FA Cup draw in full: Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool learn 5th round fixtures
Liverpool are on a collision course with Chelsea in the FA Cup fifth round, while holders Manchester City will travel to Sheffield Wednesday following the draw.
Man City to face Sheffield Wednesday in fifth round of FA Cup
There is also the potential of a reunion for Wayne Rooney with Manchester United as the former England striker's new club Derby County will host the Red Devils if they get through their fourth-round replay against Northampton Town.
Liverpool, who have been fielding a second-string side in the competition, also have a replay with Shrewsbury Town at Anfield with the winners visiting Frank Lampard's Chelsea.
There will definitely be an all-Premier League tie as either Southampton or Tottenham Hotspur host Norwich City, while Leicester City will meet Coventry City or Birmingham City in another Midlands derby.
Holders Manchester City travel to Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday, and Sheffield United will also face second- tier opposition in the form of Reading or Cardiff City.
The ties will be played in the week commencing March 3.
These fifth round matches will be played midweek between March 2 and 5.
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The draw begins…
Mark Chapman, Glenn Johnson and Teddy Sheringham are standing ready to perform the draw. The BBC cameras will then head outside the studio for awkward shots of opposition fans wearing their sides’ colours shaking hands in the freezing cold. Magic of the Cup. Standby…
Odds, odds, odds
Just having a wee look at the outright odds for the FA Cup. It’ll come as no surprise to hear that Manchester City are the favourites at 5/4 with Betfair. Liverpool are next at 5/1 - despite Jurgen Klopp fielding a youth team. Chelsea follow next with Manchester United, Leicester and Tottenham behind them. Arsenal a 12/1 shot.
Northampton at 500/1…
Not long now…
For those not watching The One Show, they are currently taking us through how and why potholes are created. I wanted to mock the feature but it’s actually fairly interesting. There’s also a Gandalf look-a-like discussing black ice. It’s all happening tonight folks!
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I know you’re desperate to know who will be conducting the draw this evening. Sorry it’s taken me so long to inform you.
Glen Johnson, an FA Cup winner with Portsmouth in 2008, and Teddy Sheringham, who won the competition with United in 1999, will conduct the draw.
That’s Sheringham, who will forever be known as The Tree from the worst talent show ever broadcast, The Masked Singer.
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The starting XI
Well you’ll know that we have our final fourth-round clash taking place this evening. Arsenal travel to Bournemouth, who tend to struggle in this competition.
Bournemouth XI: Travers, Smith, S Cook, Ake, Simpson, Fraser, L Cook, Gosling, Surman, H Wilson, Solanke.
Subs: Ramsdale, Francis, C Wilson, Billing, Surridge, Dobre, Genesini.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has backed Jurgen Klopp's stance to respect the Premier League winter break even if it means his first-team stars miss the FA Cup replay against Shrewsbury.
However, Carragher believes Klopp should be present for the match - the Reds boss has already announced under-23 coach Neil Critchley will be in charge - as it will not only be a boost for the youngsters but will avoid more unwanted headlines.
After blowing a 2-0 lead to draw with Shrewsbury on Sunday Klopp went public with his decision to leave out first-teamers for the return at Anfield as it clashed with their pre-arranged break.
"Senior players having a winter break is right, you can't implement one and then have a replay in the break. That's the same for all PL clubs," Carragher wrote on Twitter.
"But Klopp should take the team, his young players will be delighted and the picture of him in Ibiza with a (beer emjoi) will be on every front page!"
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Cliches
So I’m obviously contractually obliged to deliver the FA Cup cliches before tonight’s fifth-round draw.
The first is to inform you of tonight’s ball numbers - why I have absolutely no idea. Presumably so you know the draw a split-second before the presenter. All of those can be found at the bottom of this page.
The second is the lowest ranked side, which is another fascination reporters love to discuss.
Portsmouth, who are eighth in League One, are the lowest ranked of the teams. However, League Two side Northampton are still in the draw after earning a replay against Derby.
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Pretty much all of the established top six remain in the competition.
Manchester City were drawn at home to Fulham, and obviously the game was over as a contest in the ninth-minute when the Championship side had a man dismissed.
Chelsea edged past Hull and Manchester United shocked the nation by beating League Two Tranmere.
Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw in what was probably the highlight of a fairly low-key weekend. So low-key in fact that only 8,071 fans bothered to turn up to Burnley vs Norwich.