FA Cup Free Bets and FA Cup Betting Tips, Predictions and Bet Builders

Last Updated on 16/08/2025 by Andy Clark

The FA Cup is one of the biggest cup competitions in the world and that also makes it one of the most bet on competitions – therefore you’ll be looking for some FA Cup free bets as well as predictions and betting tips for the upcoming matches. It is third-round weekend in the FA Cup this week and there are sure to be some upsets, with Premier League teams facing tricky away ties at lower league opposition. The magic of the cup is alive and well with some non-league clubs making it to the 3rd round, and hoping to carry on their dream. There are always good opportunities to get a winning bet on the FA Cup and that is made even better when you use one of the free bets and FA Cup sign-up offers to bet on the weekend fixtures.  

Top FA Cup Sign-up Offers

• bet365’s bet £10 get £50 sign-up offer
• William Hill’s bet £10 get £30 sign-up offer
• Betfred’s bet £10 get £30 on the FA Cup
• The Pools’ bet £10 get a £10 FA Cup free bet

 

Bet £10 get £50 in Free Bets with bet365

Join bet365 and bet £10 on the FA Cup – win or lose you get £50 in free bets added to your new account as well as a number of offers for existing bet365 customers.  

William Hill’s bet £10 get £30 in Free Bets for the FA Cup

Join William Hill and bet £10 on the FA Cup to get two free £15 bets added to your account. There are also limited-time-only sign-up offers from William Hill which you can find below.  

Betfred’s Bet £10 get £30 in Free Bets for the FA Cup

Not only do you get a £30 free bet for the FA Cup when you open a new Betfred account, but you also get 30 free spins to spend on a casino slot as part of the latest Betfred £30 sign-up offer for new customers.  

The pools’ Bet £10 get £15 in FA Cup Free Bets

The Pools is a well known brand amongst older football fans and now they’re back with an online sportsbook and a generous sign-up offer which gets you £15 in FA Cup free bets when you open an account and bet £10.  

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FA Cup Betting Tips

 

FA Cup Sign-up Offers

We’re always on the lookout for the best bookies to use for betting on the FA Cup and some of our favourites are posted above. If you don’t yet have an account with any of them, now is a good time to register and get your free bets ready to spend on the FA Cup matches taking place this weekend.  

FA Cup 2021/22 – Your Essential Guide

• When are the FA Cup rounds?
• When is the final?
• Recent FA Cup winners
• FA Cup predictions
• FA Cup betting tips

 

FA Cup 2021 Round Dates

• Extra Preliminary Round Saturday 7 August 2021
• Preliminary Round Saturday 21 August 2021
• First Round Qualifying Saturday 4 September 2021
• Second Round Qualifying Saturday 18 September 2021
• Third Round Qualifying Saturday 2 October 2021
• Fourth Round Qualifying Saturday 16 October 2021
• First Round Proper Saturday 6 November 2021
• Second Round Proper Saturday 4 December 2021
• Third Round Proper Saturday 8 January 2022
• Fourth Round Proper Saturday 5 February 2022
• Fifth Round Proper Wednesday 2 March 2022
• Quarter-Final Saturday 19 March 2022
• Semi-Final Saturday 16 April 2022
• Final Saturday 14 May 2022

 

When is the FA Cup 2021/22 final?

SATURDAY 14th MAY 2022 at Wembley  

Recent Winners of the FA Cup

• 2021: Leicester City
• 2020: Arsenal
• 2019: Manchester City
• 2018: Chelsea
• 2017: Arsenal
• 2016: Manchester United
• 2015: Arsenal
• 2014: Arsenal
• 2013: Wigan Athletic
• 2012: Chelsea

Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 to win the 2020 FA Cup final at Wembley. Watch the highlights above.  

FA Cup 2021/22 Predictions

The FA Cup is always an exciting time for the lower league teams and we’ll be keeping an eye out for FA Cup upsets and shocks as the competition reaches the third round and beyond. There are always exciting ties in every round and the draw throws up some classics, whether it be two Premier League giants going head to head, or a non-league team traveling to a Premier League stadium for their big day out. Keep up to date with all our FA Cup predictions and betting tips on this page where you will find predictions for EVERY round of the competition. There will also be predictions for all the FA Cup replays taking place and if you want some expert help, you will find picks from the likes of Lawro and Charlie Nicholas on our pundits FA Cup predictions section. Our tips and predictions are always well researched and the stats for each team are looked at when picking out the bets. Because of the busy fixture list for Premier League teams these days, there is always the difficult decision for managers as to whether to rotate their starting 11 for FA Cup fixtures, especially in the early rounds. This makes picking out predictions for the FA Cup third round, fourth round and even fifth round more difficult because we don’t know how strong a team each manager will select.  

2021/22 FA Cup Betting Tips

If you need FA Cup betting tips for today’s action, they will be at the top of this page. Each match preview will include two selections on which you could place a bet on. There will always be a correct score prediction and one other bet. It is up to you which picks you place your bet on but all selections are researched by our team of expert tipsters, so you can be sure your bets have the best chance of winning. All of our FA Cup betting tips are free so you will never be charged for what you see on this page. We’ll always ensure our FA Cup betting tips are posted at least 24 hours before the match kicks-off. That gives you guys plenty of time to look through the previews and pick out your bets. You could even combine a few of our betting tips into an FA Cup accumulator, double or treble. The choice is yours.  

FA Cup FAQs

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