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:
FA Cup fourth round: Rudiger feeling refreshed after break
Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger says he is ready to get back to work after a break following a busy festive period for the Blues. He says the team is motivated to get back to winning ways and that starts with today’s FA Cup clash. Rudiger said:
First of all, we have a job to do in the FA Cup against Plymouth, which we have to have full focus on and start very well. After that there’s the Fifa Club World Cup and we have to be on our toes for that as well.
“Everyone had a good break so we are all fresh and you can see in training that everyone is motivated. We just have to keep going game by game trying to win all the time.”
FA Cup fourth round: Plymouth feeling positive
Plymouth Argyle head into the match unbeaten in their last two league games and on the back of a 3-1 away win at Doncaster Rovers.
They have scored 10 goals in their last five matches in all competitions with striker Luke Jephcott scoring in the last three consecutively.
Manager Steven Schumacher says that his team have trained well this week and are feeling positive ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge. He said:
The lads have enjoyed the week. We came in on Tuesday nice and bright and the training has been really good.
“Everyone was pleased that we got the win against Doncaster, it was tough game in tough conditions but to get through it was great and has set us up for a good week this week.
“Everyone has been smiling, everyone has been positive and we are keen to go there and do well.”
FA Cup fourth round: Kidderminster dreaming of FA Cup giant-killing as West Ham come to town
Kidderminster manager Russ Penn is dreaming of history as his side prepare to host West Ham in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday and knows the omens are good for the non-league side.
An impressive 2-1 win over Championship Reading last month earned Harriers a shot at a high-flying Hammers team in the hunt for Champions League qualification.
West Ham boss David Moyes will be in no mood to take this weekend’s opponents lightly, given he was dumped out of the competition by Kidderminster as a player at Preston in 1994.
Kidderminster dreaming of FA Cup giant-killing as West Ham come to town
When Harries made the fifth round in 1994 David Moyes and West Ham’s co-owners were beaten along the way.
FA Cup fourth round: David Moyes on the FA Cup
West Ham boss David Moyes spoke about the beauty of the FA Cup in his pre-game press conference and said that his team will respect Kidderminster and are expecting a tough game. Moyes said:
It’s what it’s all about. I’ve seen lots of signs of it. I’ve been in winning teams and losing teams in different levels of the competition. You never know how the Cup’s going to go, but we’re looking forward to the game.
“I would hope that we would always give any club respect, and with respect, you might not know all their players or how the stadium looks, so you have to do even more work and be as prepared as you possibly can be
“We did a good job against Leeds in the first game, and I would put Kidderminster in that same category: it’s another tough game for us.
“We’ve got to prepare right, be ready, inform the players as much as we can regarding their players and how we see the game going, and we’ll try and do that.”
FA Cup fourth round: Chelsea vs Plymouth Argyle
Chelsea are aiming to progress from the FA Cup fourth round to the fifth round for the 25th time in 28 seasons.
This is the first meeting between the teams in any competition for 33 years and the fourth time they have faced each other in the FA Cup.
FA Cup fourth round: Tuchel tests positive for Covid-19
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel will miss today’s FA Cup tie with Plymouth Argyle after testing positive for Covid-19 the club has announced.
Tuchel will now follow the necessary self-isolation protocols and hopes to join up with the team in Abu Dhabi later next week when they fly out for the Club World Cup.
FA Cup fourth round: Chelsea vs Plymouth Argyle team changes
Thomas Tuchel makes fives changes to the Chelsea team that cruised past Chesterfield 5-1 in the last round of the FA Cup. Kepa Arrizabalaga returns in goal with Antonio Rudiger and Cesar Azpilicueta back in the team. Mason Mount and Jorginho both get starts as Timo Werner drops to the bench and Christian Pulisic is rested.
There are three changes to the Plymouth team that beat Birmingham in the last round. James Bolton, Ryan Hardie and Adam Randell drop out with James Wilson, Panutche Camara and Luke Jephcott coming in to replace them.
FA Cup fourth round: Chelsea vs Plymouth Argyle line-ups
Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Rudiger, Christensen, Sarr, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi, Ziyech, Mount, Lukaku
Plymouth Argyle XI: Cooper, Edwards, Wilson, Scarr, Gillesphey, Grant, Camara, Houghton, Mayor, Jephcott, Garrick
FA Cup fourth round: Kidderminster vs West Ham team changes
Kidderminster manager Russell Penn makes just one change from the team that defeated Reading in the FA Cup third round as Matt Preston comes into the team in place of Keziah Martin.
David Moyes meanwhile makes five changes to his West Ham team that beat Leeds 2-0 in the last round. Kurt Zouma is back in defence with Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek both rested in favour of Mark Noble and Alex Kral. Manuel Lanzini and Michail Antonio drop out with Said Benrahma and Andriy Yarmolenko back in the starting XI.
FA Cup fourth round: Kidderminster vs West Ham line-ups
Kidderminster XI: Simpson, Penny, Nathan, Bajrami, Richards, Preston, Carrington, Hemmings, Austin, Sterling-James, Morgan-Smith
West Ham XI: Areola, Fredericks, Zouma, Diop, Johnson, Noble, Kral, Vlasic, Benrahma, Bowen, Yarmolenko
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