FA Cup winner odds: Favourites, contenders & outsiders to win 2021-22 tournament

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January 27, 2022
While Leicester caused an upset by lifting the FA Cup last year, Manchester City are favourites to win the trophy

The 2021-22 FA Cup will offer up a new page in the history book of football’s oldest cup competition.

While Leicester City added a new name to the trophy with their shock win last season, 23 of the last 26 editions have been won by the same five clubs – Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City.

With the third round kicking off in January, GOAL has what you need to know about the favourites, underdogs and outsiders to lift the historic trophy in 2022.

FA Cup 2021-22 favourites

Despite dominating in the Premier League and League Cup over much of the past decade, Manchester City have won the FA Cup just once in the last 10 seasons – as part of their domestic treble in 2019.

Nevertheless, they are the clear 11/4 (3.75) favourites to go all the way this time around, with their dominant performances at the top of the Premier League suggesting they are more than capable of fighting on all fronts once again.

Having stood between City and Champions League glory in last season’s final, Chelsea are priced at 6/1 (7.0) to also beat them to FA Cup glory this campaign. The Blues have taken part in four of the last five finals but finished on the winning side just once, losing out to Arsenal and Leicester in the last two seasons. Nevertheless, Thomas Tuchel has shown himself a strong tactician in cup competitions and is more than capable of bringing this trophy back to Stamford Bridge for a ninth time.

Fighting neck-and-neck with both Manchester City and Chelsea in the Premier League, Liverpool are unsurprisingly close behind at 6/1 (7.0) in the FA Cup betting stakes. Jurgen Klopp has been accused of not taking this competition seriously enough in the past, having never gone beyond the fifth round in his six seasons on Merseyside. With less squad depth at his disposal than Guardiola and Tuchel, the German has usually focused his resources on success in the Champions League and Premier League. Nevertheless, the Reds would no doubt love to see this trophy return to Anfield for the first time since 2006.

Although well adrift of their historic rivals in the league this season, Manchester United are priced at the same 
10/1 (11.0) odds in the FA Cup. With the Premier League title an unrealistic dream, Ralf Rangnick’s star-studded squad will be determined to salvage their season with some silverware and are strong contenders for FA Cup glory.