How Wrexham’s next 5 Championship opponents fared in the 3rd round of the FA Cup ahead of tonight’s 4th round draw.
Today, the FA Cup 4th round draw will take place. On paper, there were 3 best possible draws for Wrexham in store including a revenge vs Swansea City. Unfortunately, the Swans were recently eliminated from the FA Cup equation.
Anyways, Wrexham were among the first ones to cement their spot for the 4th round thanks to a thrilling Nottingham Forest win over 3 nights ago. Many Wrexham fans will still be replaying the penalties and Arthur Okonkwo’s final save on repeat, while there will be a fair set of fans keeping up with other FA Cup upsets on the weekend.
Macclesfield’s FA Cup upset was on par with Wrexham’s win
Apart from the Reds, English football fans are singing praises of non league outfit Macclesfield putting FA Cup holders Crystal Palace to shame. Fair enough, Macclesfield fans deserve their huge moment.
In terms of division, they aren’t anywhere near Wrexham’s level but one should take no credit from their giant-killing effort. It’s a known theme that Premier League participants bring their weakest version in the opening stages of Cup competitions, still, their rotated players are well ahead of their Championship peers.
Hence, with every further round the representation of Championship, League One and League Two clubs only diminishes from the FA Cup.
Wrexham’s next 5 Championship opponents FA Cup results
How did Wrexham’s next 5 Championship opponents fare in the 3rd round of the FA Cup? Let’s have a look.
Norwich City
The coming Saturday, Wrexham will shift focus to the Championship with a home meeting against Norwich City. Historically, the Canaries are a strong match for any second tier team but this season has simply not gone to their plan.
Norwich are grappling in an unexpected relegation fight, thus, every result counts for them until May comes. Even the FA Cup outing was an occasion to gather a valuable momentum to beat the drop, and the men in Yellows took good care of business.
Despite being paired with League Two promotion hopefuls Walsall, Norwich City scored 5 goals in a thumping 5-1 win, leaving no doubts over facing an upset. New Canaries boss Phillip Clement has boosted spirits in the Norwich dressing room to ward off relegation.
Let’s see, how much threat they can pose to Wrexham’s winning streak on the weekend.
Leicester City
Just like Norwich City, Wrexham’s next-to-next opponents Leicester City also had to take a League Two trip to face Cheltenham Town. Yet, the Foxes weren’t going through a doom and gloomy phase in the league and Cheltenham Town were also a much easier 4th tier rival than Walsall.
Of course, Leicester City bagged a 2-0 win two weeks before they are set to tour Wrexham at the Racecourse. During the 2025 summer window, backup goalkeeper Danny Ward and flop defender Conor Coady swapped Leicester City for Wrexham.
The duo will thus, have the chance of a reunion there. Except, that none of them will be playing a part for Wrexham barring any future injuries.
QPR
Following two more weeks of home action in the backyard, Wrexham will jet off to London to take on QPR. The Hoops are running closely behind the Reds in the playoffs marathon which shows the clash would be nothing short of a playoffs 6 pointer.
During yesterday’s FA Cup tie vs West Ham, QPR gave their all against the Premier League side until extra time. Despite that, QPR’s efforts went in vain due to the Hammers netting the decisive 2-1 goal in the first half of extra time.
Sheffield Wednesday
Moving on to the fourth Championship opponent from today, it’s rock-bottom sitting Sheffield Wednesday. The Owls have endured an year to forget in 2025, due to that now their relegation fate is almost confirmed.
Very likely, Wednesday will see out the Championship campaign on the basement of the leaderboard but their FA Cup tie wasn’t this terrible. Premier League outfit Brentford came to meet Owls, and got away with a 2-0 win which wasn’t a humiliating scoreline given Wednesday’s current league status.
Expectedly, Wrexham should seal the three points without pouring much efforts against Sheffield Wednesday.
Millwall
Millwall are the only team in this list who are lying in the top 6 Championship places. The Lions are well in the groove to make it to the knockouts, hence, FA Cup was going to be at the bottom of their priority list.
Same happened, with Premier League relegation favourites Burnley recording a dominating 5-1 win vs Millwall.
