FA Cup fifth round draw details, ball numbers and dates with Leeds United in hat via replay

Leeds United will need an FA Cup replay but are ultimately in the hat and will soon discover their potential fifth round opponents.
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Daniel Farke’s Whites were held to a 1-1 draw in Saturday’s fourth round clash against Plymouth Argyle at Elland Road, meaning a long trek to Home Park to face the Pilgrims for a fourth round replay set to be played midweek over the first full week in February.

The winners from the Home Park rematch will book their place in the fifth round of the competition, the draw for which takes place on Sunday afternoon – but now at a new delayed later time. The draw was set to take place on ITV from around 2pm - ahead of the 2.30pm kick-off between Liverpool and Norwich City at Anfield, screened live in the UK on ITV1 and across ITV1’s social media channels.

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But crowd trouble which caused a long delay to the earlier West Brom v Wolves clash has now led to the draw being pushed back to take place at half-time of the Reds versus Canaries contest.

DRAW DETAILS: For the fifth round of the FA Cup, above. Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images.DRAW DETAILS: For the fifth round of the FA Cup, above. Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images.
DRAW DETAILS: For the fifth round of the FA Cup, above. Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images.

Seema Jaswal will be presenting and the draw will be made by former Chelsea and Liverpool player Glen Johnson. Games in the fifth round will take place week commencing Monday, February 26, with a prize fund offering of £225,000 for winning clubs.

Leeds or Plymouth will be ball no 12 in the draw which includes Maidstone United after their shock 2-1 win at United's Championship promotion rivals Ipswich Town.

Ball numbers in full

1 Watford or Southampton

2 Blackburn Rovers or Wrexham

3 AFC Bournemouth

4 Wolves

5 Bristol City or Nottingham Forest

6 Leicester City

7 Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry City

8 Chelsea or Aston Villa

9 Maidstone United

10 Liverpool or Norwich City

11 Manchester City

12 Leeds United or Plymouth Argyle

13 Luton Town

14 Newport County or Manchester United

15 Brighton

16 Newcastle United