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Danyal Khan

What are the FA Cup draw ball numbers as Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City eye quarter-finals

The FA Cup fifth round kicked off on Tuesday evening with Crystal Palace into the quarter-finals on the night, but Tottenham were early casualties and will not be taking part in the quarter-final draw.

Holders Leicester City were knocked out in the last round, falling 4-1 to Championship outfit Nottingham Forest, who also dumped out 14-time winners Arsenal back in January.

Premier League leaders Manchester City travelled to the Weston Homes Stadium on Tuesday to ease past Peterborough United, while Middlesbrough pulled off an upset to knock out Tottenham.

Another three fixtures took place on Wednesday night as Luton Town almost knocked out Chelsea but were eventually defeated 3-2, before Southampton beat West Ham at St Mary's and Norwich City fell to Carabao Cup winners Liverpool.

Boreham Wood, who are the last remaining non-league side, travel to Merseyside to take on Everton at Goodison Park on Thursday night whilst the aforementioned Nottingham Forest host Huddersfield to the City Ground next Monday evening.

The winners of these ties will then progress to the quarter-finals, which will take place in less than three weeks time before April's semi-finals at Wembley Stadium.

With all of this in mind, football.london brings you all the ball numbers that will come of a certain interest to fans of the London clubs whom are all dreaming of a iconic Wembley visit.

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What are the ball numbers of each team?

1 - Chelsea

2 - Crystal Palace

3 - Manchester City

4 - Liverpool

5 - Southampton

6 - Middlesbrough

7 - Nottingham Forest or Huddersfield

8 - Everton or Boreham Wood

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