FA Cup draw LIVE: Manchester United, Man City, Wrexham and more learn fifth-round fate
Non-league Wrexham are still in the FA Cup and face Sheffield United in a replay following their thrilling 3-3 draw - with a home tie against Tottenham Hotspur up for grabs
Non-league Wrexham will get a dream FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur in the fifth round, if they defeat Sheffield United in a replay next week.
Wrexham - who are owned by Hollywood duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney - are the only non-league side left in the competition but they were denied a famous win on Sunday evening at the Racecourse Ground as Sheffield United scored a late equaliser in a 3-3 thriller.
Elsewhere, Manchester City were drawn away to Bristol City, in one of only two complete ties to be made on Monday evening. Pep Guardiola’s side defeated Premier League leaders Arsenal on Friday night, while Bristol City knocked out West Brom.
Manchester United were drawn at home against West Ham, who went on to defeat Derby County in the final fourth-round tie on Monday night. It’s currently the only all-Premier League fixture, but that will change if Fulham defeat Sunderland in their replay and set up a match against Leeds.
Coverage continued below with Derby County vs West Ham
FA Cup fifth round draw
Here we go then. The draw is about to get going with Mark Chapman, Jermaine Jenas and Alex Scott on ball drawing/presenting duties.
Eight games with be drawn and here’s a reminder of the ball numbers:
1. Tottenham Hotspur
2. Southampton
3. Sheffield United or Wrexham
4. Ipswich Town or Burnley
5. Manchester United
6. Luton Town or Grimsby Town
7. Derby County or West Ham United
8. Stoke City
9. Blackburn Rovers or Birmingham City
10. Leicester City
11. Sheffield Wednesday or Fleetwood Town
12. Manchester City
13. Bristol City
14. Brighton & Hove Albion
15. Fulham or Sunderland
16. Leeds United
FA Cup fifth round draw
Here’s a breakdown of the teams left in the FA Cup. Some of them face fourth round replays in early February while most will find out who they’re facing in the fifth round.
Premier League: Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Brighton, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United, West Ham, Southampton.
Championship: Burnley, Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers, Luton Town, Sunderland, Bristol City, Stoke City, Birmingham City.
League One: Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich Town, Derby County, Fleetwood Town.
League Two: Grimsby Town.
National League: Wrexham.
Moyes on winning the FA Cup
David Moyes says that having over half of the Premier League teams knocked out of the FA Cup sounds like an opportunity to go on a win the competition but each opponent brings threats regardless of where they are in the footballing pyramid.
“It always sounds like [an opportunity] until you have to go and play the opponents.” said Moyes,
“Last year we were given an unbelievable game at Kidderminster, where we came minutes from being knocked out, so anything can happen in this competition and we’ve seen that over the years.
“We need to be our mettle, we need to play well. Derby are on a good run at the moment, they are a football club that is Premier League in stature and size, so we go there and will give them all the respect we can and hopefully go through to the next round. But they’ll be thinking the same.”
FA Cup fifth round draw
The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup is being shown during the One Show tonight. The programme has started but the draw will be held towards the conclusion of the show which will be around 7.20pm or so.
Derby vs West Ham
The two have met just once previously in the FA Cup, with the Hammers scoring a 5-2 victory over the Rams in a semi-final played at Stamford Bridge in March 1923.
Both clubs were in the Second Division at the time.
Warne expecting excitement to build
Paul Warne says his players have prepared no differently for this match than they do for their games in League One but expects the excitement to build as the match approaches.
“In fairness to the players, they all just want to play which is a great thing and I wouldn’t expect any less excitement than when we play Morecambe at home next week in League One, they just want to play every time we have a fixture.” said the Derby boss.
“I haven’t seen more excitement than usual but it will sort of build over the next couple of days. I think they will be when they walk out onto the pitch, I don’t think it really hits them until they walk out and see the crowd.”
Derby vs West Ham team changes
Paul Warne makes on change to the Derby team that defeated Port Vale last time out with James Collins taking the place of David McGoldrick who picked up an injury in training.
David Moyes meanwhile swaps out six players from the West Ham starting XI that beat Everton in their last outing. Alphonse Areola returns in goal while Ben Johnson and Thilo Kehrer join the back line.
Tomas Soucek and Flynn Downes slot into the midfield with Pablo Fornals joining Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio in the forward line.
Derby vs West Ham line-ups
Derby County XI: Wildsmith, Smith, Davies, Forsyth, Roberts, Hourihane, Bird, Mendez-Laing, Knight, Barkhuizen, Collins
West Ham XI: Areola, Johnson, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Emerson, Soucek, Downes, Fornals, Antonio, Bowen
Derby vs West Ham
West Ham United and Derby County have met on 78 previous occasions, including two War League fixtures played in November 1945, which were both won by the Rams.
Of the 76 ‘official’ first-team matches between the two clubs, West Ham have won 27, Derby have won 24 and 25 have been drawn.
What are the numbers for tonight’s draw?
1. Tottenham Hotspur
2. Southampton
3. Sheffield United or Wrexham
4. Ipswich Town or Burnley
5. Manchester United
6. Luton Town or Grimsby Town
7. Derby County or West Ham United
8. Stoke City
9. Blackburn Rovers or Birmingham City
10. Leicester City
11. Sheffield Wednesday or Fleetwood Town
12. Manchester City
13. Bristol City
14. Brighton & Hove Albion
15. Fulham or Sunderland
16. Leeds United
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