{"id":826116,"date":"2025-02-11T10:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/fa-cup-5th-round-draw-iwobi-eyes-man-united-revenge-tijani-faces-city-test-as-nigerians-learn-opponents\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:12:27","slug":"fa-cup-5th-round-draw-iwobi-eyes-man-united-revenge-tijani-faces-city-test-as-nigerians-learn-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/fa-cup-5th-round-draw-iwobi-eyes-man-united-revenge-tijani-faces-city-test-as-nigerians-learn-opponents\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup 5th round draw: Iwobi eyes Man United revenge, Tijani faces City test as Nigerians learn opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Emirates FA Cup fifth-round draw has set up Alex Iwbo\u2019s fulham, and Muhamed Tijani\u2019s Plymouth Argyle for a tough test against Premier League giants, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few Nigerian players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefa.com\/news\/2025\/feb\/10\/emirates-fa-cup-fifth-round-proper-draw-20251012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will battle it out in the last 16 ties scheduled<\/a> for the 1st and second weekend of the month of March.<\/p>\n<p>Iwobi and Bassey\u2019s Fulham will have a chance to avenge this season\u2019s painful home and away English Premier League defeat when they travel to Old Trafford to face Manchester United.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147716\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/why-i-subbed-off-alex-iwobi-at-half-time-vs-leicester-city-fulham-boss-marco-silva.html\/2025-premier-league-football-leicester-v-fulham-jan-18th\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-147716\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/imago1057873497-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Alex Iwobi \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147716\">Alex Iwobi of Fulham under pressure from Harry Winks of Leicester City. (Photo credit\/Imago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, it would also be recalled that in 2023, the Cottagers suffered a dramatic 3-1 loss in a similar fashion, where they finished with nine men after a chaotic collapse. Iwobi will be eager to settle the score this time.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Muhamed Tijani\u2019s Plymouth Argyle faces arguably the toughest challenge of the round as they head to the Etihad Stadium to battle Manchester City. Guardiola\u2019s side remains a heavy favourite, which hands Tijani a daunting task ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145868\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/wayne-rooney-how-muhamed-tijani-couldnt-save-ex-man-united-stars-job-as-plymouth-part-ways.html\/plymouth-argyle-v-stoke-city-plymouth-uk-31-aug-2024-muhamed-tijani-of-plymouth-argyle-battles-for-the-ball-during-t\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-145868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imago1049356833-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Muhamed Tijani in action for Wayne Rooney's Plymouth\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1829\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145868\">Muhamed Tijani of Plymouth Argyle battles for the ball during the Championship match between Plymouth Argyle and Stoke City [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jamilu Collins\u2019 Cardiff City have also been handed a difficult away trip to Aston Villa, who are enjoying a strong campaign under Unai Emery.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the fate of Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi\u2019s Nottingham Forest hangs in the balance as they await their fourth-round result against Exeter City. Victory would set up a fifth-round tie against Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n<p>With a spot in the quarter-finals and \u00a3225,000 in prize money up for grabs, the Nigerian stars will be looking to make an impact in the competition.<\/p>\n<h4>Full FA Cup Fifth Round Draw:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Preston North End vs Burnley<\/li>\n<li>Aston Villa vs Cardiff City<\/li>\n<li>Doncaster Rovers or Crystal Palace vs Millwall<\/li>\n<li>Manchester United vs Fulham<\/li>\n<li>Newcastle United vs Brighton &#038; Hove Albion<\/li>\n<li>AFC Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/li>\n<li>Manchester City vs Plymouth Argyle<\/li>\n<li>Exeter City or Nottingham Forest vs Ipswich Town<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/fa-cup-iwobi-man-united-tijani-city.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer The Emirates FA Cup fifth-round draw has set up Alex Iwbo\u2019s fulham, and Muhamed Tijani\u2019s Plymouth Argyle for a tough test against Premier League giants, Soccernet.ng reports. A few Nigerian players will battle it out in the last 16 ties scheduled for the 1st and second weekend of the month of March. Iwobi and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":826117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23483,96761,2005],"tags":[96760,8561],"class_list":{"0":"post-826116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-round","8":"category-iwobi","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-iwobi","11":"tag-round"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}