Explained: When will Sheffield Wednesday learn their FA Cup fifth-round opponents?
Sheffield Wednesday beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 on Friday to seal their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup for the fourth time in nine years. It’s been 23 years since the Owls last reached the quarter-finals – they lost 2-0 to Wimbledon on March 9, 1997. The FA Cup fifth-round draw with take place on Monday, January 27.
The clubs left in the competition are Tranmere Rovers or Manchester United (1), Hull City or Chelsea (2), Southampton or Tottenham Hotspur (3), Sheffield Wednesday (4), AFC Bournemouth or Arsenal (5), Northampton Town or Derby County (6), Brentford or Leicester City (7), Millwall or Sheffield United (8), Reading or Cardiff City (9), West Ham United or West Bromwich Albion (10), Burnley or Norwich City (11), Coventry City or Birmingham City (12), Manchester City or Fulham (13), Newcastle United or Oxford United (14), Portsmouth or Barnsley (15), Shrewsbury Town or Liverpool (16).
Wednesday’s FA Cup history post-2010
- 2018/19 (4th round): Chelsea 3-0 Sheff Wed
- 2017/18 (5th round): Swansea City 2-0 Sheff Wed
- 2016/17 (3rd round): Middlesbrough 3-0 Sheff Wed
- 2015/16 (4th round): Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Sheff Wed
- 2014/15 (3rd round): Manchester City 2-1 Sheff Wed
- 2013/14 (5th round): Sheff Wed 1-2 Charlton Athletic
- 2012/13 (3rd round): MK Dons 2-0 Sheff Wed
- 2011/12 (4th round): Sheff Wed 0-3 Blackpool
- 2010/11 (5th round): Birmingham City 3-0 Sheff Wed
- 2009/10 (3rd round): Sheff Wed 1-2 Crystal Palace
