FA Cup draw LIVE as Man Utd to learn opponents before Fulham clash

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reviews the Burnley win

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It’s FA Cup semi-final draw day with Manchester United taking on Fulham as they seek to book another day out at Wembley. The Carabao Cup winners must defeat their Premier League rivals for the second time this season to join the other three teams in the hat.

Manchester City confirmed their spot in the semi-finals for the fifth successive season with a 6-0 battering of Championship leaders Burnley yesterday. Vincent Kompany endured a grim return to the Etihad with Erling Haaland taking his tally for the season to 42 goals with a hat-trick.

And it was City loanee Tommy Doyle who helped Sheffield United into the semis earlier today. He scored a 91st-minute effort to see off Championship rivals Blackburn in a 3-2 thriller at Bramall Lane. That came after Oli McBurnie had brought the Blades level just 10 minutes earlier.

Brighton are taking on Grimsby in the second quarter-final of the day, looking to repeat the feat of reaching the final four in 2018-19 before they lost to Man City. Once that match finishes, the draw will then be conducted before United take on Fulham at Old Trafford at 4.30pm. Express Sport provides live updates below…

Premier League fixture changes

The semi-finals of the FA Cup will be played at Wembley on the weekend of April 22 and 23.

That means Brighton vs Man City – a Premier League clash that was due to take place on the Sunday – will be postponed.

Fulham are due to play Leeds at 12.30pm on April 23 with Man United facing Chelsea at 5.30pm the same day.

Whoever wins in the match between United and Fulham this evening, their game will also need to be postponed and rearranged.

Draw ball numbers

The ball numbers for this afternoon’s draw are as follows…

1 Manchester City

2 Manchester United or Fulham

3 Brighton or Grimsby

4 Sheffield United

Lucky Brighton?

Brighton currently Grimsby lead 1-0 at the Amex thanks to Denis Undav’s sixth-minute strike.

Seagulls goalkeeper Robert Sanchez may have gotten away with one, however…

Good afternoon!

Good afternoon and welcome to Express Sport’s live coverage of the FA Cup semi-final draw!

The draw is coming right your way once Brighton’s ongoing quarter-final match with Grimsby concludes.

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