The Premier League will take a breather this weekend and instead, all top flight teams will play round three of the FA Cup. The oldest tournament in the soccer world kicks into gear but there is a very significant change this season: Replays have been scrapped from the competition.
What is a replay? In the past, whenever teams drew their matches from the first round up until the fourth round, a second game took place at a later date in the home of the visiting team in the first fixture. If the second game also ended with a draw, then 30 minutes of extra time and a penalty shootout ensued.
