FA Cup fourth round LIVE: Results and reaction from FA Cup ties
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow all the action from the FA Cup’s fourth round ties this afternoon.
Six fixtures get underway at 3pm, with Championship leaders Norwich City travelling to Barnsley. Brighton are hoping to avoid the same fate as West Brom when they welcome Blackpool to the Amex, with the Seasiders having produced one of the shocks of the third round.
Sheffield United are looking to keep their momentum alive after this competition brought their first win of the season against Bristol Rovers in the previous round. Meanwhile, West Ham are in flying form and won’t want to risk any negative drop when they take on Doncaster. All-Championship ties between Millwall and Bristol City and Nottingham Forest’s trip to Swansea complete the mid-afternoon ties. Follow all the action live below:
Southampton 0 - 0 Arsenal
15 mins: Willian is played in behind and his cross into the box is poorly cleared and falls for Cedric. He shoots but leans back on his shot and puts it over the crossbar.
Close! Che Adams drives at the Arsenal backline and takes the ball around Gabriel. He’s in on goal and tries to slot the shot into the far bottom corner only for Leno to dive to his right and push the ball wide. Good save from the Arsenal goalkeeper.
Southampton 0 - 0 Arsenal
12 mins: Arsenal win a corner of their own but it’s a wasted opportunity. Nicolas Pepe’s delivery isn’t the best and Armstrong heads it clear on the near post.
Arsenal regain the loose ball and play it up to Gabriel Martinelli on the inside left. He cuts inside and takes a shot that is blocked on the edge of the box.
Southampton 0 - 0 Arsenal
9 mins: Jan Bednarek fires a diagonal ball out to Ryan Bertrand on the left wing. He brings it down well and slots a cross into the middle of the box. Stuart Armstrong tries to win the header but the jumps on top of his marker and gives away a free kick to the Gunners.
Southampton 0 - 0 Arsenal
6 mins: Ward-Prowse fizzes a corner towards the near post. Ings runs onto the cross and sends it wide via an Arsenal deflection. Ward-Prowse’s second attempt is an outswinger that confuses Leno and strikes the crossbar!
Southampton 0 - 0 Arsenal
3 mins: Gabriel tries to shield the ball from Danny Ings and sticks out a hand whacking Ings in the face. Free kick to Southampton. James Ward-Prowse flicks it into the middle of the box but Bernd Leno comes and claims it rather easily.
Southampton 0 - 0 Arsenal
Kick off: Southampton get the match underway. They pass the ball back to Fraser Forster in goal and he boots it long only for Arsenal to clear their lines.
The teams make their way out onto the pitch at St. Marys. This should be a good one, Southampton haven’t conceded in four of their last five matches whilst Arsenal are on a run of five clean sheets.
Ralph Hassenhuttl told BT Sport:
"I hope it is a strong side and we can compete with them! It is an important competition.
"Arsenal have a bigger squad and can change a little more. We are struggling with injuries but hopefully we can be strong.
"It is a different game [when they play Arsenal again next week] - I know it is not that long in between - but both are important for us."
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