Fixtures
| Saturday 10 January 2026 | Third Round Proper | |||||
| Kick Off | No. | Home | Away | Live on | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | VS | Shrewsbury Town | |||
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | VS | Southampton | |||
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | VS | Aston Villa | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | VS | Fleetwood Town | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | VS | Wigan Athletic | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | VS | Blackpool | |||
| 7 | Wrexham AFC | VS | Nottingham Forest | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | VS | Chelsea | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | VS | Exeter City | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | VS | Queens Park Rangers | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | VS | Brentford | |||
| 12 | Fulham | VS | Middlesbrough | |||
| 13 | Everton | VS | Sunderland AFC | |||
| 14 | Liverpool | VS | Barnsley | |||
| 15 | Burnley | VS | Millwall | |||
| 16 | Norwich City | VS | Walsall | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | VS | Arsenal | |||
| 18 | Derby County | VS | Leeds United AFC | |||
| 19 | Swansea City | VS | West Bromwich Albion | |||
| 20 | Salford City | VS | Swindon Town | |||