Do FA Cup fifth round games go to extra-time and penalties or a replay
The fifth round of the FA Cup continues on Sunday with four teams all hoping to seal their spot in the quarter-finals of the iconic competition.
Saturday’s action saw wins for Crystal Palace, คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย Bournemouth, Manchester City and Preston, whilst Aston Villa got the fifth round underway with a 2-0 win over Cardiff on Friday evening.
Today will see Newcastle, Brighton, Manchester United and Fulham battle it out to be in the draw later on Sunday night, before Nottingham Forest and Ipswich take centre stage on Monday evening.
But what happens if a game finishes as a draw after 90 minutes – will it go to extra-time and penalties or head for a replay?
From the start of the 2024/25 season, FA Cup replays have scrappe from the first round onwards.
If the score is level at full time, the match will go to extra time. If the additional 30 minutes does not provide a winner then the tie is decide by a penalty shootout.
The decision to scrap replays was announce in April last year after the. Football Association agree a new scheduling deal with the Premier League.
The agreement is in place for the next six years with England’s top-flight set to provide. Grassroots football with an extra £33 million worth a funding per season.
It is said the decision was made in part because of the expansion of European competitions, with. Champions League and Europa League games now being playe in January.
In theory, no replays will ease congestion – for both teams playing in Europe and those in the. EFL – and support player welfare, but the move has criticise by clubs outside of the Premier League.
Replays have provide smaller teams with the opportunity to boost their finances and in some cases have guarantee their survival, and while the FA have agree extra payments to compensate clubs, those affecte say they were not consulte over the change.
‘The agreement which now sees the abolition of replays from the competition format was agree solely between the Premier League and FA,’ the English Football League said in a statement last year.
‘Ahead of the deal being announce there was no agreement with the EFL nor was there any formal consultation with EFL Clubs as members of the FA and participants in the competition.
‘This latest agreement between the Premier League and the FA, in the absence of financial reform, is just a further example of how the EFL and its Clubs are being marginalise in favour of others further up the pyramid and that only serves to threaten the future of the English game.’