FA Cup draw LIVE: Man City, Aston Villa and Preston learn quarter-final fate after Man Utd face Fulham

The draw for the quarter-final of the FA Cup takes place tonight following the conclusion of Manchester United’s fifth-round tie against Fulham.

Ruben Amorim’s side hope to earn a place in the last eight and continue their defence of the trophy they surprisingly won last season under Erik ten Hag.

Already through to the next round of the competition are Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth while Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City look to win some silverware following a 3-1 victory over Championship club Plymouth Argyle on Saturday. Also in the quarter-finals are Preston North End who defeated Burnley yesterday meaning their will be a representative from the second division in the last eight.

Following today’s two matches, there is one more tie to take place tomorrow, when Nottingham Forest welcome Ipswich Town to the City Ground.

The quarter-final ties will take place across the weekend of 26 March, before Wembley will host the semi-finals on 26 and 27 April and the competition concludes with the final on 17 May.

Follow all the latest updates from the draw below:

FA Cup quarter-final draw LIVE

• The draw for the quarter-finals of the FA Cup takes place from around 7pm, live on BBC One
• Draw begins shortly after the conclusion of Manchester United's match against Fulham
• Aston Villa, Man City and Preston North End are in the pot for the quarter-finals

Manchester City draw Bournemouth as Preston host Villa in FA Cup quarter-finals

19:47 , Mike Jones

Manchester City are now the overwhelming favourites to go on an win the FA Cup this season following their fifth round victory over Plymouth Argyle on Saturday.

Pep Guardiola’s men are the last remaining ‘big six’ club left in the competition after holder Manchester United were knocked out of the tournament by Fulham who triumphed 4-3 in a penalty shootout.

Manchester City draw Bournemouth as Preston host Villa in FA Cup quarter-finals

FA Cup quarter-final draw in full

19:32 , Mike Jones

Fulham vs Crystal Palace

Preston North End vs Aston Villa

Bournemouth vs Manchester City

Brighton vs Nottingham Forest or Ipswich

FA Cup draw live

19:30 , Mike Jones

Brighton are drawn against Nottingham Forest/Ipswich who play their tie tomorrow night.

FA Cup draw live

19:30 , Mike Jones

Bournemouth will face Manchester City.

FA Cup draw live

19:30 , Mike Jones

Preston North End are drawn at home to Aston Villa.

FA Cup draw live

19:29 , Mike Jones

Okay let’s get going...

Denis Irwin will draw the home teams and Danny Murphy pulling out the away.

Fulham have a home match against Crystal Palace.

FA Cup draw live

19:27 , Mike Jones

This will be a quick one as there are only eight teams to be drawn.

Fulham are the latest team to go into the pot with their penalty shootout win over Manchester United.

FA Cup draw live

19:26 , Mike Jones

Former United defender Denis Irwin - a two-time FA Cup winner - and ex-Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy - who won the FA Cup with Liverpool in 2001 - will be making the draw.

Fulham defeat Manchester United on penalties

19:22 , Mike Jones

Victor Lindelof and Joshua Zirkzee had their penalties saved by Bernd Leno and Fulham head into the last eight.

They’re into the quarter-final draw which is up shortly.

Man Utd vs Fulham heading to penalties

19:16 , Mike Jones

The FA Cup quarter-final draw will take place after the conclusion of Man Utd vs Fulham but that game has just gone to penalties at Old Trafford.

More updates can be found here:

Man Utd vs Fulham LIVE: FA Cup score and latest goal updates

Danny Welbeck reacts to Brighton win

19:14 , Mike Jones

“It’s great to get the winning goal,” the match-winner told ITV.

“It was a solid team performance – there was a lot going on in that game today. Lots of ups and downs, but we stuck with it. I'm so proud of the lads.

“Newcastle can always put you under pressure. They are very dangerous, but we stuck to our guns and we put in a great shift.”

Howe on Gordon red card

19:07 , Mike Jones

"It looked harsh, but we will have to analyse it properly,” Eddie Howe, the Newcastle manager, said to ITV.

“We have not seen a replay of it. I am going on my original view, I thought it looked harsh.

“Anthony didn't mean any harm. I have only seen him very briefly and he was very disappointed."

Danny Welbeck settles FA Cup classic with Newcastle

19:01 , Mike Jones

The hosts were without full-back Lewis Hall because of an ankle injury which will require a visit to a specialist, but Alexander Isak’s 22nd-minute penalty gave them a lead which was cancelled out before half time by former Magpie Yankuba Minteh, and an at times scruffy game remained in the balance until Welbeck’s intervention.

Isak had seen a third-minute header from a tight angle blocked by Adam Webster as both sides started with real intent.

Danny Welbeck settles FA Cup classic as Newcastle suffer damaging day

Millwall goalkeeper ‘endangered Mateta’s life’, fumes Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish

18:56 , Mike Jones

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish labelled a tackle by Millwall’s goalkeeper which left striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in hospital “the most reckless challenge I think I’ve ever seen”.

Goalkeeper Liam Roberts was shown a red card, following a VAR review, after coming off his line to clear a long ball and colliding into the on-rushing Mateta in the head with his raised studs.

Frenchman Mateta, who has been in superb form for Premier League side Palace with 15 goals from 33 appearances, was given oxygen on the pitch during a lengthy stoppage before being taken off and put into an ambulance. He was replaced by Eddie Nketiah.

Millwall goalkeeper ‘endangered Mateta’s life’, fumes Palace chairman Steve Parish

Guardiola on O'Reilly's impact

18:50 , Mike Jones

Pep Guardiola praised Nico O’Reilly’s “big presence” after the teenager’s double turned Manchester City’s FA Cup tie against Championship strugglers Plymouth around.

Guardiola said: “Sometimes you take a good decision, otherwise, he would not to score two goals. He’s not a typical player from the academy because, all the academy players, they are so small.

“But he has a big, big presence. Normally, he’s an attacking midfielder, he’s the number 10, arrives to the box really well, has a sense of goal.

“For the (injury) problems that we have, he has adapted really well as a full-back.

“He’s another threat from our set-pieces because we are not a tall team and he helps us.

“He plays really good with the ball and without the ball and he helped us with two fantastic goals.”

Teenage talent Nico O’Reilly saves Man City from FA Cup humbling by Plymouth

18:44 , Mike Jones

For eight minutes, it threatened to be perhaps the most ignominious day of a managerial career that has produced three Champions Leagues, 12 domestic league titles and a couple of FA Cups. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City were losing at home to Plymouth Argyle: the conquerors of Liverpool, admittedly, but the side with the worst defensive record in the country, a team with no away wins in the Championship but, improbable as it appeared, a lead at the Etihad Stadium.

If an improbable script reflected the FA Cup’s enduring ability to surprise, it was also a reflection of the modern Manchester City; more frail and fragile. Even victory brought a hint of the unlikely. City’s rescuer was not Erling Haaland, sent on after an hour, but Nico O’Reilly, a teenage Mancunian who started the night with one senior goal and trebled his tally. “Two goals, I wasn’t expecting it,” he said. Playing out of position, he cast Plymouth’s giantkillers out of the FA Cup.

Teenage talent Nico O’Reilly saves Man City from FA Cup humbling by Plymouth

Emery 'motivated' to reach Wembley

18:38 , Mike Jones

“We are now in the quarter-final and it is one step forward in the competition, we didn’t do that in the last two years,” Unai Emery said.

“There are some teams who are more favourite than us, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle.

“We know this competition is a way for a trophy, a way for Wembley, a way for Europa League and prestige for the club and the supporters are excited and motivated to try and share this opportunity with us.”

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Emery praises Rashford and Asensio

18:32 , Mike Jones

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery hopes Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford can fire his side to FA Cup glory.

Emery said: “Each one is playing in his position, trying to feel comfortable.

“And the players are understanding as well where are the spaces are to use them and trying to overcome the difficulties with the opponent they were facing us.

“Of course, I am very happy how they played and how they are adapting to us.

“We will need them for the next matches and the challenges we have.”

Marco Asensio brace guides Aston Villa into FA Cup quarter-finals

18:25 , Mike Jones

Marco Asensio’s second-half double sent Aston Villa through to their first FA Cup quarter-final in 10 years after a 2-0 win over Championship strugglers Cardiff.

After being frustrated for 68 minutes, the on-loan Paris St. Germain midfielder broke the deadlock from a Marcus Rashford assist before killing the game 10 minutes from time.

Boss Unai Emery said his side are not contenders for the competition before the game, but with Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea already out, they are one of the strongest teams left.

Marco Asensio brace guides Aston Villa into FA Cup quarter-finals

Vitor Pereira remains upbeat despite losing Matheus Cunha

18:19 , Mike Jones

Vitor Pereira rued a costly day for Wolves’ survival hopes after their talisman Matheus Cunha was sent off in a moment of madness during their 5-4 penalty shootout defeat at Bournemouth in the FA Cup fifth round.

Cunha had sent the tie to extra time with a sensational 60th-minute equaliser from range but lost his head with spot-kicks on the horizon.

After Cunha had been flagged offside in the 119th minute, he grabbed Cherries left-back Milos Kerkez around the neck before he appeared to punch, kick and push his head into the face of the same player.

“Matheus is a special player,” Pereira reflected, “In this game the emotional side was very high and not only inside the pitch, but on the bench and in the stands, everywhere and a lot of pressure.

“In the end it happens what can happen. It should not happen but this is something that happens in football.

“Don’t ask me about it because I was looking at the other side. In the end the referee decided the red card.

“Of course the red card is one less player, one less specialist in penalties and the next games without a player that is important for us, but in the end we will start the next game against Everton with 11 and this is the most important for me.

“He is important but I cannot speak about what I don’t know. It is important to check the situation, to look for what happened because I was looking for the other side.

“I cannot judge a situation because the others say to me he kicked, he punched, he did what he did, with the head and the player went to hospital? No, OK but it is a situation that cannot happen of course. To judge the situation, I must have the clear image in my mind.”

Jean-Philippe Mateta speaks out after suffering ‘serious’ injury in Millwall keeper’s horror challenge

18:13 , Mike Jones

Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta has said he will come back “stronger than ever” after being hospitalised in a horror clash with Millwall’s goalkeeper at Selhurst Park on Saturday.

Mateta was injured after the challenge by Millwall’s Liam Roberts, in which the goalkeeper rushed off his line and kicked the striker in the head while clearing the ball.

Roberts was sent off after a VAR review, while Mateta received lengthy treatment on the pitch, being administered oxygen before he was stretchered off and into an ambulance.

Jean-Philippe Mateta speaks out after suffering ‘serious’ injury in horror challenge

Bournemouth earn shootout joy vs Wolves

18:08 , Mike Jones

Bournemouth progressed to the quarter-finals for only the third time in their history after a 5-4 penalty shoot-out win over Wolves.

The fifth-round tie at Vitality Stadium was full of drama with Evanilson’s 30th-minute opener followed by VAR controversy as Milos Kerkez had a second ruled out for offside after an eight-minute check.

Matheus Cunha levelled for Wolves with a second-half stunner to force extra-time, but later lost his head in a moment of madness as referee Sam Barrott sent him off for violent conduct.

Further punishment could come Cunha’s way after he repeatedly clashed with Kerkez before penalties followed and after Matt Doherty missed when he had the chance to send Wolves through, Boubacar Traore hit the crossbar and Luis Sinisterra won it for Bournemouth.

When will the FA Cup quarter-final ties take place?

18:02 , Mike Jones

According to the FA’s official website, the quarter-final ties are scheduled to take place over the weekend of Saturday, 29 March.

The semi-finals are then booked in for Wembley across the weekend of 26 April, with the final taking place on Saturday, 17 May.

Who has qualified for the FA Cup quarter-finals?

17:55 , Mike Jones

Ahead of the quarter-final draw, there are seven ties taking place in the fifth round across this weekend with a final eighth tie between Nottingham Forest and Ipswich being played on Monday.

The sides already in the quarter-final hat are:

• Aston Villa
• Crystal Palace
• Preston North End
• Bournemouth
• Manchester City
• Brighton
• Manchester United or Fulham
• Nottingham Forest or Ipswich

How to watch the FA Cup draw

17:49 , Mike Jones

The draw will take place live as part of BBC One’s broadcast of the match between Manchester United and Fulham.

It will also stream live on the BBC iPlayer.

When is the draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals?

17:43 , Mike Jones

The FA Cup draw will take place after the conclusion of the match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford on Sunday, 2 March.

It is expected to start after 6.30pm GMT.

FA Cup fifth round so far

17:37 , Mike Jones

The road to the FA Cup final continues this weekend as 16 sides bid to book a place in the quarter-finals.

Manchester United and Newcastle are among the top-flight sides vying for a place in the last eight today.

Aston Villa beat Cardiff on Friday night to book their spot while Preston defeated fellow Championship side Burnley on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals.

Crystal Palace saw off south London neighbours Millwall, before Bournemouth edged Wolves in a dramatic penalty shootout.

Giant-killers Plymouth couldn’t repeat the trick against Manchester City, having beaten Liverpool in round four, while Man Utd are trying to salvage something from an embarrassing season as they face Fulham this afternoon.

Brighton through after Newcastle victory

17:30 , Mike Jones

Brighton have earned their spot in the quarter-finals after a victory over Newcastle earlier today.

A penalty for Alexander Isak sent the Magpies into the lead before Yankuba Minteh equalised just before the break.

Anthony Gordon and Tariq Lamptey were both shown red cards before the end of the 90 minutes and Danny Welbeck ended up as the hero with an extra-time strike.

FA Cup quarter-final draw LIVE

12:21 , Chris Wilson

Good evening and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of tonight’s FA Cup quarter-final draw.

The draw begins shortly after the conclusion of Manchester United’s match against Fulham today.

Teams including Man City, Aston Villa and Preston have already earned a place in the last eight, with either Nottingham Forest or Ipswich hoping to join them when they face off tomorrow.