FA Cup 5th Round Kick-Off Times, Dates and TV Channels Confirmed

The FA Cup 5th Round kick-off times, dates and TV channels have now been released – with the eight matches on the ‘Road to Wembley’ set to take place over four days between Friday 28th February and Monday 3rd March.

2025 FA Cup 5th Round Kick-Off Times, Dates and TV Listings

FA Cup 5th Round Dates Spread Over Four Days

The FA Cup 5th Round dates will kick-off with a Friday night game that will see Championship side Cardiff travel to Aston Villa – the sides last met back in 2018 in a Championship match that Villa won 1-0 thanks to a Jack Grealish goal.

Then, the following day, it’s no shock to see bitter football rivals Crystal Palace and Millwall as one of the early FA Cup 5th Round kick-offs on Saturday – in what could be a heated affair.

The two London clubs will face-off for the twelfth time in the FA Cup and it’s Millwall that hold the lead with four wins, four draws – to the three Palace victories in this competition.

The Lions will also gain confidence knowing, they are unbeaten in their last five trips to Selhurst Park.

Preston host Burnley in the same 12:15pm Saturday slot. They met will be playing each other for the first time in the FA Cup.

While the next of the FA Cup 5th Round kick-off times will be at 5:45pm on Saturday 1st March when Manchester City entertain Plymouth, who giant-killed Liverpool in the last round.

City are the general favourites with the best football betting sites in the UK to win an eighth FA Cup, but the way their season has gone the Pilgrims will fancy their fancies of another big scalp.

Sunday Sees Two More FA Cup 5th Round Games

On Sunday and the next two FA Cup 5th Round kick-off times will be 1:45pm and 4:30pm.

It’s also an all-Premier League affair on the Sunday as Brighton travel north to face Newcastle – they last met in the FA Cup in January 2013, in a 2-0 home win for Brighton.

We also see the FA Cup holders Manchester United in action on Sunday 2nd March as the host Fulham.

This will be the 13th time the sides have met in the FA Cup – with United holding a commanding 9-1 lead (2 draws).

The FA Cup kick-offs conclude on Monday, when Nottm Forest welcome Ipswich to the City Ground – in a game that will be aired on ITV4.

These two have, of course, already played in the Premier League this season, which ended in a 1-0 home win to Forest. They last met in the FA Cup in 1997 – which ended in a 3-0 home victory for Forest too.

Which FA Cup 5th Round Games Are On TV?

Every FA Cup 5th Round match, barring Bournemouth vs Wolves on Saturday 1st March will be on a ‘free-to-air’ channel.

With the games being shown across the BBC and ITV networks – see the full FA Cup 5th Round TV channels below.