Manchester United were drawn at home to Brighton in an FA Cup quarter-final draw which saw all the big guns avoid each other on Saturday evening.
Jose Mourinho’s men learned they would face the Seagulls shortly after sealing their place in the last eight with a 2-0 fifth-round win at Huddersfield thanks to Romelu Lukaku’s brace.
Wigan or Manchester City, who meet on Monday night, will host Southampton, while Chelsea visit Leicester and the winners of Sunday’s Rochdale-Tottenham tie will travel to Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea.
Chelsea and Leicester advanced on Friday night, with respective 4-0 and 1-0 victories over Hull and Sheffield United.
Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea face a replay after their fifth-round clash at Hillsborough ended goalless on Saturday lunchtime.
The quarter-final ties will be played over the weekend of March 16-19.
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Last eight
If everything goes with the form book then we should be looking at Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Spurs in the semi-final. The FA Cup is rarely that simple, so we should end up with an upset or two, if we are lucky.
We do get a repeat of the 1983 FA Cup final when Manchester United host Brighton but other than that it looks like it could be a quiet round. Only time will tell, though.
Draw in full
Wigan or Manchester City v Southampton
Leicester v Chelsea
Manchester United v Brighton
Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea City v Rochdale or Spurs
The key thing to the draw is that the semi-finals could be very exciting.
The games will take the weekend between 16 and 19 March.
Wigan or Manchester City v Southampton
Leicester v Chelsea
Manchester United v Brighton
Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea City v Rochdale or Spurs
Well done, Michael...
A reminder of the numbers...
1 Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea City
2 Southampton
3 Chelsea
4 Leicester City
5 Manchester United
6 Rochdale or Tottenham Hotspur
7 Brighton
8 Wigan or Manchester City
Saajan’s is available...
@Will_Unwin Now live in Spain and so miss Seekh on Nan with lots of chilli sauce from Abduls (there are other kebab shops)
— Paul Howarth (@TOOFEE) February 17, 2018
Let’s remind Owen and Given when they were happy and sad playing the FA Cup. Wonderful.
The draw is nearly here!! Numbers ahoy!
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There is plenty more to kebabs than doner, Lawro. Have you never been down the Curry Mile in Manchester? Loads of options for something different. Also, some wonderful Turkish restaurants in north and east London. I will take you for a kebab whenever you want, Lawro.
Just listening to 5Live and Mark Lawrenson has just admitted that he has never eaten a kebab! Surely this needs to be rectified immediately.
Also...why is it being delayed to this point? There are only eight balls, it shouldn’t take much time at all.
If anyone has a view as to why the draw is now on a Saturday, I would appreciate it. Some of us are trying to finish work.
A debut goal from Locadia and plenty more from Brighton earlier today, as Nick Ames will tell you in his report.
Can Wigan repeat this upset?
Will there be a potential Manchester derby on the cards? Here’s how United made it through:
As this is not actually The One Show I will have to make up short segments of the programmes, such as Phil Tufnell investigating whether cheese can be used a pencils and Ainsley Harriott on an independent furniture store in Nottingham which has sold four wicker chairs this year.
Southampton made their way through by beating West Brom. Taxi for Pardew?
The numbers!
1 Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea City
2 Southampton
3 Chelsea
4 Leicester City
5 Manchester United
6 Rochdale or Tottenham Hotspur
7 Brighton
8 Wigan or Manchester City
Preamble
Welcome to The One Show! I will be Gyles Brandreth and we will be forced people to shake hands after each tie is drawn out.
We’ve gone from having the draw on a Monday night to a Saturday in the hope this is more prime time!
We now know the majority of teams through to the Sixth Round/quarter-final/last-eight stage. It is only Premier League clubs who will definitely play in the next round with Chelsea, Leicester, Southampton, Brighton and Manchester United through. Rochdale, Sheffield Wednesday and Wigan still have some hope of making it at the expense of top-flight teams but we will have to wait on that.
Will the balls be heated so we can get more glamour ties like Leicester v Brighton? Only time will tell.
The glamorous news is that Michael Owen and Shay Given will be drawing the teams.
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