FA Cup fifth-round - as it happened: Chelsea emerge unscathed from day of shocks and surprises
Re-live all the action from the fifth round of the FA Cup
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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
5 mins: Wolves hit the post! Former Chelsea youth player George Saville is centimetres away from giving the home side a surprise early lead, slicing a shot with the outside of his left foot against the woodwork from 15 yards. The visiting defence made a horrible mess of dealing with a cross looped into the box, and when the loose ball dropped to Saville, the opener looked inevitable. Instead, the post was clattered and Andreas Weimann volleyed the rebound over.
8 mins: Diego Costa is launching an angry tirade in the direction of Jonathan Moss - which is always worth a laugh. It's even funnier when the Chelsea striker has every reason to feel aggrieved, having been accidentally tripped as he sprinted behind the Wolves defence. The referee said no foul, and Wolves now have a furious striker to contend with.
12 mins: Now it's Chelsea who go close! A wonderful looping pass over the Wolves defence from Cesc Fabregas is perfectly placed into the path of Willian. The Brazilian takes one touch to steady himself, and that allows Carl Ikeme just enough time to get out to fist away the third, a side-footed attempted lob over the onrushing goalkeeper.
17 mins: Wolves take their turn in pressurising once again, Helder Costa testing the Chelsea defence with a couple of left-wing crosses in quick succession. Eventually, the home side have more success with a delivery from the opposite flank when Dave Edwards gets his head on the ball, glancing it the wrong side of the near post.
20 mins: Half-hearted appeals for a Wolves penalty as a long spell of pressure in and around the Chelsea area ends with Weimann being bundled over fairly by Willian. The frustrations of the home fans increase immediately when Saville becomes the first player to see yellow after clotheslining the very same Chelsea player who had incensed them seconds earlier.
23 mins: Diego Costa and Danny Batth have a set to after the Chelsea forward flung his hand into the face of the Wolves defender as the chased a ball upfield. Neither of them are happy, and this individual battle could be one to watch. The new Joey Barton versus Matt Rhead, if you will.
28 mins: From one Costa to another as Wolves' Helder takes aim from long range at the other end after skipping inside from the right. The forward's long range effort thumps into the chest of Asmir Begovic.
32 mins: Another yellow card for a Wolverhampton Wanderers player as Andreas Weimann slides unnecessarily into the marauding Willian. I'm not sure what the Brazilian has done to upset the home side so much but he's been on the end of some crude challenges. If you're going to target one player from the opposition with unruly assaults, at least remember you're playing a team with John Terry and Diego Costa in it.
35 mins: Wolves continue to go at Chelsea from the flanks. This time it's Matt Doherty who comes in off the right wing and flashes a drive across the face of goal that just evades the looming Jon Dadi Bodvarsson.
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