Indeed, it was Barnsley who won when these two sides last faced off in the fifth round of this competition in February 2008. Rafael Benítez’s side fell to a 93rd-minute strike on home soil as the likes of Xabi Alonso, Jamie Carragher and Dirk Kuyt suffered a shock 2–1 defeat.

Brighton is smack dab in the middle of the EPL and is close enough to be considered a threat to finish near a European position. The Seagulls have also done well in recent years in the FA Cup, getting to the quarterfinals in two of the past three seasons.

The third round of the FA Cup, the world’s oldest football tournament, welcomes England's top-flight clubs in a bumper weekend.

The Premier League's 20 teams enter the fold for the third round of the 2025-26 FA Cup tournament, which begins Friday, January 9 and runs through the weekend into Monday.

The top team in the English Premier League looks to carry its success into the FA Cup, as Arsenal pays a visit to Portsmouth on Sunday.

Here is every upset from this weekend's FA Cup third round, a notoriously tricky time for big clubs against lower-league opposition.,

Sixth-tier Macclesfield stunned English football with a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday in what may well be the biggest shock in FA Cup history.

Managerless Manchester United crashed out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 defeat to Brighton on Sunday. At the end of a week that saw the storied Premier League team fire head coach Ruben Amorim, the loss at Old Trafford has likely consigned United to another trophyless season and was greeted with loud jeers from the home crowd.