The action in the FA Cup continues to boil towards a big showdown one way or another. That is because, just as in the fifth round, the front-runners in the outright winner market all managed to avoid each other as the quarter-final draw for this year’s competition was made on Sunday.
Manchester City and Manchester United look to have a slight advantage of all the big four left in as they have been drawn at home. City, who are the 7/4 favourites with bet365* (betting odds taken at 00:26 a.m. on February 19th, 2018) would get to host Southampton if they manage to safely navigate their way past Wigan in their fifth-round tie on Monday night.
Manchester United will take on fellow Premier League side Brighton at Old Trafford, which is a repeat of the 1983 final. Things get a little tougher for Chelsea though as they have a tricky tie at the King Power against Leicester, while Tottenham will head out on the road to face either Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea.
Tottenham will still have to get past League One side Rochdale after the two of them battled out tremendous Cup tie at Spotland on Sunday. After leading at half time, Rochdale were staring defeat in the face after Harry Kane slotted home a late penalty to give Spurs a 2-1 lead. But deep into stoppage time, Dale found an equalizer to get themselves a trip to Wembley.
FA Cup Outright Winner Odds*
Man City 7/4, Man Utd 4/1, Chelsa 5/1, Spurs 9/2, Leicester 12/1, Southampton 25/1, Brighton 33/1, Swansea 40/1, Sheffield Wednesday 200/1, Wigan 250/1, Rochdale 1000/1* (betting odds taken at 00:26 a.m. on February 19th, 2018)
FA Cup Quarter Final Draw
Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea v Rochdale or Tottenham
Man Utd v Brighton
Leicester v Chelsea
Wigan or Man City v Southampton.
Ties to be played March 16-19, no replays.
