Between the big Premier League clubs that advanced and the minnows from the lower divisions that have survived thus far (Kidderminster Harriers and Boreham Wood are the two lowest-ranked teams still dancing), the fourth-round draw of the 2022 FA Cup should provide an attractive match schedule. .
The fourth round draw will take place before the third round has concluded on Sunday. It will take place at 11:50 am ET before the Nottingham Forest vs. Arsenal and the day before Manchester United vs. Aston Villa closes the list for the third round.
The 16 knockout matches of the FA Cup fourth round will take place on the weekend of February 5-6. Matches that end in a tie after 90 minutes will go straight to extra time and penalty kicks after the England Football Association ruled out replays due to COVID-related match congestion.
Here’s everything you need to know before the draw, including where to watch it and the up-to-date list of teams and divisions that will be represented. There are no conditions for the draw: any team can win any of the others, regardless of level. The host of each match is also drawn at random.
When is the FA Cup fourth round draw?
- Date: Sunday, January 9, 2022
- Hour: 11:50 am ET
- Television channel: None
- Stream: ESPN +
In addition to each match on the third round roster, ESPN + will also broadcast the draw with the broadcast scheduled to begin Sunday at 11:50 a.m. ET, just 20 minutes before the Nottingham Forest-Arsenal match and the day before the final. The match of the day is played at Old Trafford. The winners of both games will know where they will play in February.
The 20 minutes allotted are more than enough time to carry out the draw, given the efficiency with which they are executed compared to the productions that are made for other competitions: each surviving team is assigned a number and the balls are drawn with those numbers. It’s as simple as that. Hollow balls are not unscrewed with small unfolded rolls of paper, a process that can add significant time to the process.
Which teams have qualified for the 4th round of the FA Cup?
So far we know 22 of the 32 participants in the fourth round. Here’s how they break down:
- Premier League (first division): 8 clubs
- Championship (second level): 8 clubs
- League One (third level): 3 clubs
- League two (fourth level): 1 club (Hartlepool United)
- National League (fifth division): 1 stick (Boreham Wood)
- National League North (sixth level): 1 club (Kidderminster)
Here is the full list of clubs that have survived the third round and will face each other in the fourth round:
| Club | Division | Level | FA Cup titles (last) |
| barnsley | Championship | 2nd | 1 (1912) |
| Boredom wood | National League | 5th | – |
| Bournemouth | Championship | 2nd | – |
| Brentford | Premier league | 1st | – |
| Brighton and Hove Albion | Premier league | 1st | – |
| united cambridge | league one | 3rd | – |
| chelsea | Premier league | 1st | 8 (2018) |
| coventry | Championship | 2nd | 1 (1987) |
| crystal Palace | Premier league | 1st | – |
| Everton | Premier league | 1st | 5 (1995) |
| FC Fulham | Championship | 2nd | – |
| Hartlepool United | league two | 4th | – |
| huddersfield town | Championship | 2nd | 1 (1922) |
| Kidderminster harriers | National League North | 6th | – |
| leicester city | Premier league | 1st | 1 (2021) |
| Manchester city | Premier league | 1st | 6 (2019) |
| Middlesbrough | Championship | 2nd | – |
| peterborough | Championship | 2nd | – |
| Plymouth-Argyle | league one | 3rd | – |
| queen rangers | Championship | 2nd | – |
| Southampton | Premier league | 1st | 1 (1976) |
| Wigan Athletic | league one | 3rd | 1 (2013) |
| City of Luton / Harrogate | |||
| Stoke / Leyton East | |||
| Charlton / Norwich city | |||
| Cardiff / Preston City | |||
| Wolves / Sheff. United | |||
| West Ham / Leeds | |||
| Tottenham-Morecambe | |||
| Liverpool / Shrewsbury | |||
| No. Forest / Arsenal | |||
| United Man / Aston Villa |
When are the FA Cup fourth round matches scheduled?
Fourth-round matches will be scheduled for the weekend of February 5-6, with matches potentially scheduled for Friday (February 4) or Monday (February 7) depending on available television spots.
Every month until the final on May 14 at Wembley Stadium, at least one round of FA Cup matches is scheduled to be played, except in March, when two rounds (round of 16 and quarter-finals) will be played.
- Fourth round: Saturday and Sunday, February 5 and 6
- Round of 16 (fifth round): Wednesday, March 2
- Quarter finals: Saturday-Sunday, March 19-20
- Semifinals: Saturday, April 16
- Final: Saturday, May 14