FA Cup fourth round draw LIVE: Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Wrexham and more learn fate
Pep Guardiola’s cup winners are in the next round but who will they face?
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Your support makes all the difference.FA Cup holders Manchester City face a tricky trip to Tottenham Hotspur, while in-form Aston Villa have been drawn to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the fourth round. Third-placed champions City are a point above Spurs with a game in hand in the Premier League table, while Villa are flying high in second spot with Chelsea languishing 10th.
Twelve-time FA Cup winners Manchester United face a fourth-round match at either Newport County or Eastleigh after their 2-0 win at Wigan Athletic on Monday. Fulham welcome Newcastle United and Sheffield United host Brighton & Hove Albion in other all-Premier League ties, with matches scheduled to be played over the Jan. 27-28 weekend.
League leaders Liverpool, who knocked Arsenal out in the third round, received a more favourable draw on Monday. Juergen Klopp’s team will host the winners of the replay between Norwich City and Bristol Rovers. Sixth-tier Maidstone United, the lowest-ranked side left in the competition, travel to second-tier Ipswich Town.
The winners of the replay between Crystal Palace and Everton will host either Luton Town or Bolton Wanderers. League Two side Wrexham A.F.C., owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and who reached the fourth round last season, will visit Blackburn Rovers.
Relive the draw live below plus get the latest odds and tips for Wigan vs Man Utd right here:
Maidstone United fly high
A 1-0 win over Stevenage gave National League side, Maidstone United, the hopes of landing a big club in the next round of the FA Cup.
Going into Monday’s fourth-round draw, Maidstone manager George Elokobi said it would be a dream to make the trip back to Molineux to face his former side Wolves - who must beat Brentford in a replay to make it through.
“There is a chance and if it happens, that is going to be the icing on the cake and I’m sure the Molineux is going to be rocking if it is away,” he told BBC Radio Kent.
“Or if it is here at the Gallagher it would be an incredible day for the football club but whoever we draw in the fourth round, we deserve it and we will respect them and I’m sure they’re going to give us the respect, and the fans will come out in their numbers.
“Whoever we draw, it’s a privilege and a great time to be a Maidstone United player, fan, for the management team, owners and backroom staff.
“It is a historic day.”
Wrexham beat Shrewsbury to reach fourth round
Wrexham added some more fuel for their documentary with a well-earned victory over rivals Shrewsbury in the FA Cup third round.
In front of their first sell-out crowd since the fourth-round tie with Liverpool in 2020, League One’s Shrewsbury notched up a bunch of first-half chances, but it was Tom O’Connor’s deflected strike on 72 minutes that sealed the match in Wrexham’s favour.
“This was a day for our supporters and not just the ones that were here but the ones back at home,” Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson told BBC Radio Shropshire.
“It’s a local derby, and 16 years ago, Shrewsbury beat us to all but condemn the club to the National League. When you have had that pain of being a Wrexham fan during that period, it’s great that we gave our supporters a day to celebrate.”
Arsenal’s latest defeat echoes to a past era of missed chances
Here they go again. It is remarkable how almost everything around a club can change and, with a few familiar notes, there are suddenly so many echoes of the past.
Here was the Arsenal attack, taking that one extra pass when they should have shot. Here were the Arsenal fans, agitatedly imploring the manager to buy a striker and sometimes turning to the press box to angrily reiterate the point. There was the big-club opposition showing them how it’s done. There was the Arsenal manager defiantly talking a good game and maybe a better one for his team than actually happened.
Was this 2014 again, or even 2008? What next, checking out AFTV? One of Mikel Arteta’s lines in his post-game press conference did actually generate as much online traction as one of the more excitable arguments on the fan channel would.
Arsenal’s latest defeat echoes a past era of missed chances
Arsenal fans were left imploring their manager to find a way to buy an effective striker as they face another year of ‘almost’
When will the fourth-round matches take place?
The fourth-round matches are set to be played on the weekend of January 27 and 28.
What are the ball numbers?
The winners of the 32 third-round ties will go into the hat for Monday’s draw. Below are the ball numbers:
1. Luton Town or Bolton Wanderers (replay)
2. Wrexham
3. Liverpool
4. Brighton and Hove Albion
5. Norwich City or Bristol Rovers (replay)
6. West Ham United or Bristol City (replay)
7. Tottenham Hotspur
8. Fulham
9. West Bromwich Albion
10. Southampton
11. Ipswich Town
12. Leeds United
13. Leicester City
14. Watford
15. Newcastle United
16. Sheffield Wednesday
17. Crystal Palace or Everton (replay)
18. Aston Villa
19. Nottingham Forest or Blackpool (replay)
20. Wigan Athletic or Manchester United - kick-off 8:15pm, Monday night
21. Manchester City
22. Blackburn Rovers
23. Sheffield United
24. Swansea City
25. Chelsea
26. AFC Bournemouth
27. Coventry City
28. Brentford or Wolverhampton Wanderers (replay)
29. Plymouth Argyle
30. Maidstone United
31. Newport County or Eastleigh (replay)
32. Hull City or Birmingham City (replay)
How can I watch it?
Viewers in the United Kingdom will be able to watch the draw live on ITV1 during the build-up to live coverage of the Wigan vs Manchester United match on Monday evening.
Coverage starts at 7.30pm GMT, with the draw expected to begin about 20 minutes into the show. Registered users will be able to stream via ITVX.
You can also listen to live coverage of the draw on talkSPORT from 7:50pm.
When is the FA Cup fourth round draw?
The draw for the fourth round proper of the 2023/24 FA Cup will be held at about 7.50pm GMT on Monday 8 January.
The proceedings will be conducted in advance of the third-round tie between Wigan and Manchester United, which kicks off at 8.15pm.
Good evening!
Welcome to The Independent’s coverage of the FA Cup’s fourth round draw as the remaining team discover which sides they will be playing in the next round.
The draw is scheduled to take place just before 8pm tonight ahead of Wigan Athletic’s clash against Manchester United with the likes of Man City, Liverpool and Wrexham waiting to find out their fates.
We’ll have all the build up to the draw, and the match, so stick around.
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