Why are there no Premier League games this weekend?
Liverpool, Manchester City, United and Arsenal are all in action on Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, just not in the PL.
Open up your soccer scores app of choice and there’s a good chance the Premier League might be at the top of it. Not this weekend, however. Liverpool, Manchester City, United, Arsenal and the like will all take to the field, just not in the top division of English soccer.
The Premier League takes a back seat this weekend, with the FA Cup at the centre of the soccer calendar in England. The third round, in which there are 64 participants, is the stage at which the 20 top-flight clubs enter, with all competing in cup ties between Thursday (January 9) and Sunday (January 10).
Everton and Fulham were the first Premier League clubs to progress to the fourth round with victories over League One’s Peterborough United and Watford of the Championship respectively on Thursday.
A battle of two foes 👊@ManUtd have eliminated @Arsenal more times than any other team (Eight) in the #EmiratesFACup proper rounds, but the Gunners have returned the favour, knocking out the Red Devils more than anyone else (Seven) ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/7RCmyUNEjo
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) January 10, 2025
FA Cup third round: Arsenal, Manchester United, City, Liverpool, Chelsea all involved
The tie of the round sees Arsenal host Manchester United at the Emirates, with Aston Villa against West Ham the only other all-Premier League tie.
Other intriguing matchups will see League Two team Salford City, partly owned by a raft of former United players, including David Beckham, visit Manchester City, with fellow fourth tier club Accrington Stanley taking on Liverpool at Anfield.
Morecambe, 91st of the 92 clubs in the English Football League, travel to Chelsea, while Bromley, also of the fourth division, are away to Newcastle United and non-league Tamworth host Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup third round draw and schedule: games, dates, kickoff times
FA Cup third round fixtures
Thursday, January 9
Sheffield United 0-1 Cardiff City
Everton 2-0 Peterborough United
Fulham 4-1 Watford
Friday, January 10
Wycombe Wanders vs Portsmouth, 2:45pm ET
Aston Villa vs West Ham, 3pm ET
Saturday, January 11
Birmingham City vs Lincoln, 7am ET
Bristol City vs Wolves, 7am ET
Middlesbrough vs Blackburn, 7am ET
Liverpool vs Accrington Stanley, 7:15am ET
Leicester vs QPR, 9am ET
Bournemouth vs West Brom, 10am ET
Brentford vs Plymouth, 10am ET
Chelsea vs Morecambe, 10am ET
Exerter vs Oxford United, 10am ET
Norwich vs Brighton, 10am ET
Nottingham Forest vs Luton, 10am ET
Reading vs Burnley, 10am ET
Sunderland vs Stoke, 10am ET
Leeds vs Harrogate, 12:45pm ET
Manchester City vs Salford, 12:45pm ET
Coventry vs Sheffield Wednesday, 1pm ET
Leyton Orient vs Derby, 1pm ET
Sunday, January 11
Hull vs Doncaster, 7am ET
Tamworth vs Tottenham, 7:30am ET
Arsenal vs Manchester United, 10am ET
Crystal Palace vs Stockport, 10am ET
Ipswich vs Bristol Rovers, 10am ET
Newcastle vs Bromley, 10am ET
Southampton vs Swansea, 11:30am ET
Monday, January 13
Millwall vs Dagenham & Redbridge, 2:30pm ET
Tuesday, January 14
Mansfield vs Wigan, 2:45pm ET
Preston vs Charlton, 2:45pm ET
When are the next Premier League games?
You don’t have to wait long at all to get your next Premier League fix, though. There is a full round of games this coming midweek, which includes four on Tuesday (January 14) and Wednesday (January 15), followed by two on Thursday (January 16).
Among the games are third-placed Nottingham Forest against league leaders Liverpool, and a North London derby between Arsenal and Spurs.
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