FA Cup | Pedro Neto hat-trick powers Chelsea past Hull into 5th round; Wrexham advances, too

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Chelsea's Pedro Neto scores during the English FA Cup 4th  circular  shot    lucifer  betwixt  Hull City and Chelsea successful  Hull, England

Chelsea's Pedro Neto scores during the English FA Cup 4th circular shot lucifer betwixt Hull City and Chelsea successful Hull, England | Photo Credit: AP

Pedro Neto scored a hat-trick, including straight from a country kick, arsenic Chelsea bushed Hull City 4-0 successful the 4th circular of the FA Cup connected Friday (February 13, 2026).

Also, Wrexham reached the 5th circular for the archetypal clip successful 29 years aft beating Ipswich 1-0 successful an all-Championship matchup.

Hull and Chelsea had met 8 times earlier successful the FA Cup and Chelsea progressed each time. Host Hull ne'er looked similar halting that arresting tally arsenic the Premier League broadside took power from the off.

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Pedro Neto’s drilled changeable from conscionable extracurricular the container gave Chelsea the pb going into halftime, and his debased country squeaked done a throng of bodies consecutive into the extremity six minutes into the 2nd period.

Young Brazilian Estêvão made it 3-0 minutes aboriginal erstwhile helium side-footed location from 12 meters out, and Pedro Neto finished a nicely worked fourth.

Three assists for Delap

“Pedro Neto is an unthinkable player,” Liam Delap, who recorded 3 assists, told TNT Sports. “He is playing successful a presumption helium is not adjacent utilized to but helium showed his quality.

Wrexham volition observe successful Monday's gully who it meets adjacent for a spot successful the quarterfinals.

A first-half extremity from Josh Windass separated Wrexham from Ipswich, which didn't get a changeable connected target.

Both teams are successful contention for promotion to the Premier League; Ipswich was successful 3rd spot and hoping for an contiguous instrumentality to the league it near past summer. Wrexham was 7 points down successful sixth and bidding for a 4th consecutive promotion that would instrumentality it into the apical tier for the archetypal clip successful its 158-year history.

“We started some halves good but we weren’t capable to get the goal," Ipswich brag Kieran McKenna told BBC Wales. “Second fractional we tried everything ... but we conscionable couldn’t get backmost into the game.

Published - February 14, 2026 10:38 americium IST

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