Monday produced the draw for the FA Cup 5th round and there was no big clash pulled out between any of the front-runners in the competition. The elite Premier League sides left in the tournament really should all be pretty happy with their respective draws in the hunt for the famous piece of silverware. The quarter finals should be Premier League-heavy.
FA Cup favourites at Stan James, Manchester City go out on the road to face League One ladders Wigan who knocked West Ham out in the last round, while Manchester United would have to go to the winner of the Huddersfield/Birmingham replay and neither of the Manchester sides will be sweating about the draw. Chelsea gets a comfortable looking home game at Championship strugglers Hull.
Tottenham, if they get past Newport in their replay would have a trip to Millwall or Rochdale, while Leicester gets a very nice home draw at the King Power against Sheffield United who have been struggling for form over the second half of the season. Swansea would go to the out-of-sorts Sheffield Wednesday if they can grind their way past Notts County in their fourth-round replay, while Brighton take on League Two side Coventry at home.
That leaves one all-Premier League clash of West Brom v Southampton from the Hawthorns. The Baggies pulled off one of the shocks of the last round in beating Liverpool at Anfield.
FA Cup Winner Odds*
Man City 5/2, Man Utd 7/2, Chelsea 7/2, Tottenham 5/1, Leicester 14/1, Southampton 25/1, Brighton 50/1, West Brom 50/1, 100/1 bar* (Betting odds taken January 28th, 2018 at 8:16 p.m.)
FA Cup Fifth Round Draw
Sheffield Wednesday v Notts County/Swansea
West Brom v Southampton
Chelsea v Hull
Leicester v Sheffield United
Huddersfield/Birmingham v Manchester United
Millwall/Rochdale v Newport County or Tottenham
Brighton v Coventry
Wigan v Manchester City
