Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood expects Arsenal to be firm favourites for the FA Cup final.

Villa qualified for the final courtesy of a 2-1 semi-final win over Liverpool on Sunday and Sherwood is now looking ahead to the Gunners clash where his players can again perform freely without pressure.

However, Sherwood indicated that Premier League fixtures now take preference over the decider which takes place on May 30.

"We will be the underdog. The pressure will be on Arsenal," said Sherwood on the club's official website.

"They are the holders. They want to win it again.

"We have a lot of hard work now. We put this on the back-burner.

"We need to secure our safety and then come back here and take the game to Arsenal.

"Every time we play we do that. Today was no exception."