GAME IN NUMBERS | BILL EDGAR

Manchester City set landmark record as Arsenal’s home run is over

Featuring a free-scoring Blackburn Rovers and third-tier woes, our resident stats guru delves into the numbers behind this weekend’s FA Cup third-round ties

City beat Huddersfield 5-0 in the third round on Sunday — their 34th consecutive FA Cup game without a draw
City beat Huddersfield 5-0 in the third round on Sunday — their 34th consecutive FA Cup game without a draw
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Bill Edgar
The Times

Manchester City have become the first team in FA Cup history to play 34 consecutive FA Cup matches without a draw (excluding qualifying rounds). Two clubs had recorded runs of 33 without a draw: Sheffield Wednesday up to February 1896 and Colchester United up to November 2019. City’s sequence began in 2017 with a fifth-round replay in which they scored five goals at home to Huddersfield Town — and they broke the record on Sunday by scoring five at home to the same opponents. City have won 29 and lost the other five of those 34 games — and none of the past 31 of those even featured extra time.

It was the 15th time City have scored four or more goals in an FA