FA Cup fifth-round draw as Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool learn fate
Premier League leaders Arsenal will face League One outfit Mansfield in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Those teams left in the mix for this year’s FA Cup discovered their fate for the next round this evening – and there are plenty of intriguing ties to look forward to up and down the country.
The balls were plucked out ahead of Macclesfield’s match with Brentford, the last remaining fourth-round clash following an action-packed weekend in English football’s most famous competition.
Sixth-tier outfit Macclesfield produced one of the biggest-ever upsets to eliminate the holders, Crystal Palace, in the third round and will hope to join the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in the last 16.
The Silkmen will travel to West Ham should they come through their test with Brentford.
Pep Guardiola’s City side, the bookmakers’ favourites to go all the way this year, will do battle with Newcastle in an all-Premier League affair after seeing off Salford City last time out.
Arsenal and Chelsea will face off against Mansfield and Wrexham respectively, while eight-time winners Liverpool are set to lock horns with Wolves in the next round.
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Elsewhere, Port Vale learned that they will take on Sunderland should they come through their fourth-round encounter with Bristol City, which had to be postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
FA Cup fifth-round draw
Fulham v Southampton
Port Vale/Bristol City v Sunderland
Newcastle v Manchester City
Leeds v Norwich
Mansfield v Arsenal
Wolves v Liverpool
Wrexham v Chelsea
West Ham v Macclesfield/Brentford
Team listed first plays at home
FA Cup winner odds
Man City 3/1
Arsenal 7/2
Liverpool 5/1
Chelsea 6/1
Newcastle 17/2
Leeds 14/1
Brentford 16/1
Sunderland 22/1
Fulham 25/1
West Ham 33/1
Wolves 40/1
Southampton 66/1
Wrexham 80/1
Norwich 80/1
Bristol City 125/1
Mansfield 300/1
Port Vale 500/1
Macclesfield 1000/1
Odds courtesy of Betfair
All eight fifth-round ties are scheduled to take place around the weekend commencing Saturday, March 7.
As of last season, replays have been scrapped from the first round onwards to accommodate the expanded schedule of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
This means all ties will go to extra time and – if necessary – a penalty shootout should they end in a draw at the end of normal time.
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Reacting to Macclesfield’s draw on TNT Sports, Macclesfield owner Rob Smethurst promised those fans watching on in the clubhouse a free drink should they go on and beat Brentford.
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‘Amazing, what a draw!’ he told TNT Sports presenter Darren Fletcher live from Moss Rose, now known as the Leasing.com Stadium.
‘It’s got to be drinks all around for these fans if we win… on the house! Unbelievable.
‘The lads are going to be so up for it tonight, what a draw that would be.
‘I’m super excited about tonight now.’
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