LONDON, Jan 27: Manchester United and Arsenal will meet in the outstanding tie of the FA Cup fifth round after being drawn to play each other on Monday,

The Premier League’s top two sides will meet at Old Trafford on Feb 15 or 16 in their first clash in the competition since Manchester United won an epic replayed semifinal 2-1 at Villa Park in 1999, which featured a dazzling extra-time solo-goal winner from Ryan Giggs.

It will be their 10th meeting in the competition with the spoils shared in their previous nine encounters. Both clubs have won four times and drawn once.

Their most famous clash came in the 1979 FA Cup final which Arsenal won 3-2 after Manchester United pulled back a 2-0 deficit in the last five minutes, only for Arsenal to score a last-minute winner.

Manchester United were the last team to beat Arsenal when they won their Premier League clash 2-0 at Old Trafford on Dec 7.

Fourth round results

Crystal Palace 0 Liverpool 0

Fulham 3 Charlton Athletic 0

Manchester United 6 West Ham United 0

Stoke 3 Bournemouth 0

Shrewsbury 0 Chelsea 4

Blackburn Rovers 3 Sunderland 3

Brentford 0 Burnley 3

Farnborough 1 Arsenal 5

Gillingham 1 Leeds United 1

Norwich 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 0

Rochdale 2 Coventry 0

Sheffield United 4 Ipswich 3

Southampton 1 Millwall 1

Walsall 1 Wimbledon 0

Watford 1 West Bromwich Albion 0

Wolverhampton 4 Leicester 1

Fifth round draw

Manchester United v Arsenal Southampton or Millwall v Norwich Crystal Palace or Liverpool v Gillingham or Leeds United Wolverhampton v Rochdale Fulham v Burnley Stoke v Chelsea Blackburn Rovers or Sunderland v Watford Sheffield United v Walsall

Ties to be played weekend of 15/16 Feb

Latest odds

4-1 Manchester United, Chelsea

9-2 Arsenal

6-1 Liverpool

11-1 Leeds United

12-1 Fulham

14-1 Blackburn Rovers, Southampton

16-1 Sheffield United (I), Wolverhampton (I)

66-1 Burnley (I), Millwall (I), Norwich (I), Watford (I)

125-1 Walsall (I)

250-1 Crystal Palace (I), Stoke (I)

300-1 Gillingham (I)

500-1 Rochdale (III)—Reuters

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