History beckons for Crystal Palace in Wembley in Saturday's FA Cup final, while Manchester City has one last shot to avoid a rare trophy season under Pep Guardiola.
Twice FA Cup number two, Palace has never won a big trophy in their 119-year history.
The Eagles feel that this can finally be their time against a city side far from their former glory of Guardiolas Trophy-charged government.
Palace warmed up for the showpiece of Wembley by cruising last weekend for a 2-0 win in Tottenham to match their record of 49 Premier League points with two games of the season.
The South London Club finished for the first time last season in the top 10 in the Premier League era after just a few months under Oliver Glasner.
Another top half finish looks unlikely, but the progress has continued under the Austrian thanks to their FA Cup hero deeds, including an extensive 3-0 win over Champions League Quarterfinalists Aston Villa in the last four.
Ebereechi Eze is the most important man for the city to fear with five goals in his last four games.
But he is one of only four internationals in England who reached the final of Euro 2024, probably on Saturday for Palace on Saturday next to Dean Henderson, Marc Guehi and Adam Wharton.
“It means everything,” said Eze about the prospect to deliver the first taste of the club.
“We know what it means for the fans, to the club. We are going to give everything we have to do to put ourselves in the best position.
“We are confident. We know that we just have to do what we do and are the best version of ourselves and we have the chance to beat every team.”
The victory would also guarantee access to one of Europe's most important club matches with a place in the Europa League for the first time in Palace's history.
Haaland suitable for the final
City's difficult display when drawing a blank on the bottom of the Southampton table Last weekend, Palace gave even more reason to believe.
However, the men of Guardiola are unbeaten in 10 games, including a 5-2 demolition of Palace in the Premier League last month, despite the fact that he fell 2-0.
City's Fightback in the Etihad Stadium was fueled that day by Kevin De Bruyne, who rolled back the years.
The Belgian has only three games left as a city player after a glorious decade in Manchester and wants to add another to his 14 major awards at the club.
“He had an incredible time in Manchester City,” said City's top scorer Erling Haaland.
“It is ridiculous how many trophies he has won. Hopefully he will get another trophy.”
After an unprecedented four consecutive English top titles, City fights against fighting to secure a top-five Premier League finish and a place in next season's Champions League.
Everything other than the victory would close what Haaland described as a “horrible” campaign for a team of serial winners.
City has not ended a season without trophy since Guardiola's first in the club in 2016/17.
“It is a good habit of achieving Wembley and always important to win trophies. We have the FA Cup final to play and in a horrible season we still managed to do this,” the Norwegian added.
It is expected that Haaland will start after his six weeks injured in Southampton last weekend.