box, shifts past Rodri before trying to force an effort into the corner of the net. Ortega does well to get down and keep the ball out.

Pochettino’s side have definitely had the better of the chances so far.

37 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

Chelsea fans will be rueing that missed opportunity from Jackson. Rather than shooting he opted to round the keeper, but found himself at a bad angle for a shot on goal and instead misplaced a pass to a teammate.

There was a collective groan from the Chelsea fans – they knew how big a chance that was.

City, however, remain without an attempt on target. Bernardo Silva blasts an effort over from a good position in the box.

34 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

A huge chance for Jackson!

Fernandez finds the Chelsea forward with a terrific ball. He is through on goal alone, but deliberates on the ball and the chance goes amiss.

It looked like the Chelsea man was lacking a bit of confidence.

31 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

City try to build down the right, but the move breaks down when a cross into the box from Walker is easily headed away by a Chelsea defender.

Moments later and Fernandez is late on Rodri, conceding a free kick midway inside the Chelsea half.

De Bruyne delivers a dangerous ball deep into the box, forcing Jackson to clear the ball behind for a corner.

Alvarez swings the ball into the box from the left, but Cucurella deals with the danger.

26 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

City are perhaps looking a little leggy after their Champions League exploits midweek.

They are yet to have a shot on target and haven’t really troubled the Chelsea defence.

We’ve also seen a number of misplaced passes from several City players.

23 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

De Bruyne, Alvarez and Grealish link up deep in the Chelsea half.

Alvarez shows great control to keep the ball in the Chelsea box, but his effort on goal canons off De Bruyne, who was in an offside position.

20 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

De Bruyne hacks down Madueke – one of a number of fouls early on in this match.

Shortly after and Jackson embarks on a solo run down the left. He skids the ball across the face of goal, but no Chelsea players are flying in to finish.

18 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

Walker slips up, allowing Gallagher to win the ball in midfield and break away. The move forces Grealish to concede another corner.

Gallagher swings the ball in from the right but can’t beat the first man.

City break away up the field again, with De Bruyne splitting open the Chelsea defence with a lovely through ball to find Foden.

The Englishman takes it round the keeper but can’t squeeze the ball in from a tight angle at the byline. Cucurella clears his effort off the line.

14 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

Chelsea win the first corner of the game, which Gallagher takes from the right.

The Chelsea captain can’t find the head of a teammate, and City clear the ball away before going up the other end and winning their own corner.

Alvarez takes it short, before receiving the ball back and whipping a cross into the box. It finds the head of Rodri, who can only find the hands of Ortega.

10 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

City continue to keep Chelsea pinned in their own half, picking out passes with ease.

The Londoners manage to make a rare break through Jackson, but Ake does well to pick his pocket and stop the counter.

Shortly afterwards, Jackson is in the thick of it again after Gallagher wins the ball in midfield. Palmer finds Jackson, who shoots from just outside the area. But he’s off balance as he hits the ball, and it’s straight at goalkeeper Ortega.

7 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

Jackson concedes a free kick in the middle after a late challenge on Akanji, but City can’t create any opportunity from it.

The Premier League champions are seeing a lot of the ball in these opening few minutes.

4 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

Cucurella makes an early mistake, overhitting a pass across his own box to Silva.

City can’t capitalise on the error and the Chelsea back four heave a sigh of relief.

2 mins: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

City get us under way at Wembley, kicking from right to left as it looks on the screen.

Both teams are in their home kits, with Chelsea in all blue and City in sky blue with white shorts.

1 min: Manchester City 0-0 Chelsea

Wembley is packed for this FA Cup semifinal.

The players are out on the pitch with the pre-match formalities under way. Michael Oliver is the man in the middle today, with David Coote on VAR duty.

Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and Marc Cucurella during the warm-up before the big match.

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with Chelsea in all competitions (6 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses), though both games between the sides in the Premier League this season have been drawn.

Chelsea striker Cole Palmer took his EPL tally to league-best 20 goals this season with another hat-trick on Monday night, scoring four against Everton in the Blues 6-0 victory.

The English striker is now co-leader on Premier League goals with Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, who won the Golden Boot last season.

Manchester City have won 34 of the 40 FA Cup games they have played under Pep Guardiola.

The Spaniard took charge at City in 2016 and has lifted the cup on two occasions.

Mauricio Pochettino sticks with most of the same team that hammered Everton 6-0 on Monday. The only adjustment is Enzo Fernandez coming in for Mykhailo Mudryk, who drops to the bench.

Chelsea: Djordje Petrovic (goalkeeper), Marc Cucurella, Thiago Silva, Enzo Fernandez, Noni Madueke, Trevoh Chalobah, Nicolas Jackson, Cole Palmer, Conor Gallagher, Moises Caicedo, Malo Gusto.