Middlesbrough or West Brom v Man United or Reading
Arsenal or Blackburn v Man City
Chelsea v Tottenham
Plymouth v Watford
Matches will take place on 10th and 11th March
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The FA Cup Qtr-final draw has been completed but with three unsettled 5th round games still to be resolved there are eight Premiership teams and two Championship sides left in the competition.
Chelsea were rewarded with yet another home draw, their fourth this season, as fellow Londoners Tottenham make the trip across town. However, Martin Jol’s men will be boosted by their 2-1 win over the Blues at White Hart Lane in the league back in November. In the outright betting Chelsea are now into BestPrice 7/4 from 15/8 while Tottenham are as big as 12/1.
Arsenal are not making it easy for themselves in this competition and face another trip up north to face Blackburn in their 5th round replay, but if they do progress into the Qtr-finals proper than a home tie with Man City awaits. Because they are still to get by Blackburn the Gunners are around 9/2 in the outright betting while Man City can be backed at 25/1.
The other two unsettled ties between Boro and WBA and Man Utd and Reading mean that there are four possible outcomes at this stage to this tie, but with Boro and Man Utd the most likely Ferguson will not be too worried knowing that their last four trips to the Riverside have resulted in three United wins. Of the quartet Man Utd are the shortest in the outright betting at around 3/1, with Boro’s and Reading’s quote of 33/1 sure to disappear if they can cause an upset.
The remaining clash sees Championship side Plymouth looking to gain some revenge over Premiership strugglers Watford at Home Park after the Londoners beat them back in the 1984 semi-final.
* All prices correct at time of writing.
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