Wednesday, 1 February 2017

FA CUP FIFTH-ROUND DRAW:- Arsenal to face non league minnows Sutton United

The Gunners will be hoping to evade a giantkilling
while holders Manchester United peregrinate to
Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea take on Wolves.
National League side Sutton United have been
handed a dream FA Cup fifth-round draw, with
Arsenal at home looming as the most astronomically immense game in
their history.Fellow non-League side Lincoln City withal drew
top-flight opposition in Burnley, who they will face at
Turf Moor.
The FA Cup has never had two teams from outside
the Football League in its fifth round until this
season, with Lincoln optically discerning off Championship title
contenders Brighton & Hove Albion afore Sutton
stunned Leeds- similarly perched in the
second tier - at Gander Green Lane.
Each of the eight Premier League sides remaining
in a competition of shocks have been severed,
with Wolves hoping to integrate Antonio Conte's Chelsea
to the list of Premier League clubs they have
knocked out after beating Stoke City and Liverpool.
Fulham host Tottenham in an all-London affair,
Middlesbrough take on League One side Oxford and the victors of the
Derby County against
Leicester City replay will peregrinate to Millwall.

FA Cup fifth round draw in full:-
Burnley v Lincoln City
Fulham v Tottenham
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
Sutton Uniteded v Arsenal
Middlesbrough v Oxford United
Wolves v Chelsea
Huddersfield v Manchester City
Millwall v Derby County or Leicester City
Ties are due to be played between Friday, February
17 and Monday, February 20.

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