Stags Stun Clarets and Saints Double Up on Late Wins - Saturday’s FA Cup Round 4 Recap

Bizot Sees Red and Reed Stunner Sinks Burnley - FA Cup Round 4's Saturday Matches As They Happened

Seven Premier League sides took to the field on Saturday in hopes to book their spot in the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup - not all of these sides were successful, however, with four of the teams meeting each other in nail-biting clashes towards the late afternoon/early evening of the day's action.

Two games entered extra-time, three topflight sides have been knocked out and 19 goals were scored throughout Saturday, and Football Park is here to take you through each game as it happened as we explore the fascinating stories out of each fixture.

The seven sides who came out unscathed from today's play have been added to the hat for the fifth round draw, which will take place at approximately 6:35pm UK time, ahead of Monday's clash between Macclesfield and Brentford.

Hammers Survive Scare as Summerville Comes Up Trumps

Burton Albion 0-1 West Ham Summerville (95').

They day began in Burton, as the League One side prepared to welcome an in-form West Ham side to the Pirelli Stadium. Before proceedings, a plane hovered over the ground with a message from fans protesting the current ownership of David Sullivan and vice-chair and Lord Sugar's aide Karren Brady.

Despite the 47 places separating the sides in the football pyramid, you could not see the difference for the large extent of normal time, with the Brewers matching every move made by Nuno Espirito Santo's side - aiding the fan's frustrations from before kick-off.

After coming on for Ollie Scarles in the 83rd minute, Crysencio Summerville spared his Portuguese boss's blushes early on in extra-time, with the Dutch international cutting in timely to slot past opposition goalkeeper Brad Collins to put the visitors ahead.

The hosts then began to build further into the game, building together some tough pressure throughout the extra period of play, but it proved to come too late despite Freddie Potts seeing red for an abysmal challenge on Julian Larsson as the Hammers survived the organised Brewers and put their name in the hat for Monday's draw.

Reed Free-Kick Sends Stags Steaming

Burnley 1-2 Mansfield Town Laurent (21'); Oates (53'), Reed (80').

Mansfield Town travelled up to Burnley to take on Scott Parker's struggling Clarets as they hoped to add to their upset victims list, which already includes Sheffield United from their 4-3 third round victory.

This fixture felt quite one-sided from the outset, however, as Burnley dominated the first 45 minutes, putting on 22 shots on goal throughout the match, compiling an xG of 3.82. They would soon reap the rewards from their profitable opening encounters too, as Josh Laurent deservedly put the hosts ahead after 21 minutes - the Frenchman brushed aside Mansfield goalkeeper Liam Roberts with a body feint before sliding the ball into an open net.

Fans were probably rather surprised that the score remained heading into the interval, as both sides really should have found the target. First, the hosts almost doubled their lead through Jacob Brunn Larsen, who delcately chipped an onrushing Roberts, which was cleared in the final seconds by Kyle Knoyle. The visitors then had a goal of their own, or so they thought. Despite scoring what looked like a perfectly legal goal, Rhys Oates' strike was denied after he was penalised for a foul in the build-up.

It didn't take long for the Stags to wrestle back into the tie, however, as Oates did get his goal, after skying high to miss his second chance of the afternoon, he linked up strongly with Knoyle to head the visitors level.

The Clarets then dominated after the equaliser, producing multiple chances, but Parker's side continuously failed to be cut-throat in front of goal, and you could tell it would be a game decided by one chance - and up stepped Louis Reed.

🎯 The only free-kick specialist on show at Turf Moor this afternoon 😮‍💨

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— Mansfield Town FC (@mansfieldtownfc) February 14, 2026

Leading from the front, Reed stepped up to take a free-kick from 25 yards out with 10 minutes left on the clock, and he produced an absolute worldie which saw the Stags go marching on and into the last 16.

Guehi Off the Mark as City Cruise Past Class of '92

Manchester City 2-0 Salford City Dorrington (6' og), Guehi (81').

Perhaps one of the more one-sided matches of the weekend, Pep Guardiola would have been licking his lips when a draw at home to League Two's Salford welcomed the Pep roulette as the Spaniard made nine changes from the midweek victory over Fulham.

The game even started swimmingly for the Citizens, when Alfie Dorrington did the hard work for them, as he headed past his own goalkeeper Matthew Young in a scenario which potentially brought back nightmares from the 8-0 scorelines inflicted on Salford by City just over a year ago.

It was clear as day that Salford had put the past behind them, however, as the League Two play-off hopefuls attempted to fight back with a vengeance, finding some quality chances to keep James Trafford honest if he wanted a clean sheet.

Both sides continued to threaten for another goal, with City dominating the majority of the ball, and Marc Guehi got on the scoresheet for the first time in sky blue nine minutes from time, who calmly slotted past Young to see the tie to bed as City continue their incredible run of not losing a single FA Cup game home or away since 2018.

Canaries Continue Strong Form With Classy Win Over West Brom

Norwich City 3-1 West Bromwich Albion Maghoma (31'), Chrisene (82'), Toure (90'+3); Maja (68').

Probably the most hotly anticipated game of the day after the all-Premier League matches, Norwich once again entertained their fans in a thrilling fourth round victory over relegation rivals West Brom.

The Canaries have found a rich vein of form in recent weeks, and hoped to continue that run here and book a spot in the last 16 of the FA Cup, but against West Brom, it wouldn't be easy with both sides having notched wins against each other already this campaign.

It was new Canaries signing Paris Maghoma who remarkably gave them the lead within the first half hour, as powerful header marking off a well-exectued corner routine. Norwich's frontman Mathias Kvistgaarden was then denied three times in the opening period by Baggies shot-stopper Josh Griffiths as the hosts dominated an incredibly one-sided first half.

MO TOURE CANNOT STOP SCORING FOR NORWICH 🤯🇦🇺

The Socceroos striker now has five goals in 130 minutes of football since arriving in England.

And he's created a piece of history unseen for 117 YEARS.

Absolutely extraordinary.

Full story: https://t.co/ULz6ZUatV6 pic.twitter.com/ftTezvG1z3

— Football360.com.au (@football360au) February 14, 2026

The second period was much more even, and a Josh Maja strike saw the game enter the final 10 minutes still level. The hosts then continued to sieze upon their recent inspired run of form, with Ben Chrisene putting the Canaries back in front on the 82nd minute, before Mohamed Toure added to his great start to life in Norfolk, with an injury-time goal to seal the deal.

Saints Give Foxes A Week To Forget

Southampton 2-1 Leicester Larin (45'+1), Bree (109'); Skipp (52').

After a stunning clash at The King Power on Tuesday, Leicester City would be hoping to bounce back from a heart-breaking 4-3 defeat which saw them throw away a three goal lead and slip into the bottom three as a result.

Wanting to get one back on the Saints, the Foxes looked the more threatening side before the break, starting just how they did on Tuesday, and had some moments where they should have gone ahead. Stephy Mavididi's deflected effort was cleared on the line by Ryan Manning, before the hosts hit back.

On the brink of half-time, Sam Edozie ran rampant into the Foxes box before being brought down by Caleb Okoli. January signing Cyle Larin stepped up and calmly converted for his second goal for the south coast side to put them to within touching distance of the fifth round.

The visitors struck back with venom after the interval, with Oliver Skipp finding his inner acrobatic gymnast to fire Leicester level. Both sides kept pushing and had some crucial chances to score the winner, but the clash was destined for an extra 30 minutes.

With roughly 10 minutes to go of the extra-time period, Manning won a free-kick in a dangerous area; it was looped in and found an oncoming James Bree at the back post, who fired a header into the roof of the net in a goal which saw the Saints inflict double heartbreak upon the Championship foes.

Bizot Red Sees Magpies Fight Back

Aston Villa 1-3 Newcastle United Abraham (14'); Tonali (63', 76'), Woltemade (88').

A game full of controversy and clinical finishing plagued Villa Park on Saturday afternoon as Unai Emery's Villa were put to the sword by Newcastle, who were inspired by a Tonali brace to send the Magpies through to the last 16.

It was a quick but controversial start in the Midlands, as returning Villan Tammy Abraham gave the hosts the lead a finishing off a Douglas Luiz free-kick, with the forward adjudged to have not been in an offside position.

Starting cup goalkeeper Marco Bizot was dismissed for a poor foul before the break, leaving Villa with just 10 men to attack the second half with. With VAR not in play for this round's ties, the Magpies faithful were left seething after Newcastle were only awarded a free-kick on the edge of the box on the hour mark, when the ball clearly struck the arm of Lucas Digne a number of yards within the area.

Thats one of the worst decisions I've ever seen.

Digne handball in the box. Handball given but as a free kick outside the box.

Shocking#astnew pic.twitter.com/D4amgM42p3

— Chester Copperpot (@steveywonder440) February 14, 2026

Despite this, the visitors kept knocking on the door, and eventually it flew open, and it took a poor parry from substitute 'keeper Emi Martinez to gift a goal to Newcastle as Sandro Tonali's long range strike took a heavy deflection before finding the net to restore parity.

It then didn't take long for the Italian to score his second and send the north-east side ahead, as he added another long range strike to his tally. Nick Woltemade sealed the deal two minutes from time to secure a very well-fought victory in a match which largely displayed exactly why VAR is needed.

Brighton Pay Hefty Price Against Impressive Liverpool

Liverpool 3-0 Brighton Jones (42'), Szoboszlai (56'), Salah (68' pen).

The last tie of Saturday took place in Merseyside as a recently lacklustre Brighton side travelled to Anfield to lock horns with Liverpool - a stadium Brighton do not have an ideal record at.

This wasn't evident from the outset, however, as the Seagulls looked to create chances and cause problems for Arne Slot's side, looking likelier to score first. In the 42nd minute, you could feel the game changing, as a smart run from Curtis Jones who applied the finish to Milos Kerkez's cross saw Liverpool grow into the stronger side after the teams came back out of the tunnel after the break.

The visitors did go on to miss two further good chances, and they came to pay price 10 minutes into the second period, as Dominik Szoboszlai polished off a clean bit of football from the Reds, with ball finding Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah before the Hungarian applied the final touches.

Fabian Hurzeler hurled on substitutions in an attempt to get back into the tie, but after the Egyptian was taken down inside the box and converted his penalty, the game was all but over. Ex-Chelsea academy product Rio Ngumoha got in on the action to make it four, but was unfairly adjudged to be offside as this scenario adds to the situation at Villa Park just hours earlier to add to the conversation that VAR should be used from the third round.

Nonetheless, Liverpool booked their passage through to the next round, while Brighton are now without a victory in six games.