Manchester City and Manchester United have discovered their fate in the final eight of the FA Cup on Wednesday evening, though Tottenham will not be joining them in the quarter-finals. Pep Guardiola’s outfit booked their place in the next round with a 3-0 win away to Bristol City on Tuesday, while the Red Devils defeated West Ham 3-1 to join them and Spurs suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat away to Championship side Sheffield United.
Manchester United came back from a goal down to defeat West Ham 3-1 thanks to two late strikes from Alejandro Garnacho and Fred, then were drawn a home tie against Fulham with a place at Wembley at stake should the Red Devils advance past Marco Silva's outfit.
Manchester City qualified on Tuesday with a 3-0 win away to Bristol City, to set up a Vincent Kompany reunion as his Burnley side will travel to the Etihad in the final eight following their late 1-0 win over Fleetwood Town.
Sheffield United surprised Tottenham and staged an upset with their 1-0 win and were rewarded with an all-Championship tie as they will host Blackburn, who qualified after defeating Premier League side Leicester.
Grimsby reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1939 and will hope to go one further, though they will have to overcome a difficult tie away to Brighton to reach the final four.
The FA Cup quarter-final draw will take place on Wednesday. (Image: Getty)
That's all from us tonight, in an entertaining evening of FA Cup football as Manchester United and Manchester City avoided a potential derby in the quarter-final while Tottenham were dumped out of the competition by Sheffield United.
The matches drawn tonight will be played over the weekend of March 18-19, as the victors will compete at Wembley in the semi-finals and also each receive £450,000 from the competition’s prize fund.
The majority of Premier League sides will be happy with the FA Cup quarter-final draw, as they were all given home ties against lower-league opposition apart from Fulham.
Manchester United drew Marco Silva's side at Old Trafford, while City icon Vincent Kompany will begin preparing for a reunion at the Etihad as his Burnley will travel to his former club.
Brighton will hope to reach the semi-finals having been drawn at home to League Two side Grimsby, though Paul Hurst's outfit will be buoyed by their victory over Southampton.
Sheffield United and Blackburn were rewarded for their upsets against Tottenham and Leicester respectively with a chance at a trip to Wembley, being drawn against sides from their own division.
The draw is set to take place following Tottenham’s tie with Sheffield United around 9.50pm, barring extra-time or a penalty shoot-out in the event of a draw after 90 minutes.
The four ties taking place tonight kicked off at different stages, but Grimsby completed a massive upset to knock Premier League Southampton out after a 2-1 victory.
The League Two outfit have reached the quarter-final stage for the first time since 1939, while they will be joined by Burnley as Connor Roberts' late goal ensured they defeated Fleetwood Town 1-0.
Manchester United completed a comeback to defeat West Ham 3-1, while Tottenham are heading out unless they can turn around a 1-0 deficit away to Sheffield United.
Good evening everyone, welcome to Express Sport’s live coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final draw, set to begin shortly as the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham discover their fate.
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