Chelsea drawn against Luton Town in FA Cup 4th round

After making short work of fourth division Morecambe FC in the FA Cup third round this weekend, Chelsea will have to deal with slightly tougher opposition in the fourth round and, if we make it that far, in the fifth round as well.

Earlier today, the Blues were drawn against Luton Town in the next round. The Hatters are currently 14th in the Championship. This match will take place in two weeks, over the weekend of January 23-24, at Stamford Bridge.

Should Chelsea beat Luton like we did at Wembley in the 1994 FA Cup semifinal, which was also the last time we’ve played against them after seeing each other quite frequently through the ‘80s and early ‘90s, we would then move on to the fifth round a couple weeks later, where we’d play midweek away (Feb 8-9) against the winners of Barnsley vs. Norwich City, two more Championship sides. To help with scheduling and planning amid a pandemic, both the fourth and fifth rounds were drawn today.

The fourth round draw, in full, which includes a juicy Manchester United vs. Liverpool pick:

Cheltenham Town vs. Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth vs. Crawley Town
Swansea City vs. Nottingham Forest
Manchester United vs. Liverpool
Southampton OR Strawberry Shrewsbury vs. Arsenal
Barnsley vs. Norwich City
Chorley vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Millwall vs. Bristol City
Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Blackpool
Wycombe Wanderers vs. Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham vs. Burnley
Sheffield United vs. Plymouth Argyle
CHELSEA vs. Luton Town
Stockport County OR West Ham United vs. Doncaster Rovers
Brentford vs. Leicester City
Everton vs. Sheffield Wednesday

And the fifth round draw, in full:.

Brentford/Leicester vs. Brighton/Blackpool
Swansea/Forest vs. Cheltenham/Man City
Everton/Wednesday vs. Wycombe/Spurs
Barnsley/Norwich vs. CHELSEA/Luton
Chorley/Wolves vs. (Southampton OR Strawberry Shrewsbury)/Arsenal
Sheffield Utd/Plymouth vs. Millwall/Bristol City
Man Utd/Liverpool vs. (Stockport OR West Ham)/Doncaster
Fulham/Burnley vs. Bournemouth/Crawley