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Liverpool face a trip to either Bristol City of the Championship or Shrewsbury Town of League One in the fourth round of the FA Cup, while for the holders, Manchester City, there is be a home tie with Fulham, also of the Championship, to contend with.
In what was a largely underwhelming draw, the visit of the European champions and current Premier League leaders to lower-league opposition is arguably the tie of the round, and one that will almost certainly see Jürgen Klopp deploy a number of young players, as he did in Liverpool’s third-round victory over Everton.
Having beaten Port Vale in their third-round tie, City will face the team that sits fifth in the second-tier following their victory over Aston Villa. Elsewhere, League One Tranmere will host either Wolves or Manchester United should they get past Watford in the replay that came about after Micky Mellon’s side came back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Vicarage Road on Saturday. Wolves and United drew 0-0 in their third-round tie.
Rochdale and Newcastle also drew and the winner of their replay will host Oxford. Chelsea, meanwhile, head to Hull while Leicester travel to Brentford and Tottenham, should they win their replay against Middlesbrough, will be away at Southampton.
West Ham host West Bromwich Albion while Arsenal or Leeds will travel to Bournemouth. Finally, Norwich take on Burnley, Sheffield United travel to Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday travel to Queens Park Rangers and Northampton, the lowest-ranked side through, host Derby.
All ties will take place on the weekend of 25-26 January.
Women’s FA Cup
The holders Manchester City will take on Manchester United in the fourth round of the Women’s FA Cup. The tie is scheduled to take place on 26 January at United’s Leigh Sports Village home. Last season’s runners-up, West Ham, face a trip to league leaders Arsenal while Chelsea travel to Charlton, Tottenham host Barnsley and Everton entertain the London Bees. Reading are away at London City Lionesses, Brighton head to Aston Villa, Bristol City host Durham and Liverpool welcome Blackburn.
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