The fifth round of the FA Cup will see a couple of huge local derbies. One of them sees Portsmouth travel to bitter rivals Southampton.
Carling Cup finalists Aston Villa will travel to Crystal Palace while Spurs will travel to Owen Coyle’s Bolton.
With Arsenal Manchester United and Liverpool already out of the tournament, Chelsea fans must be feeling very confident about going to Wembley again. In the 5th round they will face Cardiff at home. It will be a massive upset for Cardiff to win here.
Stoke City’s reward for knocking out Arsenal is a trip to the Eastlands to play Manchester City. In other games Fulham will play Notts County at home while Derby get Birmingham City at home.
All fifth-round ties will be played over the weekend of February 13 and 14.
FA Cup fifth round draw
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Manchester City v Stoke – Buy Manchester City – Stoke City Tickets
Derby v Birmingham
Bolton v Tottenham
Chelsea v Cardiff – Buy Chelsea – Cardiff City Tickets
Fulham v Notts County
Reading v West Brom
Southampton v Portsmouth
:: Ties to be played on the weekend of February 13 and 14.
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