Sheffield Utd vs Cardiff

Cardiff won an away FA Cup match against a side from the same division or higher than themselves for the first time since January 2014, when they beat Newcastle 2-1 as a Premier League side.

Sheffield United had seven shots on target in this match, their most without scoring in a match in all competitions since April 2016 (8 vs Gillingham in League One).

At 20 years and 107 days, Cian Ashford is the youngest player to score for Cardiff in the FA Cup since Rubin Colwill against Liverpool in February 2022 (19y 285d).

This will be the fifth FA Cup meeting between Sheffield United and Cardiff City, with the Blades winning three of the prior four clashes between the pair including a 1-0 victory during the 1925 final.

Sheffield United have won each of their last two competitive home games against Cardiff City, since failing to win any of their prior six such matches between 2005 and 2018 (D4 L2).

Sheffield United have progressed from each of their last six FA Cup third round ties against sides from the same tier, since a 1-0 loss to Norwich City in 1997.

Cardiff have been eliminated from the FA Cup seven times across the last nine times they’ve faced sides from Yorkshire, with the exceptions being a 2-1 win against Leeds in the 2001-02 third round, and a 1-0 win over Barnsley in the 2007-08 semi-final.

Cardiff City have lost each of their last four FA Cup away games, conceding at least three goals in each of the last three. Their last such win was at Carlisle in a third round replay in 2019-20.