FA Cup fourth round: 10 things to look out for this weekend

22-Jan-2021 00:01:48 | The Guardian

Liverpool meet Man Utd once again, Chorley need ‘a miracle’ against Wolves and Luton could hurt Lampard

Last season’s fifth-round exit at the hands of Chelsea represented the furthest a Jürgen Klopp team had progressed in the FA Cup. He has been in England for more than five years but his attitude to the world’s oldest competition remains enigmatic at best, dismissive at worst. The biorhythms of a German season, including its winter break, continue to beat within him. Klopp has habitually blooded youngsters in the Cup, plus hardy perennials like James Milner. Last season, particularly in the third-round win at Everton, Curtis Jones announced his credentials and is likely to be granted a leading role at Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjær is more of an FA Cup traditionalist and can be expected to select a stronger team; his squad has been far less riven by injuries and fatigue than the opponent they drew 0-0 with last Sunday. United’s manager has fourth-round history with Liverpool; he scored a late 1999 winner that preluded future super-sub heroics but the time when these great rivals would throw the kitchen sink at each other in the Cup’s early rounds is sadly long passed. JB

Manchester United v Liverpool, Sunday 5pm (all times GMT)

Chorley v Wolves, Friday 7.45pm

Chelsea v Luton, Sunday 12pm

Everton v Sheffield Wednesday, Sunday 8pm

Southampton v Arsenal, Saturday 12.15pm

Cheltenham v Manchester City, Saturday 5.30pm

Sheffield United v Plymouth, Saturday 3pm

Brentford v Leicester, Sunday 2.30pm

Swansea City v Nottingham Forest, Saturday 3pm

Wycombe v Tottenham, Monday 7.45pm

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FA Cup fourth round: 10 things to look out for this weekend