Out of the confirmed ties in the next round, there are few to write home about with Manchester City against Fulham a vague highlight
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.
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Watford or Tranmere Rovers v Wolverhampton Wanderers or Manchester United
Hull City v Chelsea
Southampton v Middlesbrough or Tottenham Hotspur
QPR v Sheffield Wednesday
Bournemouth v Arsenal or Leeds
Northampton Town v Derby County
Brentford v Leicester City
Millwall v Sheffield United
Reading or Blackpool v Cardiff City or Carlisle United
West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion
Burnley v Norwich City
Bristol Rovers or Coventry City v Birmingham City
Manchester City v Fulham
Rochdale or Newcastle United v Oxford United
Portsmouth v Barnsley
Bristol City or Shrewsbury Town v Liverpool
Ties to be played over the weekend of January 24-27.
Written by Scott Murray
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2020/jan/06/fa-cup-fourth-round-draw-live under the title “FA Cup fourth-round draw: Man City host Fulham, Chelsea travel to Hull”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
