FA Cup 2020-21 Facts & Trivia
The 2020-21 FA Cup was won by Leicester City. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
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1. Leicester City — champions
Leicester City beat Chelsea 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
2. Final scorer
Youri Tielemans scored for Leicester City in the final.
3. Plymouth Argyle's cup run
Plymouth Argyle, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the 4th Round — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Tammy Abraham's hat-trick
Tammy Abraham scored a hat-trick for Chelsea in the 4th Round (3-1 v Luton Town) (3 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Bradford City beat Tonbridge Angels 7-0 in the 1st Round.
6. 11-goal thriller
Torquay United 5-6 Crawley Town was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 11 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Stevenage and Hull City needed 11 penalties to settle their 2nd Round tie (6-5 on spot-kicks after 1-1).
8. Leicester City's road to glory
Leicester City beat Stoke City, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Manchester United, Southampton and Chelsea on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Leicester City scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 13.
10. Chelsea fall short
Chelsea reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Chelsea, Manchester City, Leicester City and Southampton.
12. By the numbers
123 ties across 123 matches produced 381 goals in the FA Cup this season.