Details of 'double draw' for FA Cup fourth and fifth round unveiled as Leeds United prepare for Crawley Town

LEEDS United will discover their opponents in both the FA Cup fourth and fifth round on Monday if navigating their way past third round hosts Crawley Town.
By Lee Sobot
Published 6th Jan 2021, 17:36 BST
Updated 7th Jan 2021, 11:30 BST
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Leeds have been drawn away to League Two outfit Crawley with the clash in West Sussex set to be screened live on the BBC on Sunday for a 1.30pm kick-off.

The contest will be decided on the day with replays scrapped for the 2020-21 campaign to ease pressure on the football calendar.

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The FA have announced that the draws for both the fourth round and fifth round will then take place the following evening as part of BT Sport 1’s pre-match coverage of the third round tie between Stockport County and West Ham United.

UP FOR THE CUP: The FA Cup, which is held by Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side. Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images.UP FOR THE CUP: The FA Cup, which is held by Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side. Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images.
UP FOR THE CUP: The FA Cup, which is held by Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side. Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images.

The draws for the fourth and fifth round games are being made back-to-back to aid with fixture scheduling.

Reshmin Chowdhury will host the draws with Peter Crouch conducting and pulling out the numbers.

Leeds or Crawley will be ball no 19 and the fourth round draw is scheduled to take place at 7.10pm before the fifth round draw will be held at around 7.23pm.

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Fans can also watch the draws live on the official Emirates FA Cup Twitter and Facebook channels.

The fourth round ties will take place over the weekend of January 23 with the fifth round games being held on Wednesday, February 10.

All 32 of this weekend's third round ties are available to watch live in the UK on either BBC or BT Sport and their digital channels or through The FA Player with eight ties being shown live on the FA's own platform.

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