{"id":513566,"date":"2026-04-05T03:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/513566\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:01:12","slug":"fa-cup-semi-final-draw-how-to-watch-ball-numbers-fixture-dates-news-official-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/513566\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup semi-final draw: How to watch, ball numbers, fixture dates | News | Official Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-article-page__summary\">&#13;<br \/>\n                    The FA Cup semi-final draw takes place on Sunday evening, and Chelsea will discover our next opponents in this season&#8217;s competition after Saturday&#8217;s 7-0 victory over Port Vale.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Blues secured our passage through to the last four in convincing fashion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/jorrel-hato\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorrel Hato<\/a> scored after just 63 seconds and our first-half performance also saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/joao-pedro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joao Pedro<\/a> find the net and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/cole-palmer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Palmer<\/a> force home a third, although it was credited as a Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel own goal. <\/p>\n<p>In the second period, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/tosin-adarabioyo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tosin Adarabioyo<\/a> headed home a fourth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/andrey-santos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrey Santos<\/a> grabbed our fifth, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/estevao\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao Willian<\/a> tapped home the Blues&#8217; sixth of the afternoon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/alejandro-garnacho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alejandro Garnacho<\/a> rounded off the scoring with a late penalty that he had moments earlier won. <\/p>\n<p>We will head to Wembley in the next round, and here is everything you need to know ahead of the FA Cup semi-final draw&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>When is the FA Cup semi-final draw?<\/p>\n<p>The FA Cup semi-final draw will take place at the London Stadium on Sunday 5 April, following the quarter-final tie between West Ham United and Leeds United (4.30pm kick-off).  <\/p>\n<p>The FA Cup draw will begin approximately 15 minutes after full-time. <\/p>\n<p>How to watch the FA Cup semi-final draw?<\/p>\n<p>Supporters in the UK can watch the FA Cup semi-final draw live from east London on TNT Sports 1, HBO Max, and on the TNT Sports YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>The draw will be presented by Becky Ives and Ally McCoist, with former Scotland and Rangers striker set to pull out the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>How does the FA Cup semi-final draw work? <\/p>\n<p>The four teams that progressed from their quarter-final ties will be in the semi-final. <\/p>\n<p>FA Cup Semi-Final Draw Ball Numbers<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s FA Cup semi-final draw ball number is 2.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the FA Cup ball numbers for the semi-final draw:<\/p>\n<p>1. Southampton<br \/>2. Chelsea<br \/>3. Manchester City<br \/>4. West Ham United or Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>When will the FA Cup semi-final fixtures be played?<\/p>\n<p>The FA Cup semi-finals will be played at Wembley on the weekend of Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April.  <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The FA Cup semi-final draw takes place on Sunday evening, and Chelsea will discover&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-513566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}