FA Cup 5th-round draw: Chelsea pitted against Manchester City, Arsenal vs. Hull
The later rounds of the FA Cup are taking shape, where 736 teams have been whittled down to 16 since last summer. The fixtures for the fifth round were drawn out of the bag in the wake of Chelsea's comprehensive 5-1 victory at Championship struggler Milton Keynes Dons on Sunday.
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Drawn first and headlining the draw is Chelsea hosting Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. The pair last met in the FA Cup in 2014, when unanswered goals from Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri confirmed the Citizens' advancement into the last eight.
The lowest-placed team remaining in the competition is Shrewsbury Town, who has seen off Gainsborough Trinity, Grimsby Town, Cardiff City, and Sheffield Wednesday so far, with the latter victory coming in rather dramatic fashion on Saturday. The 20th-placed League One outfit earned a money-spinning meeting with Manchester United.
Familiar foes Arsenal and Hull City will meet once again in the FA Cup. Arsene Wenger's side beat the Yorkshire club 3-2 in an entertaining final in 2014, and then got the better of it once again with a 2-0 scoreline in the 2014-15 third round. Steve Bruce will be desperate for the Tigers not to fall to Arsenal for the third consecutive time in the world's oldest association football competition.
Here's the draw for the fifth round of the competition in full:
Chelsea vs. Manchester City
Reading vs. West Bromwich Albion or Peterborough United
Watford vs. Leeds United
Shrewsbury Town vs. Manchester United
Blackburn Rovers vs. Liverpool or West Ham
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Crystal Palace
Arsenal vs. Hull City
Bournemouth vs. Everton
The matches are scheduled for the weekend of February 19-22.
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