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Manchester City will hope to secure a place in the FA Cup fifth round draw and here are all the key details.
Manchester City will hope to secure a place in the FA Cup fifth round when they host Salford City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday 14 February 2026.
Pep Guardiola has already suggested he could make wholesale changes to his starting line up for the match, but he also insisted he would not underestimate the quality of their League Two opposition. The Blues booked their place in the fourth round when they thrashed Exeter City 10-1 last month, while they also secured an emphatic 8-0 victory over Salford City in the competition last season.
The Ammies are competing in the FA Cup fourth round in the first time in the club’s history after they defeated Swindon Town 3-2 last month. The FA Cup fourth round tie must be decided on Saturday, with extra-time and penalties to follow if the scores are level at the end of normal time. The winner will go into the FA Cup fifth round draw, and here are all the crucial details.
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When is the FA Cup fifth round draw?
The FA Cup fifth round will be made on Monday 16 February 2026 at approximately 6:35pm GMT. The draw will be made during the pre-match coverage of Macclesfield vs Brentford. The draw will be available to watch on TNT Sports 1, discovery+ and on the TNT Sports YouTube. It can either be watched on television or streamed online. The draw will be conducted by Joe Cole and Karen Carney.
FA Cup fifth round fixture dates
The Emirates FA Cup fifth round will be played over the course of the weekend of Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March 2026. As with earlier rounds, matches could also be selected for live television coverage on Friday 6 March and Monday 9 March. Those selections will be decided in the days following the fifth round draw.
FA Cup fifth round ball numbers
1. Liverpool or Brighton & Hove Albion
2. Stoke City or Fulham
3. Oxford United or Sunderland
4. Southampton or Leicester City
5. Wrexham
6. Arsenal or Wigan Athletic
7. Chelsea
8. Burton Albion or West Ham United
9. Burnley or Mansfield Town
10. Norwich City or West Bromwich Albion
11. Port Vale or Bristol City
12. Grimsby Town or Wolverhampton Wanderers
13. Aston Villa or Newcastle United
15. Macclesfield or Brentford
16. Birmingham City or Leeds United
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