FA Cup preview: Chelsea vs Liverpool, Derby vs Man United headline 5th round games

March 2, 2020 By Ali M.

Topics: TV Schedules, Portsmouth, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich City, Tottenham, Derby County, Manchester United, FA Cup

Chelsea vs Liverpool headlines this round in the FA Cup while Derby vs Man United is another intriguing tie.

2019/20 FA Cup 5th round matches -- Time and date

Monday, March 02, 2020

Portsmouth vs Arsenal at 14:45 ET/19:45 GMT

Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Chelsea vs Liverpool at 14:45 ET/19:45 GMT
Reading vs Sheffield United at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
West Brom vs Newcastle at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT

Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Leicester vs Birmingham City at 14:45 ET/19:45 GMT
Sheffield Wednesday vs Man City at 14:45 ET/19:45 GMT
Tottenham vs Norwich City at 14:45 ET/19:45 GMT

Thursday, March 05, 2020

Derby County vs Man United at 14:45 ET/19:45 GMT

Team news/injuries

Portsmouth vs Arsenal

Out: Tierney, Chambers, Kolasinac, Cedric (Arsenal)

Doubts: Naylor, Curtis (Portsmouth); Mustafi

Chelsea vs Liverpool

Out: Hudson-Odoi, Pulisic, van Ginkel, Kante (Chelsea); Clyne, Shaqiri, Henderson (Liverpool)

Doubts: Lofuts-Cheek, Abraham (Chelsea); Milner, Keita, Gomez (Liverpool)

Sheffield Wednesday vs Man City

Out: Luongo, Wickham (Sheffield); Laporte (Man City)

Doubts: Reach, Odubajo (Sheffield); Sane, Aguero (Man City)

Derby vs Man United

Out: Huddlestone, Holmes, Bielik, Hepburn-Murphy (Derby); Pogba, Rashford, Grant, Fosu-Mensah (Man Utd)

Doubts: Tuanzebe (Man Utd)

Preview

The fifth round of the FA Cup is upon us and several of England’s top sides will be in action. Unfortunately, all but Man City head into their respective fixtures on the back of disappointing results.

Arsenal will be in action first, visiting Portsmouth after their embarrassing Europa League exit. The Gunners lost 2-1 at home to Olympiakos and bowed out of the competition on away goal. Aubameyang missed a great opportunity to send his side through at the death and probably won’t get the chance to make amends in this game as he looks set to be rested.

The game to watch is definitely Chelsea vs Liverpool. Both sides suffered disappointing results over the weekend and will be keen on bouncing back in this midweek clash. Klopp’s men suffered a shock 3-0 loss at Watford to bring their unbeaten run to an end while Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth, another stumble in their top-four race.

Man United is another side battling to qualify for the Champions League but were held to a 1-1 draw at Everton. Derby will be their opponent and it will be interesting to see whether Solskjaer will name a strong squad and exhibit his intentions in this competition.

As for Man City, they were recently crowned as the League Cup champions, beating Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup final. Sheffield Wednesday will face a David vs Goliath task but will give it their all to bring down the Citizens nonetheless.