What happened in the FA Cup - Fantasy Football Community

Gameweek 19 in Fantasy Premier League is currently live. However, Cup football is also underway. We take a look into what happened in the FA Cup, covering key factors like results, replays and other details that could have a significant impact on FPL.

Looking at what happened in the FA Cup is significant to Fantasy Premier League. Cup football can have a huge impact on Fantasy premier league, especially when considering the impacts of replays, injuries, minutes and other important factors.

FA Cup results

Manchester United 3-1 Everton
Crystal Palace 1-2 Southampton
Gillingham 0-1 Leicester
Tottenham 1-0 Portsmouth
Blackpool 4-1 Nottingham Forest
Bournemouth 2-4 Burnley
Hull 0-2 Fulham
Middlesbrough 1-5 Brighton
Brentford 0-1 West Ham
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Newcastle
Liverpool 2-2 Wolves
Cardiff 2-2 Leeds
Aston Villa 1-2 Stevenage
Man City 4-0 Chelsea
Oxford 0-3 Arsenal

Who needs a replay?

Liverpool and Leeds need to replay their fixtures due to their 2-2 draws.

When will the replay take place?

At the time of writing both the Wolves v Liverpool and Leeds v Cardiff matches will be played on 17th January.

How does this affect those teams?

Liverpool face Brighton on January 14th in Gameweek 20 and Chelsea on January 21st in Gameweek 21. This means that they have just several days between their cup match and Premier League matches. Leeds face Aston Villa on 13th January in Gameweek 20 and Brentford on 22nd January in Gameweek 20.

Other implications

Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle all lost their cup matches. This has a huge impact on FPL because all of those teams will play in blank Gameweek 28.