Leeds United vs Norwich City: Confirmed teams and line ups in FA Cup fifth round 2025/26
Confirmed FA Cup teams from Leeds vs Norwich
Leeds United and Norwich City have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at Elland Road in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.
The Premier League side have gone three matches without a victory since winning on penalties at Birmingham City in the fourth round, losing their last two games 1-0 at home to Sunderland and Manchester City.
The Canaries are 17th in the Championship and have won five of their last six matches in all competitions, including a 3-1 home win over fellow second-tier side West Bromwich Albion in the fourth round.
101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Leeds vs Norwich in the FA Cup, as well as details on how to watch.
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Leeds United confirmed starting team vs Norwich City
Leeds manager Daniel Farke is serving a one-match touchline ban and forward Noah Okafor (hamstring) is injured.
The hosts make nine changes, midfielders Gabriel Gudmundsson and Ethan Ampadu the players retained from the defeat to Sunderland on Tuesday.
Leeds United starting XI: Lucas Perri, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Jaka Bijol, Ethan Ampadu, Sean Longstaff, Ao Tanaka, Daniel James, Wilfried Gnonto, Lukas Nmecha, Joel Piroe
Leeds substitutes: Karl Darlow, Sam Byram, Jayden Bogle, James Justin, Pascal Struijk, Ilia Gruev, Anton Stach, Facundo Buonanotte, Brenden Aaronson
Norwich City full line up vs Leeds United
Norwich make one change from their 2-0 win at Leicester City last Saturday, with Daniel Grimshaw – ever-present in their FA Cup campaign so far – replacing Vladan Kovacevic.
Defenders Shane Duffy (thigh), Jeffrey Schlupp (hamstring), Lucien Mahovo (muscle) and Harry Amass (hamstring) are out, as are midfielders Mirko Topic (knee), Pelle Mattsson (ankle) and Gabriel Forsyth (knee).
Forwards Ante Crnac (knee), Matej Jurasek (foot), Oscar Schwartau (hamstring), Jovon Makama (foot) and Mohamed Toure (groin) are also sidelined.
Midfielder Amankwah Forson had been a doubt with a hamstring issue but is on the bench.
Norwich City starting XI: Daniel Grimshaw, Kellen Fisher, Ruairi McConville, Jose Cordoba, Ben Chrisene, Sam Field, Kenny McLean, Liam Gibbs, Paris Maghoma, Ali Ahmed, Mathias Kvistgaarden
Norwich substitutes: Vladan Kovacevic, Jack Stacey, Jakov Medic, Harry Darling, Jacob Wright, Tony Springett, Amankwah Forson, Anis Ben Slimane, Errol Mundle-Smith
How to watch Leeds vs Norwich: TV channel, live online stream
| Date | Kick-off time | Channel | Streaming |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, March 8 | 16:30 GMT (11:30 ET / 08:30 PT) | TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate | Discovery Plus |
TNT Sports costs £29.99 a month through Discovery Plus, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.
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- This is the fourth FA Cup tie between these teams – Norwich went through in a fourth round replay in 1934/35, with the Whites winning 5-0 in a third round second replay in 1972/73 and then 5-2 in the third round in 1976/77
- Leeds have lost two of their last 15 meetings with Norwich in all competitions (W9 D4)
- Current Leeds boss Daniel Farke was Norwich manager on both of those occasions, in April 2018 and February 2019
- The last time Leeds reached the FA Cup quarter-finals was in 2002/03 under Terry Venables, having been knocked out in the fifth round on four occasions since then
- This is their first home game at this stage since 1998/99, drawing 1-1 with Tottenham before losing a replay 2-0 that season
- They have progressed from each of their last six FA Cup ties against sides from a lower division, since losing 3-0 to Crawley in January 2021
- As a Premier League side, the Whites have won eight of their last nine at Elland Road against lower league sides, losing 1-0 to Wolves in March 1998 in the other
- Norwich have been eliminated in each of their last 14 FA Cup ties against top-flight teams while playing outside the top division themselves, last progressing from one of these ties in the third round in 1981/82, when they beat Stoke City 1-0
- They have gone more than four hours and 13 minutes without conceding away as part of a run of three clean sheets in four on the road, the exception being a 1-0 defeat at Middlesbrough in the Championship on January 31
- Anis Ben Slimane has the most assists of any player in this season’s FA Cup from the first round onwards (4), assisting two goals against each of Walsall and West Brom in the third and fourth rounds