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

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oscarwhiting added 11:04 - Jan 5 Depending on who we get drawn against will be the factor in what team we put out in the replay
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Mark added 11:08 - Jan 5 Maybe I differ from most, but I always hope for an easy home tie so that we can progress in the competition. Home to Rochdale would be perfect. Of course, getting past Preston will be a tough job and they must be the favourites as the home side.
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irishtim added 12:28 - Jan 5 @Mark. Can understand what your saying. But would love a glamour home tie.
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bluefeast added 12:45 - Jan 5 why do i feel it will be Yeoval away .
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rhybeaniho added 12:54 - Jan 5 I've got a slight feeling that we will land a Premier League club
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bluelodgeblue added 13:23 - Jan 5 What does it matter who we get, there's still a team called Preston North End in the way and we all know our recent record against lower league opposition!!!
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shefkuqi32 added 14:08 - Jan 5 Well that was a crap draw. Don't mind about the PNE reply now to be honest.
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