Jan 23 2009
FA Cup Weekend Preview
Saturday sees the 4th round of the FA Cup swing into action with a number of EPL teams involved. The early game sees West Ham travel to Hartlepool where they should have no problems. Chelsea have a home tie against Ipswich, Aston Villa hit the road to face Doncaster and Hull have a tricky tie at home to Millwall. Fulham go on the road to face Kettering Town, while Portsmouth stay at the friendly confines of Fratton park to face Swansea.In the first of 3 all EPL ties, Sunderland welcome a rejuvenated Blackburn side and then we have a couple of games that could provide us with the surpeise results of the 4th round. Burnley, fresh off their brilliant Carling Cup display against Spurs, travel to West Brom and Middlesbrough make a very tricky trip to play Wolves. The glamor ties on Saturday sees Spurs welcome an injury ravaged Manchester United.2 games on Sunday featuring EPL clubs. Arsenal make the trip to Wales to play Cardiff and, in the game of the round, Liverpool face Everton in the Merseyside derby.
