2020 FA Cup Final

2020 FA Cup Final
Heads Up FA Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	2019–20 FA Cup
Date	1 August 2020
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)
Referee	Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)[1]
Attendance	0[note 1]

The 2020 FA Cup Final, known officially as the Heads Up FA Cup Final,[2] was the final match of the 2019–20 FA Cup and the 139th final of the FA Cup. It was played at Wembley Stadium, London, England on 1 August 2020; it was originally scheduled for 23 May but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[3][4] The match was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea.[5] As winners, Arsenal entered the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.[6] The match was officially named the Heads Up FA Cup Final by The Football Association as part of a campaign around mental health awareness promoted by The FA president, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.[2] The match was held behind closed doors.[7] The winners received the trophy on the pitch and not, as in previous seasons, by climbing steps to the Royal Box for the presentation.[8]

The match was broadcast live on both BT Sport and BBC. The latter's coverage received viewing figures of 8.2 million, making it the most watched football match of the season in the UK.[9]

Route to the final

Arsenal

Round	Opposition	Score
3rd	Leeds United (H)	1–0
4th	Bournemouth (A)	2–1
5th	Portsmouth (A)	2–0
QF	Sheffield United (A)	2–1
SF	Manchester City (N)	2–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Arsenal, as a Premier League club, started in the third round at home against EFL Championship side Leeds United. At their Emirates Stadium, Arsenal won 1–0 due with a goal from Reiss Nelson.[10] In the fourth round, they drew fellow Premier League Bournemouth away at Dean Court. Arsenal won 2–1 with goals from Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah.[11] In the next round Arsenal were drawn away to League One side Portsmouth. At Fratton Park, Arsenal won 2–0 with goals from Sokratis and Nketiah.[12] In the quarter-finals, they drew fellow Premier League side Sheffield United. At Bramall Lane, Arsenal won 2–1 with a penalty from Nicolas Pépé and a stoppage time winner from Dani Ceballos.[13] In the semi-final at neutral Wembley Stadium, Arsenal played Premier League side and current FA Cup holders Manchester City. Arsenal reached the final after a 2–0 win with two goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.[14]

Chelsea

Round	Opposition	Score
3rd	Nottingham Forest (H)	2–0
4th	Hull City (A)	2–1
5th	Liverpool (H)	2–0
QF	Leicester City (A)	1–0
SF	Manchester United (N)	3–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Chelsea, as a Premier League club, started in the third round at home against Championship side Nottingham Forest and won 2–0 with goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ross Barkley at their Stamford Bridge.[15] In the fourth round, they drew another Championship side, Hull City. At the KCOM Stadium, Chelsea won 2–1 with goals from Michy Batshuayi and Fikayo Tomori.[16] In the next round they were drawn with fellow Premier League club Liverpool at home and won 2–0 with goals from Willian and Barkley.[17] In the quarter-finals, they drew Premier League side Leicester City. At the King Power Stadium, Chelsea won 1–0 with the sole goal coming from Barkley.[18] In the semi-final at Wembley, Chelsea played Premier League side Manchester United in the cup for the fourth consecutive season. Chelsea reached the final after a 3–1 win with goals from Olivier Giroud, Mason Mount and an own goal from Harry Maguire.[19]

Pre-match

The two finalists shared a London derby rivalry. The final was a repeat of the 2002 and 2017 FA Cup finals, both of which Arsenal won. It was also a repeat of the previous year's UEFA Europa League final which Chelsea won.[20] Arsenal, having won a record 13 FA Cups, entered into the final looking to extend their winners record.[21] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was held behind closed doors with no spectators despite initial plans for a limited reopening.[7][22] Anthony Taylor was appointed to referee his second FA Cup final. Having refereed the 2017 final, he became the first man to referee a second FA Cup final since Arthur Kingscott in 1901; the FA did not want a referee's family to miss attending the match.[23] Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea manager Frank Lampard had won two and four FA Cups as players, respectively, for the clubs they managed in the 2020 final.

Match

Details

1 August 2020

17:30 BST

Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea
Aubameyang 28' (pen.), 67'	Report	Pulisic 5'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 0[note 1]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

Arsenal

Chelsea


GK	26	Emiliano Martínez
CB	16	Rob Holding
CB	23	David Luiz		88'
CB	3	Kieran Tierney		90+13'
RM	2	Héctor Bellerín
CM	8	Dani Ceballos	73'
CM	34	Granit Xhaka
LM	15	Ainsley Maitland-Niles
RW	19	Nicolas Pépé
CF	9	Alexandre Lacazette		82'
LW	14	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (c)
Substitutes:
GK	33	Matt Macey
DF	5	Sokratis Papastathopoulos		88'
DF	31	Sead Kolašinac		90+13'
MF	11	Lucas Torreira
MF	28	Joe Willock
MF	57	Matt Smith
MF	77	Bukayo Saka
FW	24	Reiss Nelson
FW	30	Eddie Nketiah		82'
Manager:
Mikel Arteta


GK	13	Willy Caballero
CB	28	César Azpilicueta (c)	26'	35'
CB	15	Kurt Zouma
CB	2	Antonio Rüdiger	75'	78'
RM	24	Reece James
CM	5	Jorginho
CM	17	Mateo Kovačić	14' 73'
LM	3	Marcos Alonso
RW	19	Mason Mount	45+4'	78'
CF	18	Olivier Giroud		78'
LW	22	Christian Pulisic		49'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Kepa Arrizabalaga
DF	4	Andreas Christensen		35'
DF	29	Fikayo Tomori
DF	33	Emerson Palmieri
MF	7	N'Golo Kanté
MF	8	Ross Barkley	89'	78'
MF	20	Callum Hudson-Odoi		78'
FW	9	Tammy Abraham		78'
FW	11	Pedro		49'
Manager:
Frank Lampard

Man of the Match:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)

Assistant referees:[1]
Gary Beswick (Durham)
Adam Nunn (Wiltshire)
Fourth official:[1]
Chris Kavanagh (Manchester)
Reserve assistant referee:[1]
Lee Betts (Norfolk)
Video assistant referee:[1]
Stuart Attwell (Birmingham)
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
Stephen Child (London)

Match rules[24][25]

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Nine named substitutes
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 2]

Notes

The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[7]
Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

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"FA Cup final to be held on 1 August with quarter-finals resuming on 27 June". The Guardian. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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[Behind_closed_doors_Final-2] The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[7]

[27] Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

[referees-1] "Referee Anthony Taylor and his team will take charge of the Heads Up FA Cup Final". The Football Association. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[heads-3] "2020 FA Cup final renamed Heads Up FA Cup final to promote mental health". BBC Sport. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[4] "FA Cup final to be held on 1 August with quarter-finals resuming on 27 June". The Guardian. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[5] "Watch: 2006 FA Cup Final Rewind - Liverpool win FA Cup on penalties". BBC Sport. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020. Today should have been FA Cup final day

[6] "FA Cup semi-final draw: Man Utd vs Chelsea, Arsenal vs Man City". Sky Sports. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[7] "Access List 20/24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 17 July 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[bcd-8] "When is the FA Cup 2019-20 final & will fans be allowed to attend?". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[9] "FA Cup final: Winners to collect trophy on Wembley pitch". BBC Sport. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[10] "FA Cup final on BBC sets viewing record for 2019-20 season with 8.2m". BBC Sport. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[11] Begley, Emlyn (6 January 2020). "Arsenal 1–0 Leeds United: Reiss Nelson goal sends Gunners into fourth round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[12] McNulty, Phil (27 January 2020). "Bournemouth 1–2 Arsenal: Arteta pleased with 'courageous' Gunners in FA Cup win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[13] Begley, Emlyn (2 March 2020). "Portsmouth 0–2 Arsenal: Gunners ease into FA Cup quarter-finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[14] "Sheffield United 1–2 Arsenal: Dani Ceballos' late goal sends Arsenal to FA Cup semis". BBC Sport. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[15] "Arsenal 2–0 Man City: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang guides Gunners into FA Cup final". BBC Sport. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[16] Emons, Michael (5 January 2020). "Chelsea 2–0 Nottingham Forest, FA Cup third round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[17] Rose, Gary (25 January 2020). "Hull City 1–2 Chelsea: Blues edge Tigers to reach FA Cup fifth round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[18] McNulty, Phil (3 March 2020). "Chelsea 2–0 Liverpool: Reds suffer second successive defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[19] McNulty, Phil (28 June 2020). "Leicester City 0–1 Chelsea: Ross Barkley goal takes Blues into FA Cup semi-finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[20] McNulty, Phil (19 July 2020). "Manchester United 1–3 Chelsea: De Gea errors help settle FA Cup semi-final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[21] "Arsenal to face Chelsea in 2020 FA Cup final". Football London. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[22] "Chelsea eases past sleepy, error-prone Manchester United". NBC Sports. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[23] "Manchester United and Man City fans could be able to attend FA Cup final at Wembley". Manchester Evening News. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[24] "FA Cup Final: Anthony Taylor to referee second final". BBC Sport. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[25] "Rules of the FA Challenge Cup competition" (PDF). The Football Association.

[26] "Minute's applause to be held ahead of all Emirates FA Cup quarter-finals". The Football Association. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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Arsenal F.C. matches
FA Cup Finals	1927 1930 1932 1936 1950 1952 1971 1972 1978 1979 1980 1993 1998 2001 2002 2003 2005 2014 2015 2017 2020
Football League War Cup Finals	1941 1943
League Cup Finals	1968 1969 1987 1988 1993 2007 2011 2018
FA Community Shields	1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1936 1938 1948 1953 1979 1989 1991 1993 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2014 2015 2017 2020
UEFA Champions League Final	2006
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1980 1994 1995
UEFA Europa League Finals	2000 2019
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final	1970
European Super Cup	1994
Notable league matches	Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal (1930) Aston Villa 1–7 Arsenal (1935) Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (1989) Manchester United–Arsenal brawl (1990) Battle of Old Trafford (2003) Battle of the Buffet (2004) Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal (2011)
Other matches	Wrexham 2–1 Arsenal (1992) Reading 5–7 Arsenal (2012) MLS All-Star Game (2016) Joan Gamper Trophy (2019)

Chelsea F.C. matches
FA Cup Finals	1915 1967 1970 1994 1997 2000 2002 2007 2009 2010 2012 2017 2018 2020
League Cup Finals	1965 1972 1998 2005 2007 2008 2015 2019
FA Community Shield	1955 1970 1997 2000 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2012 2015 2017 2018
UEFA Champions League Finals	2008 2012
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1971 1998
UEFA Europa League Finals	2013 2019
UEFA Super Cup	1998 2012 2013 2019
FIFA Club World Cup Final	2012
Other matches	1986 Full Members' Cup Final 1988 Football League Second Division play-off Final 1990 Full Members' Cup Final 2006 MLS All-Star Game 2012 MLS All-Star Game Chelsea 2–4 Bradford City (2015)