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FA Cup draw: Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelsea learn fourth round fixtures – Express, Express.co.uk

FA Cup draw: Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelsea learn fourth round fixtures – Express, Express.co.uk


Holders Manchester City will face Fulham in the FA Cup fourth round.

The Championship side’s reward for knocking out Aston Villa on Saturday is a daunting trip to the Etihad Stadium.

Liverpool will face lower-division opposition in the form of either Bristol City or Shrewsbury.

Should League One Tranmere get past Watford, having come from 3-0 down to draw at the weekend, they will host either Manchester United or Wolves.

Chelsea head to Hull, Leicester travel to Brentford and Tottenham, should they win their replay against Middlesbrough, will be away at Southampton.

Former West Ham manager Slaven Bilic will take his West Brom side to the London Stadium.

Arsenal or Leeds will travel to Bournemouth while an all-Premier League showdown sees Norwich head to Burnley.

Sheffield will migrate to London for the weekend after United were drawn at Millwall while Wednesday will meet QPR.

Northampton, th e lowest-ranked side definitely through, host Wayne Rooney and Derby.

Draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup

Watford or Tranmere v Wolves or Manchester United, Hull v Chelsea, Southampton v Middlesbrough or Tottenham, QPR v Sheffield Wednesday

Bournemouth v Arsenal or Leeds, Northampton v Derby, Brentford v Leicester, Millwall v Sheffield United, Reading or Blackpool v Cardiff or Carlisle

West Ham v West Brom, Burnley v Norwich, Bristol Rovers or Coventry v Birmingham, Manchester City v Fulham, Rochdale or Newcastle v Oxford

Portsmouth v Barnsley, Bristol City or Shrewsbury v Liverpool. Ties to be played over the weekend of January – 29

Twitter reaction

Yep, so the FA Cup fourth round draw can be summarized fairly easily. That team you don’t like got an easy draw. Racking my brains for the stand-out tie but all I can see is Hull vs Chelsea and Brentford vs Leicester.

Is Bristol City vs Liverpool good? It doesn’t feel it.

Dan: If you look up the word “underwhelming” in the dictionary you’ll find this FA Cup fourth round draw. Not one exciting tie among them.

Greg: That might be the worst draw in the history of the FA cup. Good luck TV companies picking from that lot!

Matt: Is that the deadest FA cup draw of all time?

THE DRAW

WATFORD / TRANMERE vs WOLVES / MANCHESTER UNITED

HULL vs CHELSEA

SOUTHAMPTON vs MIDDLESBROUGH / TOTTENHAM

QPR vs SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

BOURNEMOUTH vs ARSENAL / LEEDS

NORTHAMPTON vs DERBY

BRENTFORD vs LEICESTER

MILLWALL vs SHEFFIELD UNITED

READING / BLACKPOOL vs CARDIFF / CARLISLE

WEST HAM vs WEST BROM

BURNLEY vs NORWICH

BRISTOL ROVERS / COVENTRY vs BIRMINGHAM

MANCHESTER CITY vs FULHAM

ROCHDALE / NEWCASTLE vs OXFORD

PORTSMOUTH vs BARNSLEY

BRISTOL CITY / SHREWSBURY vs LIVERPOOL

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Here we go!

The ever-reliable and remarkably likeable Mark Chapman is joined by former Arsenal star Alex Scott and ex-Leeds manager David O’Leary. We’re about to get underway. Got a feeling Manchester City will get a home tie to a lower league side – just a feeling …

Oh, another Montage

As is tradition with football coverage these days – we’re being treated to a theatrical reading from a Hollywood star. No idea when that became the norm.

Anyway, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who we know better as Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones, gives a passionate speech finished with “COME ON LEEDS!” Very inspiring…

Nearly time…

Just managed to avoid watching any of the One Show before coverage of Arsenal and Leeds started on BBC One. Always a moral win in my book. We’re about five minutes away from the all-important draw. Standby…

Odds, odds, odds…

The odds are in and surprise, surprise Manchester City are the market leaders according to Betfair Exchange.

Pep Guardiola’s side are 13 / 4 to defend their crown with Liverpool second-favorites at 5 / 1. That surprises me considering Jurgen Klopp couldn’t give a monkeys about domestic cups.

Tottenham, Leicester and Arsenal follow with Manchester United a 17 / 1 shot.

(Betfair Exchange– FA Cup Winner 2020: Manchester City – 13 / 4, Liverpool – 5/1, Tottenham – 9/1, Chelsea – / 1, Leicester – / 1, Arsenal – / 1, Manchester United – 14 / 1.

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Starting XI…

And the team news arrives . Headline news for Arsenal is that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is absent while Leeds hand out two debuts to Illan Meslier and Robbie Gotts.

Arsenal XI: Martinez; Luiz, Sokratis, Holding; Nelson, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Kolasinac; Ozil, Pepe; Lacazette.

Subs: Leno, Mavropanos, Ceballos, Willock, Saka, Martinelli, John-Jules.

Leeds XI: Meslier, Ayling, Berardi , White, Douglas, Gotts, Klich, Phillips, Harrison, Alioski, Bamford.

Subs: Casilla, Cooper, Dallas, Casey, Davis, Stevens, Costa.

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Not much magic about

The weekend came and went without a genuine third-round shock.

League One strugglers Tranmere justifiably made headlines for battling back from three goals down to earn a 3-3 draw and replay against Premier League Watford, while third-tier Rochdale also deserve credit for snatching a 1-1 draw at home to Newcastle.

Elsewhere, few eyebrows were raised as Championship clubs Sheffield Wednesday, Fulham and Derby enjoyed narrow victories over top-flight sides Brighton, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace respectively.

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Tonight’s clash between Arsenal and Leeds is kicking off one minute later than normal, at 7. (***********************************************************************, pm, and it’s all part of a mental health initiative.

The match was sch eduled to kick off at 7. 089 pm. But, it has been delayed by one minute as part of the Heads Up campaign.

The initiative aims to encourage fans to ‘Take A Minute’ to think about the importance of looking after their own mental wellbeing.

It is being spearheaded by Prince William, who narrates a short film that will be shown before the match at the Emirates.

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Change not VAR away?

This is the hopeful story of the weekend in my book.

Following repeated calls for referees to make use of pitchside monitors instead of relying solely on the judgement of the VAR, Michael Oliver made history at Selhurst Park.

A monitor was used for the first time in England when referee Oliver watched watched replays of an incident involving Crystal Palace captain Luka Milivojevic and Derby midfielder Tom Huddlestone.

Oliver subsequently upgraded Milivojevic’s punishment from a booking to a red card, with his actions prompting optimism of a positive development in how VAR technology is implemented.

Can’t believe we’re celebrating such an obvious thing but I’m happy nonetheless.

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Arsenal vs Leeds

The final FA Cup third-round fixture of the weekend arrives and It’s a doozy .

Mikel Arteta has an illustrious history with the FA Cup having won the c ompetition with Arsenal in 2020 and while also helping Manchester City to success during the past two seasons as assistant to Pep Guardiola.

But he’s up against the moderately terrifying Marcelo Bielsa, who maintains his promotion hopefuls cannot consider the FA Cup a “distraction” in their quest to reach the Premier League.

I’m expecting fireworks in north London. And not just because I live there and forgot to set them off on NYE …

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Evening…

Hello everyone and welcome to ourLIVEcoverage of the FA Cup fourth-round draw.

No real earth-shattering results on what felt like a fairly low-key FA Cup weekend. Low attendance too I’ve seen today – (**********************************************************************************, less than average at Sheffield United on Saturday.

Anyway, four Premier League sides were dumped out of the competition .

Everton succumbed to Liverpool’s Under – s at Anfield while Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Brighton also tasted defeat.

Manchester United, Newcastle and Tottenham are in the hat tonight but will need to overcome Wolves, Rochdale and Middlesbrough respectively to secure safe passage.

Let’s get going!

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When is the FA Cup fourth round draw?

The draw for the fourth round will take place on Monday, January 6.

It is scheduled to be held before the meeting between Arsenal and Leeds at the Emirates Stadium (7. (GMT GMT).

Fans can watch the draw on BBC One and it is expected to be conducted at 7. (pm.

) Live streaming is available via the BBC iPlayer app and on the FA Cup’s official Twitter account.

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FA Cup draw ball numbers

1 Leicester City, 2 Queens Park Rangers, 3 Fulham, 4 Chelsea, 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers or Manchester United, 6 West Bromwich Albion, 7 Rochdale or Newcastle United, 8 Cardiff City or Carlisle United, 9 Oxford United

(Sheffield United, Southampton, (Liverpool, 1578356245933 Bristol City or Shrewsbury Town, 14 Bournemouth, Sheffield Wednesday, 19 Bristol Rovers or Coventry City, (Barnsley,) Manchester City, Middlesbrough or Tottenham

Reading or Blackpool, (Watford or Tranmere, **************************************************************************** (Norwich, ************************************************************** (Millwall, ********************************** De rby County, Hull City, **************************************************************************** (Brentford,FA Cup 4th round draw LIVE: Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelsea to learn fixtures************************************************** (Portsmouth, ************************************************************************** Arsenal or Leeds, ************************************************************************** (West Ham, Northampton Town, (Burnley, ************************************************ Birmingham City

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