Your double FA Cup weekend starts here!
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A battled steeped in history
Sunday will see the 16th FA Cup meeting between Arsenal and Manchester United - the second most played fixture in the history of the competition
Who will come out on top?
Only two sides have won the men’s FA Cup 10+ times in the competition’s history:
◉ 14 - Arsenal
◉ 13 - Manchester United
Only two sides have reached the men’s FA Cup final 20+ times in the competition’s history:
◉ 22 - Manchester United
◉ 21 - Arsenal
One of them won’t be making it past the third round this time around.
Aston Villa come back to win 2-1 and move on to the FA Cup fourth round
While Graham Potter loses his first game in charge of West Ham
Tosin Adarabioyo’s game by numbers vs. Morecambe:
100% aerial duels won (4/4)
107 touches
4 shots
2x possession won
2 shots on target
2 goals
1 woodwork hit
At the double in the FA Cup.
FT: Liverpool 4-0 Accrington
Jota
Alexander-Arnold
Danns
Chiesa
Arne Slot’s side are comfortably into the fourth round.
Trent Rockets.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has now scored two goals in his last three starts across all competitions after his fantastic long-range effort against Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup.
That now means that 16 of his 21 goals for Liverpool have come from outside the box, the highest percentage of any other player for the club in the Premier League era with at least five goals (76%).
The full-back was handed the captain’s armband for the game and played 60 minutes before being replaced by Conor Bradley.
His game by numbers:
100% duels won (3/3)
93 touches
4 accurate long balls
4x possession won
3 chances created
3 crosses
3 tackles
3 touches in opp. box
2 blocks
2 shots on target
1 goal
0x dribbled past
What a strike.
𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗: At 16-years and 135 days old, Rio Ngumoha has become Liverpool’s youngest starter in HISTORY.
16 years and 135 days.
Rio Ngumoha became Liverpool’s youngest-ever player to feature in the FA Cup, and what a senior debut it was
Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Jorginho, Merino, Odegaard, Havertz, Martinelli, Jesus.
Manchester United XI: Bayindir, De Ligt, Maguire, Martinez, Dalot, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mainoo, Garnacho, Fernadnes, Hojlund.