FA Cup scores LIVE: Man City cruise through, Everton win Lampard’s first game and Chelsea survive scare
Frank Lampard begins life as Everton manager against Brentford, Man City host Fulham and Crystal Palace take on Hartlepool
It promises to be a wonderful weekend of FA Cup football with a number of fascinating fourth round ties.
West Ham broke the hearts of Kidderminster Harriers as they overcame the non-league side 2-1 thanks to last-gasp goals in normal and extra time. Defender Alex Penny put Kidderminster, who are third in the National League North, ahead in the 19th minute in front of a packed crowd at the 6,000-capacity Aggborough Stadium. Substitute Declan Rice spared West Ham a first-ever defeat by non-league opposition by equalising in the 91st minute. The match looked set to be decided on a penalty shootout after a largely uneventful extra period but Jarrod Bowen delivered another cruel twist when he bundled the ball home in the 120th minute to send West Ham into the fifth round.
Meanwhile Chelsea suffered an FA Cup fourth-round scare on Saturday when they had to come from behind and needed extra time and a penalty save to beat League One Plymouth Argyle 2-1 with goals from Spaniards Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso.
And there are several 3pm kick-offs: Crystal Palace vs Hartlepool; Everton vs Brentford; Huddersfield vs Barnsley; Man City vs Fulham; Peterborough vs QPR; Southampton vs Coventry; Stoke vs Wigan; Wolves vs Norwich.
Follow live minute-by-minute score and goal updates from all the cup ties below:
Kidderminster 0 - 0 West Ham
9 mins: Chance! Kidderminster have the first opportunity on goal in this game. Luke Simpson fires the ball up the pitch and a series of headers see the ball bouncing around just outside West Ham’s penalty area. It eventually drops nicely for Sam Austin who drills a half-volley towards goal and forces Alphonse Areola into a sharp save to his right.
Chelsea 0 - 0 Plymouth
5 mins: Over at Stamford Bridge Chelsea have dominated the opening stages creating three chances in front of goal inside the opening five minutes or so. Jorginho came close with a snapshot and Hakim Ziyech curled an effort straight at Plymouth goalkeeper Michael Cooper.
Kidderminster 0 - 0 West Ham
6 mins: Andriy Yarmolenko brings the ball down the right wing and takes on Richards. He dinks it past the left-back and sends Benrahma into the box. He’s quickly closed down but manages to offload the ball to Ryan Fredericks who whips in a cross that Kidderminster deal with well.
Kidderminster 0 - 0 West Ham
3 mins: It’s been a scrappy start to the game as both teams attempt to keep hold of the ball in midfield. Kidderminster’s midfielders are throwing themselves into strong tackles with West Ham trying to find a bit of early rhythm. Said Benrahma attempts to slot Jarrod Bowen in on the right side but Caleb Richards is there to intercept.
Kidderminster 0 - 0 West Ham
Kick off: West Ham get the ball rolling and send it long down the right side. The wind takes the ball and forces it straight out of play for a Kidderminster goal kick.
We’re also underway at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea take on Plymouth Argyle.
FA Cup fourth round: Kidderminster vs West Ham, Chelsea vs Plymouth
The teams make their way out onto the pitch. There’s a fine atmosphere at Aggborough, they Kidderminster players are up for this one today.
FA Cup fourth round: Counting down to kick off
Almost time for kick off at the Aggborough Stadium. Can National League side Kidderminster shock the Premier League’s West Ham?
The Championship’s Middlesbrough knocked Manchester United out of the competition yesterday so we’ve already had an upset, how many more are on the cards today?
FA Cup fourth round: Kidderminster vs West Ham, Chelsea vs Plymouth Argyle
There are just under 10 minutes to go until kick off for the two early kick offs. We’ll be closely following Kidderminster’s match against West Ham as the Harriers attempt to knock out their Premier League opposition and will bring the major updates from Stamford Bridge including goals and red cards.
FA Cup fourth round: David Moyes’ pre-match thoughts
West Ham boss David Moyes spoke to the BBC before kick off at the Aggborough Stadium. He touched on what the FA Cup means for the teams in the lower leagues and says he respects this competition and wants to go on a good run starting from today. Moyes said:
We need to play well, look after how we play, they had a great result to get through to this and we need to respect that. We always take the cups strongly, we respect the competition and we want a good run in the cup.
“I’ve seen the lower leagues and I know exactly what this means to the people of Kidderminster.”
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