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MANCHESTER UNITED have reached their 29th major domestic cup final (20 FA Cup, 9 League Cup), more than any other side in English football. THE Red Devils have reached the FA Cup final in two of the last three seasons, having failed to reach it in eight consecutive seasons previously. TOTTENHAM have not lost a single Premier Le League game in which they’ve led this season, but have now been eliminated from their three other competitions this season in games in which they took the lead (2-3 vs West Ham in the League Cup, 1-2 vs Juventus in the Champions League). SPURS also extended their record run of consecutive FA Cup semi-final defeats to eight, last winning one in 1991. ROMELU LUKAKU has been directly involved in 14 goals in his last 12 FA Cup appearances (12 goals, 2 assists), including seven in five for Manchester United. ALEXIS SANCHEZ has scored eight goals in his eight appearances at Wembley for club and country, including six goals in five FA Cup matches. PAUL POGBA has now recorded 12 assists in all competitions this season – twice as many as he registered last season. CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN has had a hand in 10 goals in his last six FA Cup appearances for Spurs (3 goals, 7 assists). ANDER HERRERA has scored in each of his last two FA Cup games, as many as he had in his previous 15 in the competition. JOSE MOURINHO has reached his sixth major domestic final in England (2 FA Cup, 4 League Cup), winning each of his previous five.