FA Cup fifth round draw: Arsenal to face Blackburn as Manchester United host Reading

Arsenal will face Championship club Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round at the Emirates Stadium, while Manchester United will host Reading in an all-Premier League clash.

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND DRAW

H’field or Leicester
MK Dons
Oldham
Luton
Arsenal
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
vs
Wigan
Barnsley
Everton
Millwall
Blackburn
Leeds
Reading
Brentford/Chelsea

Manchester City will welcome Leeds, who knocked out Tottenham on Sunday, to the Etihad Stadium, while Liverpool’s conquerors Oldham will face another Merseyside club in Everton.

If they can beat Brentford at the second attempt, Chelsea will face a trip to Middlesbrough in the last 16, while giantkillers Luton, who knocked out Norwich, will play Millwall at Kenilworth Road.

MK Dons, who also put out a Premier League club in QPR, will face Barnsley at home while the winners of the replay between Huddersfield and Leicester will play Wigan.

That means the tie between Premier League leaders United and struggling Reading is the only to feature two top flight clubs after a weekend of surprise results.

On Friday, Aston Villa were dispatched by Millwall, before MK Dons and Luton sprung shocks away to QPR and Norwich respectively.

Their triumphs were followed on Sunday by Brentford’s draw against Chelsea at Griffin Park and Oldham’s 3-2 victory over Liverpool.

The fifth round fixtures will take place over the weekend of February 16 and 17.

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