FA Cup
Mar 7, 2026 5.45pm
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  • Sam Smith 18' goal
  • Josh Windass 66' yellowcard
  • Kieffer Moore 66' yellowcard
  • Nathan Broadhead 76' yellowcard
  • Callum Doyle 78' goal
  • Ryan Barnett 91' yellowcard
  • Lewis Brunt 105' yellowcard
  • Lewis Brunt 106' yellowcard
  • D. Keillor-Dunn 112' yellowcard
  • goal Arthur Okonkwo 40' (OG)
  • yellowcard Marc Guiu 58'
  • yellowcard Dário Essugo 65'
  • yellowcard Marc Cucurella 65'
  • goal Josh Acheampong 82'
  • yellowcard Malo Gusto 85'
  • yellowcard João Pedro 85'
  • goal Alejandro Garnacho 96'
  • yellowcard Jesse Derry 100'
  • goal João Pedro 120'+5'

Team News: Wrexham vs. Chelsea injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

Wrexham vs. Chelsea injury, suspension list, predicted XIs

Meeting for the first time in a competitive fixture since 1982, Championship high-flyers Wrexham and eight-time winners Chelsea lock horns in a historic FA Cup fifth-round encounter at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday.  

The Red Dragons eliminated Premier League opposition in Nottingham Forest to reach this stage for the first time in 29 years, while Liam Rosenior's side have brushed past Charlton Athletic and Hull City by a combined score of 9-1 to reach the last 16.  

Here, Sports Mole rounds up the team news for both clubs.


WREXHAM vs. CHELSEA

WREXHAM

Out: Thomas O'Connor (hamstring), Matty James (toe), Ben Sheaf (knee), Liberato Cacace (hamstring), Aaron James (knee)

Doubtful: Lewis Brunt (thigh)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Okonkwo; Cleworth, Hyam, Doyle; Kabore, Dobson, O’Brien, Thomason; Windass, Broadhead; Moore

CHELSEA

Out: Levi Colwill (knee), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (thigh), Estevao Willian (thigh), Dario Essugo (unspecified)

Doubtful: Wesley Fofana (thigh)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Jorgensen; Gusto, Chalobah, Sarr, Hato; Caicedo, Santos; Neto, Fernandez, Garnacho; Delap


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