Football writer Ben Bloom looks at the remaining Premier League sides in FA Cup fifth-round action and what to expect.
Six Premier League teams are in FA Cup fifth-round action on Sunday and Monday as the competition reaches the business end of the competition and supporters start to dream of Wembley.
Seven of the eight quarter-final places will be taken by Premier League clubs, with Aston Villa, AFC Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Manchester City joined by the winners from the three all-Premier League ties to be played today and tomorrow.
Only Preston North End of the Championship remain of the 11 lower-tier clubs that reached the fifth round, booking their place in the last eight of the competition with a 3-0 victory over Burnley.
There was no such joy for Cardiff City, Millwall and Plymouth Argyle, who all bowed out to Premier League opposition.
Here is everything you need to know about the FA Cup fifth round.
FA Cup fifth-round fixtures and results (all times GMT)
Friday 28 February
Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff City Villa report
Saturday 1 March
12:15 Crystal Palace 3-1 Millwall Palace report
12:15 Preston North End 3-0 Burnley
15:00 AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Bournemouth won 5-4 on pens) Bournemouth report | Wolves report
17:45 Manchester City 3-1 Plymouth Argyle Man City report
Sunday 2 March
13:45 Newcastle United 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Newcastle report | Brighton report
16:30 Manchester United v Fulham
Monday 3 March
19:30 Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town
Match previews
Newcastle v Brighton
Newcastle have already booked themselves a shot at a first major piece of domestic silverware for 70 years with the EFL Cup final against Liverpool awaiting them on 16 March.
They head into this game on the back of Wednesday’s dress rehearsal for that final - their 2-0 defeat at Liverpool was their fourth Premier League loss in six matches.
Brighton won their fourth successive game – since a 7-0 drubbing at Nottingham Forest – when beating Bournemouth on Tuesday and sit just one point behind Newcastle in eighth place.
A Danny Welbeck goal was enough for Fabian Hurzeler’s side to come out on top of the previous encounter between these two sides in October.
Man Utd v Fulham
Despite the early loss of Patrick Dorgu to a red card last Wednesday, Man Utd managed to beat Ipswich Town 3-2 to ease pressure on head coach Ruben Amorim, who has endured a tough time at the helm.
His side sit 14th in the Premier League, but are reigning FA Cup holders and progressed direct to the UEFA Europa League round of 16 with ease.
Goals have been in short supply this campaign, although United have beaten Fulham 1-0 twice in the league and have seen off two top-tier sides in Arsenal and Leicester City to reach the fifth round.
The last time these clubs met in the FA Cup in 2023, Fulham imploded to lose the quarter-final 3-1. The visitors were ahead when Willian, Aleksandar Mitrovic and manager Marco Silva were all sent off, sparking United’s comeback.
Nottingham Forest v Ipswich
The fifth round concludes on Monday night with two teams at opposite ends of the Premier League table. Forest remained third, maintaining their bid for Europe, after holding Arsenal to a goalless draw on Wednesday night.
At the bottom, defeat at Man Utd left Ipswich five points from safety and without a league win this calendar year.
This is already the furthest Ipswich have progressed in the FA Cup for almost 20 years, while they have not reached the quarter-finals since 1992/93.
Forest, who made the last eight three seasons ago, have not lost at home against Ipswich in 15 matches, dating back to the turn of the century.
When will the draw for the next round happen?
The draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals is due to take place on Sunday 2 March, immediately after Man Utd’s match against Fulham, which is due to finish around 18:30 GMT unless it goes to extra-time and penalties.
The quarter-final ties will be played over the weekend of 29/30 March, which follows the final international break of the season and precedes a full round of midweek Premier League fixtures on 1/2 April (Matchweek 30).
Depending on which teams progress from the fifth round, that could mean Premier League clubs facing each other twice in three days, while there could feasibly be two Manchester derbies in a week, with City and United also playing each other in Matchweek 31.
