FA Cup fifth-round - as it happened: Chelsea emerge unscathed from day of shocks and surprises
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Your support makes all the difference.Danny Cowley and his Lincoln team will aim to "achieve the impossible" again when they take on Burnley this weekend but the Imps boss believes their FA Cup run - whenever it ends - will stand the club in good stead for the future.
Cowley has guided National League leaders Lincoln to the fifth round for the first time in 130 years and at Turf Moor on Saturday they will attempt to become the first non-league side to reach the quarter-finals since the competition's current format was instigated in 1925.
Lincoln City have no fresh injury problems but Lee Beevers remains out with a long-term knee injury.
Burnley are without Robbie Brady and Jeff Hendrick for their FA Cup fifth round clash against National League leaders Lincoln.
Brady is cup-tied having played for Norwich earlier in the competition, while Hendrick serves the second match of a three-game suspension.
Steven Defour (hamstring) is still out and Johann Berg Gudmundsson is fit to return, while the likes of Jon Flanagan, James Tarkowski, Tendayi Darikwa, Scott Arfield and Sam Vokes can all expect recalls.
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Saturday's FA Cup fixtures:
12.30pm: Burnley v. Lincoln City
3.00pm: Huddersfield v. Man City
3.00pm: Middlesbrough v. Oxford Utd
3.00pm: Millwall v. Leicester
3.00pm: Wolverhampton v. Chelsea
Incredibly, National League leaders Lincoln City are the first name in the hat for the FA Cup quarter-finals, but three more sides can join them this afternoon. We'll have news of every crucial kick from the fifth round ties at the John Smiths Stadium, the Riverside Stadium and the New Den.
A reminder of the teams ahead of the three o'clock kick-offs...
Huddersfield v Man City
Huddersfield: Coleman, Stankovic, Cranie, Hudson, Holmes-Dennis, Billing, Whitehead, Lolley, Payne, Van La Parra, Quaner
Subs: Ward, Smith, Kachunga, Lowe, Wells, Brown, Booty
Man City: Bravo, Zabaleta, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov, Fernando, Fernandinho, Delph, Navas, Agüero, Nolito
Subs: Caballero, Sagna, Sterling, De Bruyne, Sané, Iheanacho, García
Referee: Andy Taylor
Middlesbrough v Oxford
Middlesbrough: Guzan, Chambers, Bernardo, Ayala, Fabi, Leadbitter, Clayton, Downing, Traore, Gestede, Fischer
Subs: Valdés, Gibson, Negredo, De Roon, Stuani, Bamford, Ramírez
Oxford: Eastwood, Edwards, Nelson, Dunkley, Johnson, Hemmings, Ledson, Lundstram, Maguire, Hall, Martínez
Subs: Agboola, Skarz, Sercombe, McAleny, Ruffels, Rothwell, Raglan
Referee: Andre Marriner
Millwall v Leicester
Millwall: Archer, Cummings, Webster, Cooper, Craig, Ferguson, Williams, Butcher, O'Brien, Onyedinma, Morison
Subs: King, Hutchinson, Worrall, Gregory, Romeo, Abdou, Smith
Leicester: Zieler, Amartey, Wagué, Benalouane, Chilwell, King, Mendy, Kapustka, Musa, Gray, Okazaki
Subs: Hamer, Vardy, Albrighton, Ndidi, Mahrez, Wasilewski, Fuchs
Referee: Craig Pawson
This lad will probably have a few more followers on Twitter this evening that when he wrote this five years ago...
9 mins: Huddersfield 0 Manchester City 0: No goals but a confident start from Championship promotion hopefuls Huddersfield. Slick passing early on saw Rajiv van La Parra slipped through, but his side-footed effort from the edge of the box was saved by Cladio Bravo. No, seriously.
Lincoln City manager Danny Cowley has revealed what a number of his players were saying as they triumphantly came off the Turf Moor pitch at full-time following their historic 1-0 FA Cup fifth round success...
It's all about North Ferriby on Tuesday now.
At least savour the moment, lads.
17 mins: Millwall 0 Leicester 0: Leicester City can't get anything right in the Premier League right now, but they've started well at the New Den in the FA Cup. Shinji Okazaki had earlier seen a shot saved by Jordan Archer, and the Millwall keeper has just been at his athletic best to deny the forward again, parrying his glancing header away to safety.
26 mins: GOAL! MIDDLESBROUGH 1 OXFORD 0:
The Premier League side are ahead at the Riverside Stadium courtesy of Grant Leadbitter's penalty. Stewart Downing was hauled down by Chris Maguire as he broke through in the box, and the Middlesbrough midfielder stepped up to slam the ball into the roof of Simon Eastwood's net.
26 mins: Huddersfield 0 Manchester City 0: Phillip Billing has the ball in the net for the home side, but it has been immediately ruled out by referee Andy Taylor with two home players standing in offside positions. Nevertheless, it's been an impressive start by David Wagner's team.
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