FA Cup final: Arsenal to wear yellow jersey against Aston Villa

Arsenal have been instructed to wear their yellow and blue away strip for the May 30 FA Cup final showdown against Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium.

Villa won the coin toss ahead of the final next month which allows the winner to select club colours in the event of a clash of contradicting jerseys.

They picked their claret and blue home kit for the Wembley showpiece and therefore guaranteed that they will have worn the same strip for every round of the competition this season.

However, history favours the Gunners with their jersey colour option for the day as Arsene Wenger’s side have an creditable record of three cup final wins in five appearances in the yellow and blue strip as they look to retain the FA Cup.

Arsenal last wore yellow in the 1980 FA Cup final where they narrowly lost to London rivals West Ham United, but a year earlier donned the same colours as they got the better of Manchester United in a five-goal thriller.