The Emirates FA Cup quarter final takes place across Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March, with eight teams and four ties over the weekend. The FA revealed Quarter-Finals tv schedule and Match officials details on Thursday, 18th March.
2020-21 Emirates FA Cup Quarter-finals will kick-off with a south coast derby as Bournemouth – the only non-Premier League side remaining in the competition – host Southampton at 12.15pm. That is followed by Manchester City’s trip to Everton at 5.30pm.
Thomas Tuchel’s side will host the Blades at 1.30pm on Sunday day followed by Manchester United vs Leicester for a 5pm kick-off.
Arsenal are the current holders of the FA Cup after they saw off Chelsea in last season’s final to win the competition for a record 14th time. But the Gunners were knocked out by Southampton in the fifth round to end their defence this term.
Six out of 8 current quarter finalist won the competition earlier, while Leicester City and Bournemouth are the only two teams never won the competition so far.
TV Schedule and Match Officials details:
A total of 12.8m viewers tuned into fifth-round coverage and each club in the last eight will receive a £200,000 broadcast fee. The four sides that are successful in the quarter-finals will pocket a further £270,000 each in prize money, while the sides that are defeated will collect £90,000 each.
AFC Bournemouth v Southampton (Saturday, 20th March)
kick-off: 12:15 GMT/5:15 AM PT/8:15 AM ET/5:45 PM IST
TV Coverage: UK-BT Sport 1, United States – ESPN, Indian Subcontinent-Sony TEN
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt & Constantine Hatzidakis
Fourth Official: Simon Hooper
VAR: David Coote
Everton v Manchester City (Saturday, 20th March)
kick-off: 17:30 GMT/10:30 AM PT/01:30 PM ET/11:00 PM IST
TV Coverage: UK-BT Sport 1, United States – ESPN, Indian Subcontinent-Sony TEN
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant Referees: Lee Betts & Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth Official: Michael Dean
VAR: Andre Marriner
AVAR: Adrian Holmes
Chelsea v Sheffield United (Sunday, 21st March)
kick-off: 13:30 GMT/06:30 AM PT/09:30 AM ET/07:00 PM IST
TV Coverage: UK-BBC One and BBC iPlaye, United States – ESPN, Indian Subcontinent-Sony TEN
Referee: Andrew Madley
Assistant Referees: Neil Davies & Edward Smart
Fourth Official: Andre Marriner
VAR: Peter Bankes
AVAR: Simon Beck
Leicester City v Manchester United (Sunday, 21st March)
kick-off: 17:00 GMT/10:00 AM PT/01:00 PM ET/10:30 PM IST
TV Coverage: UK-BBC One and BBC iPlaye, United States – ESPN, Indian Subcontinent-Sony TEN
Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistant Referees: Simon Bennett & Harry Lennard
Fourth Official: Darren England
VAR: Stuart Attwell
AVAR: Matthew Wilkes
