FA Cup 2025/26 Fifth Round: Teams Confirmed, Lineups Unveiled & Where to Watch Live

Leeds United initial lineup: Lucas Perri, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Jaka Bijol, Ethan Ampadu, Sean Longstaff, Ao Tanaka, Daniel James, Wilfried Gnonto, Lukas Nmecha, Joel Piroe

Leeds reserve players: Karl Darlow, Sam Byram, Jayden Bogle, James Justin, Pascal Struijk, Ilia Gruev, Anton Stach, Facundo Buonanotte, Brenden Aaronson

Norwich City’s complete squad against Leeds United

Norwich implements a single alteration following their two-nil victory at Leicester City the previous Saturday, with Daniel Grimshaw – a constant presence in their FA Cup journey thus far – taking the place of Vladan Kovacevic.

Defenders Shane Duffy (thigh), Jeffrey Schlupp (hamstring), Lucien Mahovo (muscle) and Harry Amass (hamstring) are unavailable, and likewise are midfielders Mirko Topic (knee), Pelle Mattsson (ankle) and Gabriel Forsyth (knee).

Strikers Ante Crnac (knee), Matej Jurasek (foot), Oscar Schwartau (hamstring), Jovon Makama (foot) and Mohamed Toure (groin) are also sidelined.

Midfielder Amankwah Forson was previously a concern due to a hamstring issue but has been named among the reserves.

Norwich City initial lineup: Daniel Grimshaw, Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, Jose Cordoba, Ben Chrisene, Sam Field, Kenny McLean, Liam Gibbs, Paris Maghoma, Ali Ahmed, Mathias Kvistgaarden

Norwich reserve players: Vladan Kovacevic, Jack Stacey, Jakov Medic, Harry Darling, Jacob Wright, Tony Springett, Amankwah Forson, Anis Ben Slimane, Errol Mundle-Smith

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Leeds vs Norwich statistics

• This marks the fourth FA Cup encounter between these teams – Norwich advanced following a fourth-round rematch in 1934/35, with the Whites triumphing by a score of five goals to nil in a second third-round replay in 1972/73 and then 5-2 in the third round in 1976/77
• Leeds have been defeated in merely two of their most recent fifteen matches with Norwich across all competitive fixtures (W9 D4)
• Daniel Farke, the present manager of Leeds, previously managed Norwich during both of these instances, in April 2018 and February 2019
• Leeds’ most recent progression to the FA Cup quarter-finals occurred in 2002/03 under Terry Venables, having subsequently been eliminated in the fifth round on four separate occasions since then
• This represents their initial home fixture at this particular phase since 1998/99, concluding in a one-all draw with Tottenham prior to suffering a two-nil loss in a subsequent replay that season
• They have advanced from every one of their past six FA Cup encounters against teams from a lower league tier, since their three-nil defeat to Crawley in January 2021
• Operating as a Premier League club, the Whites have secured victory in eight of their most recent nine matches at Elland Road versus teams from lower divisions, suffering a one-nil loss to Wolves in March 1998 in the remaining fixture
• Norwich have been knocked out in all of their past fourteen FA Cup fixtures against top-tier clubs while themselves participating outside the top division, their last advancement from such a fixture being in the third round in 1981/82, when they triumphed over Stoke City by one goal to nil
• They have maintained a clean sheet on the road for over four hours and thirteen minutes as a component of a sequence featuring three shutouts in four away games, the sole deviation being a one-nil loss at Middlesbrough in the second-tier league on January 31
• Anis Ben Slimane boasts the highest number of assists among all players in the current FA Cup campaign starting from the initial round (four), providing two goal-scoring passes against both Walsall and West Brom in the third and fourth rounds