Women’s FA Cup draw: Arsenal to host Manchester City in fifth round

• Chelsea drawn at home to Crystal Palace
• London City Lionesses will welcome Liverpool

Arsenal and Manchester City have been drawn together in the fifth round of the Women’s FA Cup. The two clubs sit third and second respectively in the Women’s Super League table, with the Gunners narrowly getting the better of their most recent meeting in November.

Chelsea, the WSL leaders looking to sign off the Emma Hayes era with a fourth successive crown, have been drawn at home against the Championship club Crystal Palace. Wolves, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition who beat Reading in round four, have been handed a home draw against the WSL strugglers Brighton.

The Championship leaders Birmingham will travel to Leicester while in-form Charlton, who sit second in the second tier, head for a London derby at Tottenham.

Southampton, of the Championship, host Manchester United, Nottingham Forest face Everton and London City Lionesses, in the fifth round for the first time, have been drawn at home against Liverpool.

The fifth round will take place on the weekend of 10 and 11 February.

Draw in full: London City Lionesses v Liverpool; Arsenal v Manchester City; Leicester City v Birmingham City; Wolves v Brighton & Hove Albion; Tottenham Hotspur v Charlton Athletic; Nottingham Forest v Everton; Southampton v Manchester United; Chelsea v Crystal Palace