The fifth round of the FA Cup will take place in midweek and, if you weren’t aware already, the results of these ties will have big ramifications for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers.
Here we take a look at what will be decided by the time we get to the Gameweek 26 deadline.
TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY
FA CUP FIXTURES
Stoke City v Brighton & Hove Albion
Leicester City v Blackburn Rovers
Fulham v Leeds United
Bristol City v Manchester City
Tuesday is the biggest night for our Blank Gameweek 28 planning.
Liverpool’s Gameweek 28 status will be dictated by the result of Fulham v Leeds United, with a win for the latter meaning that the Reds will be guaranteed a fixture.
Victories for Leicester City, Brighton and Hove Albion and Manchester City would confirm blanks for those three teams and their scheduled opponents in Gameweek 28.
If Leicester lose, however, their Gameweek 28 match against Brentford goes ahead.
WEDNESDAY 1 MARCH
FA CUP TIES
Southampton v Grimsby Town
Burnley v Fleetwood Town
Manchester United v West Ham United
Sheffield United v Tottenham Hotspur
All that it will take for the Gameweek 28 match between Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur to fall will be a victory for one of those two sides in their respective cup matches, which looks likely to happen.
Gameweek 28 blanks for Manchester United and West Ham United will already have been confirmed on Tuesday if Brighton and Manchester City have won their respective cup ties at Championship opposition.
The FA Cup quarter-final draw will then follow and this will have implications for Blank Gameweek 32.
FPL GAMEWEEK 28 OVERVIEW
GW28 Premier League fixture | Status | A blank will happen if the following happens: |
Arsenal v Crystal Palace | On | |
Aston Villa v Bournemouth | On | |
Brentford v Leicester | Possible blank | If Leicester beat Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round |
Brighton v Man Utd | Possible blank | If Brighton beat Stoke in the FA Cup fifth round and/or if Man Utd beat West Ham in the FA Cup fifth round |
Chelsea v Everton | On | |
Liverpool v Fulham | Possible blank | If Fulham beat Leeds in the FA Cup fifth round |
Man City v West Ham | Possible blank | If Man City beat Bristol City in the FA Cup fifth round and/or if West Ham beat Man Utd in the FA Cup fifth round |
Nottm Forest v Newcastle | On | |
Southampton v Spurs | Possible blank | If Southampton beat Grimsby in the FA Cup fifth round and/or if Spurs beat Sheff Utd in the FA Cup fifth round |
Wolves v Leeds | Possible blank | If Leeds beat Fulham in the FA Cup fifth round |
FPL GAMEWEEK 32 OVERVIEW
GW32 Premier League fixture | Status | A blank will happen in the following situation: |
Arsenal v Southampton | Possible blank | If Southampton beat Grimsby and then a quarter-final opponent |
Bournemouth v West Ham | Possible blank | If West Ham beat Man Utd and then a quarter-final opponent |
Brentford v Aston Villa | On | |
Brighton v Man City | Possible blank | If either Brighton or Man City beat Stoke or Bristol City and their quarter-final opponent |
Crystal Palace v Everton | On | |
Fulham v Leeds | Possible blank | If Fulham beat Leeds then a quarter-final opponent, or if Leeds beat Fulham then a quarter-final opponent |
Leicester v Wolves | Possible blank | If Leicester beat Blackburn and then a quarter-final opponent |
Liverpool v Nottm Forest | On | |
Man Utd v Chelsea | Possible blank | If Man Utd beat West Ham and then a quarter-final opponent |
Newcastle v Tottenham | Possible blank | If Tottenham beat Sheff Utd and then a quarter-final opponent |
FPL DOUBLE GAMEWEEK IMPLICATION
Most, possibly all, of the fixtures that have to be postponed in Gameweeks 28/32 will then drop into Double Gameweeks 34/37.
Up to nine Premier League fixtures will be postponed in these two Gameweeks due to a result of an FA Cup clash.
Newcastle United v Brighton and Hove Albion is the only postponed fixture from earlier in the season that still needs a new date.
This excellent graphic from Legomané below shows where each postponed match could slot.
1 year, 2 months ago
Come on the underdogs! Especially Blackburn & Leeds!