Monday Marker: Your guide to the week ahead | OneFootball

Everything you need to know ahead of an exciting week for Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola’s squad have an FA Cup final to prepare for with our Under-18s fully focused on their own final for silverware in the Under-18 Premier League National.

For our Elite Development Squad, our Manchester derby triumph in the Premier League 2 play-off semi-final means Ben Wilkinson’s outfit are through to the final, but the date for the fixture is still to be confirmed.

City Women completed the 2024/25 season on Saturday 10 May with a 5-2 triumph over Crystal Palace and will now take a short break before we compete in the World Sevens Tournament later this month.

Off the pitch, there's an exciting release to keep an eye on.

Find out how to follow all the action for another busy week at Manchester City Football Club below…

Tuesday

Our new PUMA home kit for the 2025/26 season lands at 08:00.

Head to mancity.com and our official app on the morning of 13 May to see the kit for the very first time and order your own!

Pep Guardiola will be leading his team in pursuit of yet more silverware in a historic tenth season in charge at the Etihad Stadium, while there’ll be all eyes on our Barclays Women’s Super League side too.

WATCH: COMING SOON: Our 2025/26 PUMA home kit

Before that, we’ll see City wear this new number at this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup, when we head to the USA to play the inaugural edition of an expanded format as one of 32 sides from around the globe.

Ahead of Tuesday’s release, get a glimpse of what to expect by checking out our little sneak peak above.

FRIDAY

Pep Guardiola press conference | City Football Academy | 14:00 (UK)

Pep Guardiola will face the media at his pre-match press conference from 14:00 (UK) where the boss will provide all the latest team news and his view on our opponents head of our FA Cup final at Wembley.

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You can follow the media briefing live on mancity.com and the Official Man City App. Don’t worry if you are unable to watch the press conference live as it happens, a full video and written recap will be available shortly after it has concluded.

SATURDAY

Aston Villa U18s v City U18s | Under-18 Premier League North National final | Villa Park | 13:00 (UK)

Crystal Palace v City | FA Cup final | Wembley Stadium | 16:30 (UK)

Kicking off an exciting Saturday afternoon, Oliver Reiss’ Under-18s return to Villa Park for our second encounter with the Villans following our 3-1 FA Youth Cup final defeat earlier this month.

City, the Northern title winners, take on Aston Villa, the Southern equivalent, at 13:00 (UK) on Saturday 17 May with the two best Academy teams in the country going head-to-head to be crowned the top team.

Regular updates of the clash will be available on X: @ManCityAcademy with a detailed match report and post-match reaction to follow shortly after the game has concluded.

WATCH: Extended highlights: Newcastle 3-3 City U18s

Then our attention turns to the capital where City will be fighting for silverware against Crystal Palace.

The game will be shown on live TV in the UK on ITV1 and BBC One.

You can follow our live text coverage, which will get underway from 14:30 (UK) before our Matchday Live show begins at approximately 15:30 (UK) with live audio commentary also available once the game begins.

On our Matchday Live show, Michael Brown and Andy Morrison will be alongside host Cel Spellman at the City Studio. They will also then join Ally Mann on commentary when the game gets started.

A comprehensive match report and reaction from Wembley will also be available soon after full-time on our official app and website.

Highlights and a CITY+ full-match replay will be available at 12:00 (UK) on Sunday 18 May.