The draw for the FA Youth Cup fourth round proper has been made, with 16 ties to take place at this stage of the 2025-26 competition.
With a number of third round ties still to be played, games in the fourth round will be scheduled throughout December and January, with all games to have been played by Saturday 24 January 2026.
With these ties, if they end in a draw after 90 minutes, extra time will be played and if still level, then a penalty shootout will take place to decide the winners.
In terms of age eligibility for the 2025-26 FA Youth Cup, for matches involving only clubs from the Premier League and the EFL, players must have
been born on or after 1 September 2007.
For the ties involving clubs from the National League System, players must have been born on or after 1 September 2007 and before 1 September 2010.
The Draw
1 Queens Park Rangers v Brighton & Hove Albion
2 Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa
3 Leeds United v Swansea City
4 Manchester City v Arsenal
5 Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion
6 Oxford United v Colchester United
7 Norwich City v Burnley
8 Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
9 Southend United v Wrexham
10 Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers
11 Watford v Charlton Athletic
12 Bolton Wanderers v Stevenage
13 Bromley v Ipswich Town
14 Reading v Chelsea
15 Everton v West Ham United
16 Manchester United v Derby County
