Can Wrexham pull off a shocking FA Cup upset in opposition to Chelsea? Observe our dwell commentary for updates…
Chelsea head to North Wales tonight scared of changing into one other chapter within the guide chronicling Wrexham’s exceptional rise to prominence.
The takeover by Hollywood A-listers Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney has thrust Wrexham into the limelight – notably in the USA – and helped drive a run by means of the leagues.
Phil Parkinson’s males sit within the Championship play-offs and stay in with an opportunity of a fourth successive promotion.
Chelsea proceed to be inconsistent beneath Liam Rosenior however they loved a fantastic 4-1 win at fellow Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa in midweek.
The place to observe Wrexham v Chelsea: TV channel, dwell on-line streams
Kick-off on Saturday is at 17:45 GMT (12:45 ET / 09:45 PT). Reside TV protection within the UK is on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport web site, TNT Sports activities 2 and the Discovery Plus app.
TNT Sports activities prices £29.99 a month by means of Discovery Plus, which incorporates Eurosport and leisure and is obtainable on an enormous vary of gadgets together with good TVs and gaming consoles.
Wrexham v Chelsea stats
- Wrexham have misplaced one in every of their final 9 matches in all competitions (W6 D2), profitable every of the final three
- Having gained two residence ties by knocking out Championship membership Ipswich City following a win over Premier League aspect Nottingham Forest on penalties, that is Wrexham’s longest FA Cup run since they reached the 1996/97 quarter-finals
- They’ve alternated between progressing (5) and being eradicated (4) from their final 9 FA Cup ties in opposition to top-flight opponents
- Earlier than beating Forest, their earlier such encounter was a 3-1 defeat to Stoke Metropolis in January 2015
- Solely Ipswich (34) and leaders Coventry Metropolis (36) have scored extra residence objectives than Wrexham (33), on this season’s second tier, though the 28 they’ve conceded on their very own turf means solely backside aspect Sheffield Wednesday (38) have a worse document in that respect
- Neto scored a hat-trick for Chelsea at Hull, with striker Liam Delap producing three assists, one in every of which was for Estevao
- Chelsea have progressed from 63 of their final 65 FA Cup ties in opposition to sides from outdoors the Premier League, the exceptions being that defeat to Bradford and a 1-0 loss to Barnsley in 2007/08
- Fernandez, who performed for half-hour at Hull, has been concerned in 5 objectives in eight objective FA Cup appearances for Chelsea (3 objectives, 2 assists), in addition to contributing 4 objectives and two assists in 9 home cup appearances in opposition to sides from a decrease division
- Solely leaders Arsenal (32) have taken extra Premier League factors away this season than Chelsea (25), who’ve scored essentially the most objectives on the highway within the 2025/26 division (30, with the Gunners holding the next-best whole of 26)
- Arsenal (14) and Manchester United (13) are the one groups who can higher Chelsea’s whole of eight FA Cup triumphs. Solely United (9) have been runners-up extra typically than the Blues (8)
