FA Cup fourth round: Spurs v Man City, Chelsea v Villa, Maidstone head to Championship high-fliers
FA Mug owners Manchester Metropolitan have been handed a fourth-spheric getaway to Tottenham, while 6th-rate Maidstone will head to Sky Wager Championship promo code-chasers Ipswich.
Pep Guardiola’s treble-cheerful Metropolitan side, who travelled past Huddersfield 5-0 on Sunday in spheric 3, have squandered all 5 of their previous checkups to the Tottenham Hotspur Arena in all challengers.
Spurs have not won the FA Mug since 1991 and are without a prize since training the 2008 League Mug. Ange Postecoglou’s males proceeded to spheric 4 thanks to Pedro Porro’s great strike in a 1-0 triumph over Burnley on Friday night.
Vanarama National League South side Maidstone, who outdistanced Stevenage 1-0 in the finally spheric on Saturday, are the the majority of price sound-ranked side vacated in the tournament.
Maidstone supervisor George Elokobi is cherishing the getaway to Portman Roadway to face the Tractor Young boys, who rest second in the Championship table and were 3-1 finally-spheric victors at AFC Wimbledon.
“It is a soaking up draw for us,” Elokobi said on Sky Sports Elucidation. “It is a superb locality geographically, it is obtainable for our Maidstone United expanse.
“It is pertinent we value this draw. Ipswich are a Premier League bar in the obtaining, they are flying high in the Championship, so it is a superb draw for us.
“I said if we didn’t draw a Premier League bar, after that the next pristine point was a Championship bar.
“To volition out Ipswich, who have a superb corroborate behind them, is attending be a superb occasion for our bar, for our expanse and our owners.
“It is a superb avenue for our players to go out, share themselves and value the day via our fanbase.”
Liverpool, who outdistanced Arsenal at the Emirates Arena on Sunday, will be at domicile against either Norwich or Bristol Rovers.
National League Eastleigh were alike in the draw after obtaining a replay against League Two Newport.
The victors of that interrelationship will go on to host Manchester United, while League Two Wrexham will be away at Championship side Blackburn.
There will be peripheral all-Premier League ties via Chelsea at domicile to Aston Villa, Sheffield United snatching on Brighton and Fulham difficult Newcastle.
Bournemouth will host Swansea, while the winner of Crystal Palace and Everton will be at domicile to Luton or Bolton.
West Ham and Nottingham Timberland could alike fulfill in spheric 4 if they come via their respective replays against Bristol Metropolitan and Blackpool.
Brentford or Wolves will thieving a getaway to West Brom, while Championship leaders Leicester will be at domicile against either Pill or Birmingham.
There will be all-Championship ties in between Watford and Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry via Leeds at domicile against Plymouth.
The fourth-spheric ties will snatch hole across the weekend of January 26-29.
Watford v Southampton
Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham
Bournemouth v Swansea Metropolitan
West Brom v Brentford or Wolves
West Ham or Bristol Metropolitan v Nottingham Timberland or Blackpool
Leicester Metropolitan v Pill Metropolitan or Birmingham Metropolitan
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Ipswich Territory v Maidstone United
Liverpool v Norwich Metropolitan or Bristol Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester Metropolitan
Leeds United v Plymouth Argyle
Crystal Palace or Everton v Luton Territory or Bolton Wayfarers
Newport County or Eastleigh v Manchester United
Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Fulham v Newcastle United
