Town and Preston will be ball number 30 in this afternoon’s draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup.
This draw is at 2pm live on ITV after the Nottingham Forest and West Ham United tie and is also shown on BT Sport.
The Blues are set for their first FA Cup replay since the 1-0 home victory against Chester City in January 2007 at Deepdale a week on Tuesday.
Fourth round ties will be played on the weekend of January 25th and 26th when the Blues are currently scheduled to face Reading at home in the Championship.
FA Cup Fourth Round
1 Coventry City
2 Yeovil Town
3 Liverpool or Oldham Athletic
4 Nottingham Forest or West Ham United
5 Bristol City or Watford
6 Southend United
7 Hull City
8 Crystal Palace
9 Kidderminster Harriers or Peterborough United
10 Stevenage
11 Stoke City
12 Southampton
13 Cardiff City
14 Rochdale
15 Wigan Athletic or Milton Keynes Dons
16 Charlton Athletic or Oxford United
17 Manchester United or Swansea City
18 Port Vale or Plymouth Argyle
19 Norwich City or Fulham
20 Sheffield United
21 Macclesfield Town or Sheffield Wednesday
22 Sunderland or Carlisle United
23 Bolton Wanderers
24 Blackburn Rovers or Manchester City
25 Everton
26 Brighton & Hove Albion
27 Arsenal
28 Birmingham City or Bristol Rovers or Crawley Town
29 Huddersfield Town
30 Ipswich Town or Preston North End
31 Derby County or Chelsea
32 AFC Bournemouth or Burton Albion