FA Cup quarter-final draw live as Liverpool and Man Utd discover possible ties

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Wait to find out the final draw

It's now a waiting game to find out how the quarter-finals will actually shape up, with three of the four ties drawn having teams who play tonight.

Good draw for Chelsea

Jermaine Beckford has admitted Chelsea will be pleased with their draw against Leicester.

"If you're looking at the draw, it's one of the teams you would want in the next round for Chelsea," Beckford said.

Draw over

That's the draw over, a potentiall huge tie awaits in the quarter-finals if Manchester United and Liverpool win their games tonight. The ties will be played across the weekend of 16 March.

Final tie

Manchester City vs Newcastle United

Third tie

Chelsea or Leeds vs Leicester City

Second tie out the hat

Nottingham Forest or Manchester United vs Liverpool or Southampton

First tie

Wolves or Brighton vs Coventry City

Here we go!

The draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals is now officially underway!

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Moments away

We're moments away from the start of the draw now!

Leicester staying focused on Championship

Leicester won the cup in 2021, though Foxes boss Enzo Maresca has hinted his side's focus is on promotion from the Championship.

“The important thing is QPR on Saturday,” he said after the fifth round win over Bournemouth. "This is the most important thing. There’s no time to enjoy. Now it’s already time to think about QPR so, on the way back, we’re going to start preparing for the game on Saturday.

“It’s always nice. I’ve said many times, we would like to have the same environment at home but tonight was fantastic. During the week to travel from Leicester to here is a long trip and thanks to all of them.”

Klopp issues Liverpool warning

Jurgen Klopp has warned his Liverpool side against being overconfident as they face Southampton for a place in the quarter-finals.

"Everybody says it’s Liverpool against Southampton. Liverpool is a massive favourite and whatever people say anyway [that’s] not too important. But that’s not the case. We need to find a team who is competitive and then we will fight for it," he said.

"Obviously we all got a really good taste of how Wembley feels on a day like this. We had all different experiences there. We lost there, we won there so it’s a nice stadium anyway, but when you win it’s a completely different place."

How the draw will work

The draw will take place at 7pm ahead of Chelsea's tie against Leeds.

Broadcaster Seema Jaswal will host, while Arsenal legend David Seaman will pull the balls out of the hat.

The quarter-finals will then take place across the weekend of 16 March.

City keep quiet on draw preference

Coventry City are the lowest ranked side left in the competition, though hat-trick hero Ellis Simms is keeping quiet on the team he wants to face in the next round.

“I do not really have a preference. Nobody particularly," he said.

“We know there is only top teams left in the competition, so we know whoever we get, it is going to be a difficult game. We just have to wait and see and hopefully we can prepare right for that game and progress again.”

Hello and welcome

Hello and welcome to Mirror Football's live blog for the FA Cup quarter-finals draw, to be held at 7pm.

Those all important ball numbers...

You know the drill by now, here are the ball numbers to look out for in the draw

1 Newcastle United

2 Chelsea or Leeds United

3 Leicester City

4 Liverpool or Southampton

5 Nottingham Forest or Manchester United

6 Wolverhampton Wanderers or Brighton & Hove Albion

7 Coventry City

8 Manchester City