LONDON: Wrexham will play host to eight-time champion Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup in a match that was announced during Monday’s draw.
Wrexham beat Premier League club Nottingham Forest in penalty kicks in the third round and Championship rival Ipswich Town, 1-0, on Friday to reach the round of 16 for the first time in 29 years. Up next is Chelsea, which lost three consecutive FA Cup finals from 2020-22 but blanked Hull City 4-0 on Friday in its first match of this year’s tournament.
The match will take place the weekend of March 7-8, and will mark the first FA Cup meeting between the sides since 1982. They have played a pair of friendlies over the past few years, once at Kenan Stadium in 2023 and in Santa Clara, California, in 2024.