FA Cup draw LIVE: Man City, Aston Villa and Preston learn quarter-final fate after Man Utd face Fulham
Crystal Palace and Bournemouth are also through and will find out their opponents in the last eight of the competition
The draw for the quarter-final of the FA Cup takes place tonight following the conclusion of Manchester United’s fifth-round tie against Fulham.
Ruben Amorim’s side hope to earn a place in the last eight and continue their defence of the trophy they surprisingly won last season under Erik ten Hag.
Already through to the next round of the competition are Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth while Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City look to win some silverware following a 3-1 victory over Championship club Plymouth Argyle on Saturday. Also in the quarter-finals are Preston North End who defeated Burnley yesterday meaning their will be a representative from the second division in the last eight.
Following today’s two matches, there is one more tie to take place tomorrow, when Nottingham Forest welcome Ipswich Town to the City Ground.
The quarter-final ties will take place across the weekend of 26 March, before Wembley will host the semi-finals on 26 and 27 April and the competition concludes with the final on 17 May.
Follow all the latest updates from the draw below:
Manchester City draw Bournemouth as Preston host Villa in FA Cup quarter-finals
Manchester City are now the overwhelming favourites to go on an win the FA Cup this season following their fifth round victory over Plymouth Argyle on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s men are the last remaining ‘big six’ club left in the competition after holder Manchester United were knocked out of the tournament by Fulham who triumphed 4-3 in a penalty shootout.
Manchester City draw Bournemouth as Preston host Villa in FA Cup quarter-finals
FA Cup quarter-final draw in full
Fulham vs Crystal Palace
Preston North End vs Aston Villa
Bournemouth vs Manchester City
Brighton vs Nottingham Forest or Ipswich
FA Cup draw live
Brighton are drawn against Nottingham Forest/Ipswich who play their tie tomorrow night.
FA Cup draw live
Okay let’s get going...
Denis Irwin will draw the home teams and Danny Murphy pulling out the away.
Fulham have a home match against Crystal Palace.
FA Cup draw live
This will be a quick one as there are only eight teams to be drawn.
Fulham are the latest team to go into the pot with their penalty shootout win over Manchester United.
FA Cup draw live
Former United defender Denis Irwin - a two-time FA Cup winner - and ex-Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy - who won the FA Cup with Liverpool in 2001 - will be making the draw.
Fulham defeat Manchester United on penalties
Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee had their penalties saved by Bernd Leno and Fulham head into the last eight.
They’re into the quarter-final draw which is up shortly.
Man Utd vs Fulham heading to penalties
The FA Cup quarter-final draw will take place after the conclusion of Man Utd vs Fulham but that game has just gone to penalties at Old Trafford.
More updates can be found here:
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