Crystal Palace da Stockport County za su fafata a zagaye na uku na gasar FA Cup a ranar Lahadi, 12 ga Janairu, 2025, a filin wasa na Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace, wanda ke fafatawa a gasar Premier League, za su yi fice a matsayin masu nasara a kan Stockport County, wanda ke fafatawa a gasar League One.
Palace, wanda ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar FA Cup a shekarar 2022, ya fara kakar wasa cikin rashin nasara amma ya samu ci gaba a baya-bayan nan. Duk da haka, ci gaban da suka samu bai isa ba, saboda suna da matsalar rashin zura kwallaye a raga, inda suka zura kwallaye 21 kacal a gasar Premier League.
A gefe guda, Stockport County, wanda ya lashe gasar League Two a kakar wasa da ta gabata, ya fara kakar wasa da kyau amma ya fara raguwa a baya-bayan nan. Tawagar ta rasa babban dan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye, Barry, wanda ya koma kulob dinsa na Aston Villa, wanda hakan ya kara dagula wa Stockport damar samun nasara a wannan wasa.
Kocin Crystal Palace, Roy Hodgson, ya ce, “Mun yi kokari sosai don inganta wasanmu, kuma muna fatan samun nasara a wannan wasa. Stockport tana da tawagar mai karfi, amma muna da gwiwa cewa za mu iya samun nasara.”
Stockport County, wanda ya yi nasara a zagayen farko da na biyu na gasar FA Cup, yana fatan samun nasara a wannan wasa don kaiwa zagaye na hudu na gasar, wanda ba su yi hakan ba tun shekarar 2001.
Za a iya kallon wasan kai tsaye a gidan talabijin na BT Sport, kuma ana sa ran wasan zai kasance mai cike da kwallaye da kishin kungiyoyin biyu.
