FA Cup 5th Round Preview

The FA Cup returns this weekend with the famous tournament in the 5th Round. Teams in this part of the FA Cup are already looking at the dream of reaching the final at Wembley. With only 4 games until the final every fan starts to take the tournament seriously at this stage. With this the atmosphere at the stadiums this weekend will be great.

The full list of the games for the 5th Round can be seen below:

Saturday 18th February 2017
Burnley v Lincoln City
Huddersfield Town v Manchester City
Middlesbrough v Oxford United
Millwall v Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea

Sunday 19th February 2017

Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

Monday 20th February 2017

Sutton United v Arsenal

 

Highlight Matches

The games will be played across 3 days with their being not a single all Premier League tie, making some upsets highly possible. Aside from Lincoln traveling to Premier League side Burnley and Chelsea traveling to Wolverhampton Wanderers, here are our picks for the standout games of the FA Cup weekend. We have researched and found that the best FA cup betting odds can be found on 888Sport.

 

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

The two teams are not only based in close proximity but also rivals in the football world. For those who remember back to the 1990’s will know that Blackburn Rovers were once the main rivals of Manchester United, even so they beat them in the race to the Premier League. With strikers of Chris Sutton and Alan Shearer leading the line, they managed to win the Premier League against the odds.

This fixture is always highly intense and promises goals, especially at Ewood Park. Jose Mourinho will be sure to field a strong team to ensure they progress to the 6th Round.

Sutton United v Arsenal
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This fixture is the reason why the FA Cup remains magical and is watched my millions of viewers around the world. The non-league side of Sutton United have never reached the 5th round of the tournament and have been rewarded with a home tie against Premier League powerhouse Arsenal.

Sutton United are currently in 16th in English football’s fifth tier, and play at Gander Green Lane, which has a 5,000 capacity – 55,000 less than Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.

Tickets for the game have just gone on sale and queues for the game are so big they are already around the full stadium. Arsenal have won the tournament 12 times and will be strong favourites to win even though they probably won’t field a strong team.