The Premier League has slowed down enough for Football fans to be distracted by a range of other Cups in Africa and Asia and the FA Cup in England, and to celebrate one of those three tournaments is our FA Cup 4th Round Predictions & Stats.
There’s a few good match ups too. Spurs and Man City meet ensuring one of the main chances to win the Cup are gone, Chelsea and Aston Villa is a good EPL H2H too. In all, there are five all Premier League matches guaranteeing a minimum of five fewer Top Flight sides.
At the other end there are five ties that involve no Premier League sides at all. Which is good news for the minnows.
In between there could be a cupset or two. Probably not Manchester United v fourth tier Newport County. Or then again, we wouldn’t rule it out. Plus a genuine derby between Wolves and West Brom from the Black Country.
16 matches to enjoy, and if you need a tip, follow our 4th Round Predictions & Stats where we offer up the occasional barely interesting stat as well as our surefire-ish tips.
FA Cup 4th Round Fixtures
| Thursday | 19:45 | Bournemouth | vs | Swansea |
| Friday | 19:45 | Chelsea | vs | Aston Villa |
| Friday | 19:45 | Sheffield Wednesday | vs | Coventry |
| Friday | 19:45 | Bristol City | vs | Nottingham Forest |
| Friday | 20:00 | Tottenham | vs | Manchester City |
| Saturday | 12:30 | Ipswich | vs | Maidstone United |
| Saturday | 15:00 | Sheffield United | vs | Brighton |
| Saturday | 15:00 | Leeds | vs | Plymouth |
| Saturday | 15:00 | Leicester | vs | Birmingham |
| Saturday | 15:00 | Everton | vs | Luton |
| Saturday | 19:00 | Fulham | vs | Newcastle |
| Sunday | 11:45 | West Bromwich Albion | vs | Wolves |
| Sunday | 14:00 | Watford | vs | Southampton |
| Sunday | 14:30 | Liverpool | vs | Norwich |
| Sunday | 16:30 | Newport | vs | Manchester United |
| Monday | 19:30 | Blackburn | vs | Wrexham |
FA Cup 4th Round Predictions
Here are our fearless predictions for the FA Cup 4th Round. We’ve gone for a few upsets, and a few Premier League pantsings.
Bournemouth 3 Swansea 0
Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 2
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Coventry 0
Bristol City 0 Nottingham Forest 3
Tottenham 2 Manchester City 1
Ipswich 5 Maidstone United 0
Sheffield United 2 Brighton 0
Leeds 3 Plymouth 1
Leicester 3 Birmingham 0
Everton 0 Luton 1
Fulham 2 Newcastle 0
West Bromwich Albion 2 Wolves 1
Watford 0 Southampton 3
Liverpool 5 Norwich 0
Newport 1 Manchester United 1
Blackburn 1 Wrexham 2
FA Cup 4th Round Stats
Want some cheeky FA Cup 4th Round stats?
Need a reason to pick one team over the other?
Well here are our best barely interesting stats.
Swansea and Bournemouth have already met in the League Cup this season. Bournemouth winning 3-2. Bournemouth have won their last four home games v Swansea by a combined 10-0.
Chelsea have lost their last two home games v Aston Villa without scoring.
The last time Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday met in the FA Cup was in 1987 and Coventry won the game. And then won the FA Cup too.
The only FA Cup game between Bristol City and Nottingham Forest at Bristol was in 1922 and featured no goals.
Manchester City have lost five games in a row at Tottenham, all without scoring.
Ipswich and Maidstone have never met before. Maidstone are the lowest ranked team left, and the only Non League team remaining. They sit 5th of 24 teams in the sixth tier National League South.
Three of the last four games between Sheffield Utd and Brighton have ended 1-1.
Leeds United have beaten Plymouth Argyle 2-1 in their last three meetings.
Burnley won the Championship title last season with 101 points. Leicester, who currently lead the Championship have four more points after 28 games. Leicester also haven’t lost art home this season. Leicester have also never lost to Birmingham in the FA Cup. Their record is W7 D3 L0.
Luton have never beaten Everton in any Cup H2h – FA Cup or League. Everton’s record is W7 D1 L0.
Newcastle have won all four FA Cup games v Fulham, and by a combined score of 20-4. The last match was in 1961.
West Brom have won the only FA Cup between them and Wolves on a Sunday by 3-0 in 2007.
Southampton are unbeaten in 20 games in the Championship. Watford (D5 L4) haven’t beaten Southampton at home in their last nine clashes there. Watford’s last win coming in 2007.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 18 matches v Norwich (W16 D2)
Newport County and Man Utd have never met. Newport (W3 D4) are unbeaten in their last seven home games in League Two. Man Utd have lost three of their last four away matches.
Six of the eight games between Blackburn and Wrexham at Blackburn have ended in a draw.
