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The FA Cup fifth round is now completed, all 16 clubs known.
Newcastle United, Bournemouth, Maidstone United, Brighton, Luton, Leicester and Man City moving into the last 16.
We now know all the details of the FA Cup fifth round (full match schedule below).
The breakdown of the 16 clubs in the FA Cup fifth round is:
Top tier (Premier League): Ten clubs
Second tier (Championship): Five clubs
Sixth tier (National League South): One club
There are three all Premier League ties, four of them see Premier League up against Championship (including Newcastle at Blackburn), whilst Championship Coventry are at home to National League South Maidstone, ensuring at least one n on-Premier League club in the quarter-finals.
Following the win for Newcastle United at Fulham and the FA Cup fifth round of matches (including replays) now complete, this is how the bookies now generally see the chances of the 16 clubs left in the competition:
2/1 Man City
3/1 Liverpool
9/1 Newcastle United
9/1 Man U
12/1 Chelsea
16/1 Brighton
25/1 Bournemouth, Wolves
50/1 Leicester
66/1 Luton, Leeds, Forest
80/1 Southampton, Coventry
250/1 Blackburn
1,000/1 Maidstone
Full FA Cup fifth round schedule:
Monday 26 February
Coventry v Maidstone at 7.45pm on ITV4 and ITVX
Tuesday 27 February
Bournemouth v Leicester at 7.30pm on BBC iPlayer
Blackburn v Newcastle United at 7.45pm on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport
Luton v Man City at 8pm on ITV1, UTV, STV and ITVX
Wednesday 28 February
Wolves v Brighton at 7.45pm on BBC iPlayer
Nottingham Forest v Man U at 7.45pm on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport
Liverpool v Southampton at 8pm on ITV1, UTV, STV and ITVX
Chelsea v Leeds United at 7.45pm (Time TBC) on ITV4 (channel TBC)
All eyes on Sunday afternoon then for this FA Cup fifth round draw.
All 2023-24 FA Cup Round Dates
Extra Preliminary Round – Saturday 5 August 2023
Preliminary Round – Saturday 19 August 2023
First Round Qualifying – Saturday 2 September 2023
Second Round Qualifying – Saturday 16 September 2023
Third Round Qualifying – Saturday 30 September 2023
Fourth Round Qualifying – Saturday 14 October 2023
First Round Proper – Saturday 4 November 2023
Second Round Proper – Saturday 2 December 2023
Third Round Proper – Saturday 6 January 2024
Fourth Round Proper – Saturday 27 January 2024
Fifth Round Proper – Wednesday 28 February 2024
Quarter-final – Saturday 16 March 2024
Semi-final – Saturday 20 April 2024
The Final – Saturday 25 May 2024
Newcastle United confirmed matches to end of March 2024:
Saturday 10 February 2024 – Forest v Newcastle (5.30pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 17 February 2024 – Newcastle v Bournemouth (3pm)
Saturday 24 February 2024 – Arsenal v Newcastle (8pm) TNT Sports
Tuesday 27 February 2024 – Blackburn v Newcastle (7.45pm) BBC1
Saturday 2 March 2024 – Newcastle v Wolves (3pm)
Monday 11 March 2024 – Chelsea v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 16 March 2024 – Crystal Palace v Newcastle (3pm) ***If Newcastle beat Blackburn, NUFC will be playing in FA Cup sixth round this weekend instead.
Saturday 30 March 2024 – Newcastle v West Ham (12.30pm) TNT Sports

 
