FA Cup Final

The showpiece English FA Cup and Scottish Cup finals on Saturday will see Arsenal face Aston Villa at Hampden Park.

A global TV audience of half a billion people is expected to watch the Gunners take on Villa.

Arsenal, seeking a record 12th FA Cup, face a club who last won it in 1957.

In Scotland, top-flight Inverness CT and second-tier Falkirk make for an unexpected final line-up.

This will be Arsenal's 19th FA Cup final, a record for any team. They already share the record of 11 wins with Manchester United.

Saturday will be Arsenal's 40th appearance at Wembley (old and new stadium combined), again more than any other team.

Only George Ramsay (six with Aston Villa between 1887 and 1920) has won the FA Cup as a manager more times than Arsene Wenger.

Villa have played in the FA Cup final 10 times, winning seven, making them the fourth-most successful side in the competition (Tottenham have won eight finals).There will be a surprise name on the Scottish Cup as Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle take on Championship club Falkirk. League champions and 36-time winners Celtic were seen off by Caley Thistle following a dramatic semi-final that finished 1-1 in normal time and witnessed three more goals in extra-time, with defender David Raven grabbing the winner. Manager John Hughes's side will be looking to go one better than in 2014, when they were beaten by Aberdeen on penalties in the Scottish League Cup final - their first major cup final. They have already secured a spot in the Europa League after finishing third in the Premiership. Two-time winners Falkirk, meanwhile, came through three rounds before Craig Sibbald's 75th-minute effort saw off fellow Championship side Hibernian.