FA Cup 2020-21: Draw, fixtures, results & guide to each round

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Everything you need to know about this season's tournament, including results in a round-by-round breakdown

The FA Cup in England is the oldest football competition in the world and this season, despite coronavirus pandemic-related issues, it returns for the 140th season.

Teams from the lowest level of the English football pyramid right up to the Premier League compete in the tournament and this year it will see a total of 736 teams take part.

Winner-takes-all knockout games mean there is always a chance of a 'giant killing' and there have been plenty of those moments over the years, contributing to the magic of the cup.

This season there will be no replays in order to ease the burden of fixture congestion. That decision was confirmed by the Football Association in August prior to the tournament kick-off.

Goal brings you everything you need to know about the 2020-21 edition of the FA Cup.

FA Cup fourth-round matches will be played over the weekend of January 23, 2021.

The draw for the fourth round took place on Monday January 11. Thirty-two teams will feature in the draw, with 16 ties to be played.

The standout draw of the tie is Manchester United hosting rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford.

The FA Cup 2020-21 third round will be held across the weekend of January 9-11, 2021.

Twenty Premier League teams and 24 Championship teams enter the competition at this point, joining the 20 winners from the second round.

A total of 32 fixtures will be played in the third round, including eighth-tier Merseyside club Marine taking on Premier League high-fliers Tottenham.

Southampton's clash with Shrewsbury Town was postponed after a number of positive Covid-19 tests among the League One outfit's players and staff.

The FA Cup 2020-21 second-round proper was held across the weekend of November 27-30.

The first round proper of FA Cup 2020-21 kicked off on November 6, with games also being played on November 7, 8 and 9.

A total of 48 clubs from League One and League Two enter at this phase of the competition as they join the 31 winners of the previous round (along with the bye recipients - on this occasion, Chorley Town).

The first round proper of the 2020-21 FA Cup kicked off on November 6, 2020, with 47 clubs from League One and League Two entering at that stage.

Those clubs joined the 32 winners from the qualifying stages of the competition, which got underway at the end of August and concluded on November 4.

Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition at the third round.

The FA Cup 2020-21 final is scheduled for Saturday May 15, 2021. It will be held at the traditional venue of Wembley in London.

The FA Cup is broadcast on the BBC and BT Sport in the United Kingdom.

Both networks air the final and share the rest of the competition, taking turns to select the games they wish to broadcast.

All matches shown by the BBC and BT Sport will be available to stream on their respective websites and apps, while a number will be exclusively online.

In the United States, the rights to the FA Cup are owned by ESPN and the games are exclusively streamed online via ESPN+ .

That means the games are not strictly being shown live on television in the US.

2021-01-11 23:00:13

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