Do FA Cup fifth round games go to extra-time or a replay?

Premier League heavyweights Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham are amongst the sides remaining in the competition, and they will be the favourites to lift the trophy in June’s final.

However, the likes of Brighton, West Ham and Leicester will all be looking to upset the odds and emerge victorious in Wembley’s summer showpiece.

But what happens if any of the fifth round games finishes in a draw – will extra-time and penalties be used or will the matches head for a replay?

Here is everything you need to know.

What happens if FA Cup fifth round games finish as a draw?

FA Cup games finishing level after 90 minutes will not head for a replay.

Instead, ties will go to extra-time and if required, penalties, to determine which team progresses through to the quarter-finals.

This is the first time this season that games ending in a draw will not head to a replay, with replays scrapped to help ease fixture congestion.

Extra-time and penalties will also be used in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final from this point onwards.

Replays were first scrapped from the quarter-final stage onwards in 2016.

Replays had actually been abolished at every stage of the FA Cup over the past two seasons in an attempt to reduce fixture congestion caused by the Covid pandemic.

This meant that extra-time and penalties were in force for every match in every round.

For comparison, in the Carabao Cup, games finishing level went straight to penalties until the semi-final stage, at which point extra-time would have been played before the shootout.

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