Birmingham City have won three of their last four home matches against Leeds, all in the Championship and all without conceding. The other match in this run saw Leeds win 5-4 in December 2019 under Marcelo Bielsa.
Leeds United have progressed from four of their five FA Cup ties against Birmingham, knocking them out in 1971-72, 1976-77, 1997-98 and 2012-13 – the other was a 3-0 win for the Blues in the third round in 2004-05.
Birmingham are looking to reach the FA Cup fifth round for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign – they have been eliminated in six of their last seven ties at this stage.
Leeds have now reached the FA Cup fourth round in the last four seasons – as many times as they’d managed in their previous 19 seasons combined. The Whites were knocked at this stage by Millwall last season but haven’t gone out in the fourth round in consecutive seasons since 1992-93 (vs Arsenal) and 1993-94 (vs Oxford).
Since January 2000, Leeds have been drawn away from home in 37 of their 47 FA Cup ties, including 16 of their last 19 (including this tie). Among teams to play more than 10 ties since 2000, Leeds have comfortably been drawn away in the highest percentage (79%).
