Premier League leaders Arsenal will face League One outfit Mansfield within the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Those teams left in the combo for this 12 months’s FA Cup discovered their fate for the following round this evening – and there are many intriguing ties to look ahead 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 in every of the biggest-ever upsets to eliminate the holders, Crystal Palace, within the third round and can hope to affix the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool within the last 16.
The Silkmen will travel to West Ham should they arrive through their test with Brentford.
Pep Guardiola’s City side, the bookmakers’ favourites to go all the best way this 12 months, will do battle with Newcastle in an all-Premier League affair after seeing off Salford City last day trip.
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 following round.
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Elsewhere, Port Vale learned that they are going to tackle Sunderland should they arrive through their fourth-round encounter with Bristol City, which needed to be postponed because of 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 happen across the weekend commencing Saturday, March 7.
As of last season, replays have been scrapped from the primary round onwards to accommodate the expanded schedule of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
This implies all ties will go to beyond regular time and – if mandatory – a penalty shootout should they end in a draw at the top of normal time.
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Reacting to Macclesfield’s draw on TNT Sports, Macclesfield owner Rob Smethurst promised those fans watching on within the clubhouse a free drink should they go on and beat Brentford.
‘Amazing, what a draw!’ he told TNT Sports presenter Darren Fletcher live from Moss Rose, now referred to as the Leasing.com Stadium.
‘It’s got to be drinks throughout for these fans if we win… on the home! Unbelievable.
‘The lads are going to be so up for it tonight, what a draw that may be.
‘I’m super enthusiastic about tonight now.’
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