Top Premier League teams may only have to win six matches to lift the men's FA Cup, but Saturday's final (11:45 a.m. ET; stream live on ESPN+, U.S. only) will still feel like a marathon more than a sprint for Chelsea and Liverpool. This weekend's fixture concludes the 150th edition of the world's oldest cup competition, a milestone that the Royal Mint have deemed suitably grand to create a special £2 coin in celebration.
The outcome feels like a coin flip, too. Chelsea and Liverpool contested a hugely entertaining Carabao Cup final at Wembley just 76 days earlier, goalless at the end of 120 minutes and decided by the finest of margins -- a penalty shootout ending 11-10 as Blues goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga skied his spot-kick over the crossbar.