Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

We're going to miss the crowd today. In cup games, it is all about the crowd.

If Arsenal can just replace Patrick Vieira they'll do OK.

Chance! Raheem Sterling gets in that half space thing on the left of the box for the first time and puts it across goal, it's a fine ball in but Kieran Tierney defends well to clear.

Is Eric Garcia now first choice in that City defence? I can't recall seeing him do a single thing wrong since he came in.

All City so far, slow, patient possession. Ainsley Maitland-Niles is indeed playing on the left of a back five for Arsenal.

City have got their new kit on by the way - PLAY!

Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

They both want it. It's been a good week for City with the Champions League verdict and they can look happily into the future.

Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta are friends, they know each other well, but Pep is ruthless and won't feel sorry for Arteta.

I can't see past Manchester City in this one. Arsenal were fortunate against Liverpool and they will need a bit of luck. City going forward will hurt that Arsenal back line.

Here we go then...

That takes me back to school days, the familiar clank of studs on tiles as Manchester City come out of an empty Wembley tunnel.

And now here come Arsenal...

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

I've attended Merseyside and north London derbies behind closed doors since football resumed and they took some getting accustomed to - but an FA Cup semi-final in front of 90,000 empty red seats at Wembley may be the most surreal occasion yet.

As with everywhere else, the PA is trying to rev up the atmosphere but there is no getting away from the fact that this is just very, very odd.

Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think Arsenal will go with a back three, I may be wrong but because of the Liverpool victory it wouldn't maybe feel right to change things.

Mikel Arteta knows Pep Guardiola inside out, he knows how he sets his teams up and he will set his team up accordingly.

The seats behind one goal are all sky blue, behind the other red and white. Seeking a bit of normality.

I think the 'City end' is the goal where Northampton scored their first two goals in the League Two play-off final, with Arsenal up the Sam Hoskins end.

Daniel Smith: Arsenal got all our hopes up by beating Liverpool, just so they can send us crashing back to reality tonight

Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator

Now this is surreal. We'll never get used to empty stadiums, but an empty Wembley for a showpiece occasion?

This is a whole new level.

Mikel Arteta makes five changes to his Arsenal side which beat champions Liverpool in their last game.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returns in attack for Reiss Nelson, Dani Ceballos replaces Lucas Torreira in midfield and Ainsley Maitland-Niles steps in for Bukayo Saka.

Shkodran Mustafi and Hector Bellerin also come in for Rob Holding and Cedric Soares at the back.

Arsenal: Martinez, Mustafi, Luiz, Tierney Bellerin, Cabellos, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang

Subs: Macey, Holding, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Smith, Willock, Nelson, Saka

Manchester City also make five changes from the side that beat Bournemouth in their last Premier League outing.

Aymeric Laporte and Eric García come in for Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones at the back, while Kevin de Bruyne replaces Fernandinho in midfield.

Elsewhere, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez start instead of Bernado Silva and Phil Foden in attack.

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Garcia, Laporte, Mendy, Gundogan, De Bruyne, D Silva, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling

Subs: Carson, Stones, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Fernandinho, Cancelo, Otamendi, Foden

Holders City are looking to reach the FA Cup final in consecutive years for the third time, also doing so in 1933-1934 and 1955-1956. They are unbeaten in their past nine matches at Wembley Stadium, last losing against Arsenal in the 2017 FA Cup semi-final.

Mark Lawrenson
Ex-Liverpool defender

Arsenal's win over Liverpool on Wednesday was aided and abetted by some mistakes by the Reds but it was still a great result for them.

The last time Arsenal played City in a FA Cup semi-final was 2017, in Pep's first season in Manchester, when the Gunners won in extra-time.

I don't see that happening this time, though. City have won all seven of their subsequent meetings, usually pretty comfortably, and victory number eight is the outcome I am going with.

City know they are going to finish second in the Premier League, and they also know they are back in next season's Champions League too, so they are in good shape for the challenges that lie ahead of them.

I've already backed United to go on and lift the FA Cup but City clearly have a great chance of winning that again to go with this season's Carabao Cup.

The same goes for their hopes of success in Europe when they pick up their Champions League campaign against Real Madrid next month too. They might not have retained their Premier League title, but they are still a very good team indeed.

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

Mesut Ozil hasn't played a minute since lockdown. His last appearance was in a 1-0 win over West Ham on 7 March.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

Arsenal name nine subs and no Mesut Ozil or Matteo Guendouzi - unless there is some suggestion of injury that is a very clear indication about their future at the club. Or lack of one.

The graphic I'm looking at has Maitland-Niles as a left wing-back...who knows?

I got swamped on a train full of Arsenal fans singing this on the way to a Cup final a few years back. They would have had to adapt the lyrics a touch had they been allowed to come to Wembley tonight...