Town will play Nottingham Forest at the City Ground in round five of the FA Cup, the Premier League’s third-placed side having beaten League One Exeter City on penalties in their fourth-round tie this evening.
The Grecians battled to a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes despite having been reduced to 10 men on 87 following Ed Turns’s dismissal with 22 minutes subsequently added on for an injury to Forest's Taiwo Awoniyi.
The Devon side kept the scoreline the same during extra-time but were beaten 4-2 on penalties to set up a second meeting between Town and Forest at the City Ground this season, the home side having won the Premier League match 1-0 in November.
The Blues and Forest first faced one another in the FA Cup in 1980/81 in the quarter-finals, the first tie at the City Ground ending 3-3 before Town won the replay at Portman Road 1-0.
They’ve met twice since then in third round ties at the City Ground in 1989 and 1997, the Midlanders winning both games 3-0.
The Blues secured their place in the last 16 for the first time since 2007 by beating Championship Coventry City 4-1 at the CBS Arena on Saturday.
Town were most recently in the fifth round in February 2007 when they were beaten 1-0 at Watford in controversial circumstances, midfielder George O’Callaghan having been red-carded just before half-time, a dismissal which was subsequently overturned.
Fifth round ties will take place over the weekend of Saturday 1st March.
FA Cup Fifth Round Draw
1. Preston North End v Burnley
2. Aston Villa v Cardiff City
3. Crystal Palace v Millwall
4. Manchester United v Fulham
5. Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion
6. AFC Bournemouth v Wolverhampton Wanderers
7. Manchester City v Plymouth Argyle
8. Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town