With no Premier League this weekend our weekly tips needed something to do, thankfully one of the best weekends of football is here as the haves, have nots and have plentys all meet for Round 3 of the FA Cup, and so we offer up our 2024-25 FA Cup Third Round Predictions.
With the Premier League and Championship teams joining the plucky lower league teams who have been through rounds one and two (and qualifying for some), there’s a lot of upsets that await across the 32 games on offer.
Like our website, some teams won’t take this seriously and put out rubbish, but it’s their loss, as us football nerds will soak up all action.
Not only do we have our 2024-25 FA Cup Third Round Predictions, but there’s a load of stats to help you make up your own mind.
2024-25 FA Cup Third Round Fixtures & Stats
Who’s playing when? Against who? And how are they going? Are all question some football fans ask before the FA Cup Third Round kicks off. So here is a visual that should cover it all.
2024-25 FA Cup Third Round H2H Stats
The above stats not enough for you? How about the all time H2H stats and FA Cup H2H Stats.
2024-25 FA Cup Third Round Predictions
Sheff Utd 2 Cardiff 0
Everton 1 Peterborough 1
Fulham 1 Watford 2
Wycombe 2 Portsmouth 1
Aston Villa 4 West Ham 0
Birmingham 3 Lincoln 0
Bristol C 1 Wolves 0
Middlesbrough 3 Blackburn 2
Liverpool 5 Accrington 0
Leicester 0 QPR 1
Bournemouth 2 West Brom 1
Brentford 6 Plymouth 2
Chelsea 5 Morecambe 0
Exeter 2 Oxford 0
Norwich 2 Brighton 1
Nottm Forest 3 Luton 0
Preston 0 Charlton 1
Reading 1 Burnley 3
Sunderland 2 Stoke 0
Leeds 4 Harrogate 2
Man City 5 Salford 1
Coventry 1 Sheff Wed 1
Leyton Orient 2 Derby 1
Mansfield 2 Wigan 1
Hull 3 Doncaster 0
Tamworth 1 Tottenham 6
Arsenal 3 Man Utd 2
Crystal Palace 4 Stockport 0
Ipswich 3 Bristol R 0
Newcastle 5 Bromley 0
Southampton 0 Swansea 2
Millwall 1 Dag & Red 1
2024-25 FA Cup Third Round Barely Interesting Stats
There are only two all EPL games thank goodness we say as fans of upsets. But 15 of the Premier League sides get to play at home.
There are 13 games without a Premier League side, ensuring at least 13 non EPL sides make it to the next round.
Ignoring Man Utd and Arsenal playing each other, the big six clubs got an easy draw. Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City all play League Two sides, while Spurs get a non league side. All should progress with a plenty-nil win.
Two Non League teams remain. One is Tamworth who are 16th in the National League, but actually have more points per game than their Premier League opponents Spurs. The second Non League team is Dagenham & Redbridge who are 15th in the National League compared to Millwall from the Championship.
