01 February 2005	Tuesday	21 Zilhaj 1425

LONDON, Jan 31: Central defenders Robert Huth and John Terry headed a goal in each half as Chelsea beat Birmingham City 2-0 on Sunday to reach the FA Cup fifth round.

Chelsea, playing after Bolton Wanderers won 1-0 at third division Oldham Athletic, reached Monday's draw with the polished football that has earned them a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

The win wrapped up a Cup weekend that went to form with comfortable wins for holders Manchester United, Arsenal, Everton and Newcastle United. The only slight surprise was Fulham's 1-1 draw at second division Derby County.

Terry was the key to Chelsea's victory, blocking Huth's marker Martin Taylor to allow the German a powerful free header when Damien Duff whipped over a sixth minute corner.

Though that block went unnoticed by the referee, there was no missing Terry's fine angled header in the 80th minute after a superb long ball from substitute Frank Lampard.

The strike by Terry, whose brother Paul scored for fourth division Yeovil in their 3-2 Cup defeat at Charlton Athletic on Saturday, enabled manager Jose Mourinho to play out the rest of the game with 10 men - by taking off the injured Huth.

Duff was put clean through but skewed his shot wide of the target, while Huth's downward shot from another Duff corner reared up and clipped the bar just before the break.

Bolton's Portuguese striker Ricardo Vaz Te headed their ninth minute winner at Oldham but the Premier League club were often under pressure and rode their luck in the second half.

FIFTH ROUND DRAW: Bolton Wanderers v Derby County or Fulham West Bromwich Albion or Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest Everton v Manchester United Charlton Athletic v Leicester City Burnley v Blackburn Rovers Southampton v Brent ford or Hartlepool United Newcastle United v Chelsea Arsenal v West Ham United or Sheffield United ties to be played weekend of February 19 and 20.

BETTING ODDS

5-2 Chelsea

3-1 Arsenal

7-2 Manchester United

8-1 Tottenham Hotspur 16-1 Everton 20-1 Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United 25-1 Bolton Wanderers 33-1 Blackburn Rovers and Southampton 50-1 Fulham 66-1 West Bromwich Albion 100-1 West Ham United and Sheffield United 150-1 Burnley, Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City 300-1 Brent ford and Hartlepool United. -Agencies