Fixtures
| Friday 9 January 2026 | Third Round Proper | |||||
| Kick Off | No. | Home | Away | Live on | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Port Vale | VS | Fleetwood Town | information | Live on Discovery+ | |
| 5 | Preston North End | VS | Wigan Athletic | information | Live on Discovery+ | |
| 7 | Wrexham AFC | VS | Nottingham Forest | information | Live on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ | |
| 25 | Milton Keynes Dons | VS | Oxford United | information | Live on Discovery+ | |
| Saturday 10 January 2026 | Third Round Proper | |||||
| Kick Off | No. | Home | Away | Live on | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | VS | Shrewsbury Town | information | Live on Discovery+ | |
| 13 | Everton | VS | Sunderland AFC | information | Live on Discovery+ | |
| 26 | Cheltenham Town | VS | Leicester City | information | Live on Discovery+ | |
| 30 | Macclesfield | VS | Crystal Palace | information | Live on BBC One, iPlayer, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ | |
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | VS | Southampton | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | VS | Blackpool | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | VS | Exeter City | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | VS | Brentford | |||
| 12 | Fulham | VS | Middlesbrough | |||
| 15 | Burnley | VS | Millwall | |||
| 20 | Salford City | VS | Swindon Town | |||
| 21 | Boreham Wood | VS | Burton Albion | |||
| 24 | Newcastle United | VS | AFC Bournemouth | |||
| 29 | Stoke City | VS | Coventry City | |||
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | VS | Aston Villa | information | Live on BBC One, iPlayer, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ | |
| 22 | Grimsby Town | VS | Weston Super Mare | information | Live on Discovery+ | |