Mansfield Town's reward for their sensational FA Cup fourth round giant-killing at Burnley on Saturday was a mouthwatering home tie with Premier Division leaders Arsenal in tonight’s draw.
Mikel Arteta's men are still fighting on four fronts this season and are currently four points clear at the top of the table.
The clubs have only ever clashed once before and that was in the FA Cup back in January 1929 when the Gunners won 2-0 at Highbury against a Mansfield side playing at that time in the Midland Counties League.
Stags came from behind to win 2-1 at Turf Moor on Saturday to beat a Premier League side in the competition for the first time and make round five for only the fifth time in the club's history and the first time since 1975, picking up £127,000 in prize money for the victory on the way.
Arsenal will provide the biggest test Stags could have faced in round five.placeholder image
Arsenal will provide the biggest test Stags could have faced in round five.
But to reach the quarter-finals for only the second time ever, the Stags now face the toughest test they could have been given.
FA Cup fifth-round matches are scheduled to be held across the weekend of 7th-8th March.
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