FA Cup fourth round draw LIVE: Fixtures as non-league sides joined Liverpool and Spurs to discover fate
There were two non-league sides in the draw after Kidderminster Harriers and Boreham Wood progressed in the third round
Kidderminster, the lowest-ranked side remaining in the FA Cup, will play West Ham in the fourth round. The National League North outfit, who stunned Reading with a 2-1 victory on Saturday, are rewarded with a tie at the London Stadium. Non-league side Boreham Wood have been handed a trip to Championship table-toppers Bournemouth.
Holders’ Leicester face the winners of Sunday’s late kick-off between Nottingham Forest and Arsenal. The fourth-round matches will be played on the opening weekend of February.
Full draw
Crystal Palace v Hartlepool United
Bournemouth v Boreham Wood
Huddersfield Town v Barnsley
Peterborough United v Queens Park Rangers
Cambridge United v Luton Town
Southampton v Coventry City
Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle
Everton v Brentford
Kidderminster Harriers v West Ham United
Manchester United/Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion
Liverpool v Cardiff City
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic
Nottingham Forest/Arsenal v Leicester City
Manchester City v Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City
All games to played between Feb.4 and Feb. 7.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
35 mins: Mikel Arteta isn’t happy at all with the performance from Nuno Taveres. He’s taken the left-back off and replaced him with Kieran Tierney. If Arteta isn’t pleased then Tavares is positively fuming as he trudges off the pitch.
Zinckernagel leaves a bitt too much on Saka with a poor tackle and picks up the first yellow card of the game.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
32 mins: Oh that’s beautiful take from Brice Samba as Arsenal swing another corner deep into the box. Nottingham Forest’s goalkeeper comes off his line and brings the ball under control with an outstretched right-hand before sending his team flying forward on the break.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
29 mins: A corner for Forest doesn’t beat the man on the near post and the clearance drops for Zinckernagel. He tries to reposition into a shooting area but takes too long on the ball and is closed down but Arsenal’s forward pushing defence.
The Gunners come forward down the right side and work it up to Nketiah. He cuts inside and shoots, rattling a deflected shot into the side netting and winning a corner.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
26 mins: White steps into midfield and pass the ball up to Martinelli. He sends it out to Tavares on the left making an overlapping run. Tavares rolls the ball back onto his right foot and lifts it into the box towards Nketiah but Steve Cook is there to head the ball clear. It falls to Holding who goes for goal from range and completely mishits the shot scuffing it well wide of goal.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
23 mins: Arsenal’s best attacks have come from long balls over the top. Holding flicks one over the Forest defence this time and sends Martinelli racing Spence to chase it down. Both players are quick, Martinelli gets to it first but is quickly shoves off the ball and the Forest defender carries it away from his own penalty area. Solid defending.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
20 mins: Martinelli looks to break away down the left wing but overruns the ball and kicks it out of play. Arsenal haven’t really clicked into gear like we know they can. Nottingham Forest have been good, they’re strong on the ball and aren’t afraid to take the game to the Arsenal defence.
Spence wins a free kick deep in Arsenal half. Garner looks to curl the ball into the box but smokes it straight into Martinelli who’s making up a one-man wall.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
17 mins: Lokonga draws Zinckernagel into a foul in the middle of Arsenal’s half. The Gunners send the ball over to the right wing before passing it back to Holding. He threads it into the box Martinelli who chips a cross into the middle and wins a corner.
Eddie Nketiah comes over to receive a short corner and passes it to Odegaard. He curls a cross into the box and Samba comes confidently off his line to claim the ball.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
14 mins: Tavares sends a powerful backpass towards Leno who does well to just chest the ball behind for a corner. James Garner swings the set piece into the middle but Rob Holding gets up highest to head the ball clear for the Gunners.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
11 mins: That’s a nice floaty forward pass from Ben White to play Bukayo Saka in behind the lines on the right side. He carries the ball into the box and attempts to set up Gabriel Martinelli on the edge of the penalty area but Spence nips in front of the Arsenal forward and wins the ball.
Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal
8 mins: Ryan Yates catches Tavares with a trailing arm to the face and Arsenal win a free kick in Forest’s half. Martin Odegaard curls the ball into the box but it goes over everyone’s heads and bounces out to the far side of the pitch. Tavares collects the loose ball and slots it into the box to Ben White. He shifts to the left and fires a shot wide of the near post.
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