The fifth round draw was made yesterday and our potential opponents will meet at the Madejski Stadium on Wednesday 18th January in their fourth round tie. Reading reached this stage with an excellent 2-1 win at Middlesbrough whilst West Brom had a comfortable 3-0 home win against Barnsley.
The full fifth round draw is:
Portsmouth or Swansea City v Manchester United or Derby County
Swindon Town or Manchester City v Peterborough United or Fulham
Blackburn Rovers or Coventry City v Stoke City or Brentford
Charlton Athletic or Leicester City v Cardiff City or Tottenham Hotspur
Reading or West Bromwich Albion v Burnley or Ipswich Town
Norwich City or Chelsea v West Ham United or Brighton & Hove Albion
Newcastle United or Watford v Queens Park Rangers or Everton
Bolton Wanderers or Southampton v Nottingham Forest or Wigan Athletic
All of the third round matches have now been confirmed as follows:
Wednesday 11th January
Bolton Wanderers v Southampton
Cardiff City v Tottenham Hotspur
Norwich City v Chelsea
West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Thursday 12th January
Peterborough United v Fulham
Queens Park Rangers v Everton
Stoke City v Brentford
Friday 13th January
Burnley v Ipswich Town
Tuesday 17th January
Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City
Swindon Town v Manchester City
Wednesday 18th January
Charlton Athletic v Leicester City (at Welling United)
Manchester United v Derby County (at Altrincham)
Portsmouth v Swansea City
Reading v West Bromwich Albion
Thursday 19th January
Newcastle United v Watford
Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic