Premier League sides Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Leeds and one of West Ham and Brentford will play in the quarter finals of the FA Cup along with Southampton and Port Vale
19:10, 09 Mar 2026Updated 19:23, 09 Mar 2026
The FA Cup has reached the quarter finals(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)
League One strugglers Port Vale have been drawn away against Chelsea in the quarter finals of the FA Cup. Port Vale beat Premier League side Sunderland in the fifth round and will have to take the scalp of another top flight side if they want to reach the last four.
Arsenal have been drawn away to Championship side Southampton, who beat Fulham in the fifth round. Manchester City host Liverpool in an all Premier League affair at the Etihad Stadium.
Meanwhile, the winner of West Ham vs Brentford will take on Leeds at home on the weekend of April 4. The draw took place at the London Stadium ahead of West Ham vs Brentford, the final of the fifth-round ties, with ex-England internationals Joe Hart and Joe Cole drawing the balls.
FA Cup quarter final draw in full:
Southampton v ArsenalChelsea v Port ValeManchester City v LiverpoolWest Ham or Brentford v Leeds United
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Port Vale are bottom of League One yet produced a stunning performance to down Premier League side Sunderland 1-0 in the shock of the fifth round. Ben Waine’s 28th-minute goal – their only shot on target in the match – was enough for the Stoke-based club to progress.
“It’s a bit of a pain in the bum, to be honest!” manager Jon Brady said after the win over Sunderland, referring to their fight against relegation.
“It is really because what it’s doing for us is adding to our fixture list and as you saw we lost one of our best centre-halves [Cam Humphreys] and we haven’t got the size of the squad to cope with the amount of games at the moment. It’s a privilege, but it’s tough as well.”
Port Vale players celebrate after knocking Sunderland out of the FA Cup(Image: Carl Recine)
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Premier League frontrunners Arsenal overcame Mansfield Town 2-1 in the fifth round through goals by Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze, avoiding the same fate suffered by Burnley in the previous round. Chelsea survived a scare by beating 10-man Wrexham 4-2 in extra time, while City won 3-1 at Newcastle to record their fourth victory of the season over Eddie Howe’s side.
Southampton took a Premier League scalp in the fifth round by knocking out Fulham 1-0 thanks to a late penalty from Ross Stewart at Craven Cottage. Liverpool avenged their league defeat by Wolves earlier in the week with a 3-1 win at Molineux and Leeds eased past Norwich 3-0 at Elland Road.
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