Summary

  • Use play icon at top of page to watch live coverage from the Vitality Stadium or audio icon for BBC Radio commentary

  • Bournemouth are 14th in Premier League; Leicester top of Championship

  • Cherries have beat QPR & Swansea to progress; Foxes have overcome Millwall & Birmingham

  • Tie will played to a conclusion with extra time and penalties possible

  1. 'Newcastle's line-up is respectful to Blackburn'published at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle (19:30 GMT)

    Stephen Warnock
    Former England and Blackburn Rovers defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The team that Newcastle have put out is a strong team and one that they feel should be able to get the job done tonight.

    They have come here and been respectful to [Blackburn] and the competition tonight.

  2. Get Involvedpublished at 19:17 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    #bbcfootball, text 81111 (UK only - standard rates apply) or WhatsApp 03301231826

    As a Brentford fan, I have become accustomed to watching the latter stages of the cup as a neutral. And I love it!

    Billy

  3. This season can still be very special - Howepublished at 19:16 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Blackburn v Newcastle (19:45 GMT)

    Michael Emons
    BBC Sport at Ewood Park

    Ewood ParkImage source, Michael Emons

    What an up an down 12 months it has been for Newcastle - with the FA Cup their last chance to make this a silverware-winning season.

    They played at Wembley on 26 February, 2023, losing to Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final before finishing fourth in the Premier League for a Champions League return for the first time in 20 years.

    But, despite a memorable 4-1 win over Paris St-Germain, they finished bottom of a horrendously different group with boss Eddie Howe instantly targeting European action for 2024-25.

    However, they have dropped to 10th in the Premier League so their quickest way back to continental football is to win four matches in the FA Cup - and also secure their first trophy since 1969.

    Howe admitted the cup was their last change to salvage something from a campaign that had promised so much. He said: “We are still in the throes of deciding where this season ends up. Nothing is decided for or against us.

    “I definitely want to squash that feeling that we are feeling sorry for ourselves because that has negative connotations. We need the players excited and ambitious, thinking brightly about the future.

    “This season can still be very special for us, but we have to make it happen. Qualifying for the Champions League was unbelievable, but if you can’t make that again, then we have to look for the next best alternative.

    “For me, the Europa League and Conference League are realistic objectives and we’ll give everything we can to achieve it.”

    Ewood ParkImage source, Michael Emons
  4. Guardiola means serious businesspublished at 19:15 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Luton v Man City (20:00 GMT)

    Manchester City

    .Image source, Reuters

    Fair to say Manchester City are taking this game seriously judging by that line-up. Finally, a bit of a rest for Rodri who has started 33 games this season.

    Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland were out injured when City won 2-1 at Kenilworth Road in the Premier League on 10 December. Not tonight.

    With a Manchester derby on Sunday, Pep Guardiola clearly wants this wrapped up without the need of extra-time and penalties.

  5. Team news - De Bruyne starts for City; three changes for Lutonpublished at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Luton v Man City (20:00 GMT)

    Luton make three changes to the XI that began their 4-1 loss at Liverpool last time out.

    Tim Krul replaces Thomas Kaminski in goal, with Reece Burke and Jordan Clark also starting.

    Gabriel Osho is among the substitutes, Albert Sambi Lokonga is out after suffering a hamstring injury at Anfield.

    Luton XI: Krul, Mengi, Bell, Burke, Ogbene, Barkley, Clark, Doughty, Chong, Woodrow, Morris.

    Subs: Shea, Osho, Berry, Mpanzu, Hashioka, Townsend, Johnson, Nelson, Piesold.

    Luton XI to play Manchester CityImage source, BBC/ Opta

    Kevin De Bruyne starts as Pep Guardiola makes four changes to the Manchester City side that started the 1-0 win at Bournemouth on Saturday.

    Stefan Ortega starts in goal, Kyle Walker comes in to captain the side and Jack Grealish is also drafted into the XI.

    Ederson, Ruben Dias, Rodri and Phil Foden drop to the bench.

    Manchester City XI: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Kovacic, Nunes, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Grealish, Haaland.

    Subs: Ederson, Dias, Doku, Rodri, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Bobb, Lewis.

    Manchester City XI to play LutonImage source, BBC/ Opta
  6. 'I expect Man City to edge it'published at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Luton v Man City (20:00 GMT)

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    I didn't expect Manchester City to start reminding me of George Graham's Arsenal side of the 1990s, but they are winning ugly at the moment, with back-to-back 1-0 wins.

    Luton gave City a good game at Kenilworth Road before Christmas, when they led 1-0 at half-time before losing 2-1, and I think Hatters boss Rob Edwards will go for it again here, despite having Premier League survival to think about.

    I am expecting City to edge it again this time, although I am not quite sure what team their manager Pep Guardiola will put out.

    He killed my Fantasy team at the weekend because I had picked Kyle Walker, Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku, and all three started the game on the bench.

    One of City's strengths is the way they can rotate and still be so strong. Luton have got a goal in them, but it won't be enough.

    Prediction: 1-2

  7. Season-defining monthpublished at 19:09 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Luton v Man City (20:00 GMT)

    Nigel Rothband
    The Man City Show podcast

    .Image source, Getty Images

    The next month looks ridiculously tough for City.

    It starts at Luton in the FA Cup, where Pep Guardiola will undoubtedly shuffle his pack. After that, the next five league games are against teams who sit in the top seven places right now.

    Sandwiched in between is the Champions League last-16 second leg against Copenhagen.

    Talk about a season-defining month!

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:06 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    #bbcfootball, text 81111 (UK only - standard rates apply) or WhatsApp 03301231826

    Football may have changed a lot since I was a young'un in the 90s cheering on Blackburn, Newcastle & my hero Shearer, but nothing stirs up the memories of old than when they face off. Should be a cracker!

    Mark, mid-30s feeling a lot older and nostalgic

  9. Team news - two changes for Blackburn, Dubravka back in goal for Newcastlepublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Blackburn v Newcastle (19:45 GMT)

    Michael Emons
    BBC Sport at Ewood Park

    BlackburnImage source, .

    Blackburn make two changes from the side that drew 1-1 at the weekend against Norwich and both are enforced as Sondre Tronstad (ankle) and Ryan Hedges (groin) miss out, with Ben Chrisene and Andrew Moran coming in.

    Fifteen-year-old midfielder Rory Finneran turns 16 on Thursday and he is named among the substitutes. The midfielder became Blackburn's youngest ever player when he featured in the 5-2 win over Cambridge in the third round.

    Blackburn XI: Pears, Wharton, McFadzean, Hyam, Chrisene, Moran, Buckley, Brittain, Gallagher, Dolan, Szmodics.

    Subs: Wahlstedt, Markandy, Pickering, Garrett, Koumetio, Sigurdsson, Finneran, Ayari, Telalovic.

    NewcastleImage source, .

    Newcastle were hammered 4-1 by Arsenal at the weekend and Eddie Howe makes five changes. Martin Dubravka returns in goal after injury, with Dan Burn, Jamaal Lascelles, Joe Willock and Jacob Murphy also coming back in.

    Miguel Almiron and Harvey Barnes are among the options on the bench.

    Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Burn, Lascelles, Schar, Trippier, Willock, Murphy, Guimaraes, Longstaff, Gordon, Isak.

    Subs: Karius, Livramento, Anderson, Krafth, Almiron, Ritchie, Barnes, Miley, Hall.

  10. Haaland and De Bruyne among City starterspublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Luton v Man City (20:00 GMT)

    We'll have the full team news shortly but Pep Guardiola has gone strong with his Manchester City team for tonight. Erling Haaland, Kevin de Bruyne and Jack Grealish start.

    Man City XI: Ortega, Walker, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Kovacic, Nunes, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Grealish, Haaland

    Subs: Ederson, Dias, Doku, Rodrigo, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Bobb, Lewis

  11. Nine in a row?published at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Luton v Man City (20:00 GMT)

    FA Cup

    .Image source, PA Media

    Manchester City's last eight games in the FA Cup:

    Tottenham (away) W 1-0

    Huddersfield (home) W 5-0

    Man Utd (Wembley) W 2-1

    Sheff Utd (Wembley) W 3-0

    Burnley (home) W 6-0

    Bristol City (away) W 3-0

    Arsenal (home) W 1-0

    Chelsea (home) W 4-0

  12. Free-scoring Foxespublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Bournemouth v Leicester (19:30 GMT)

    Leicester have only failed to score in one of their past 22 FA Cup matches (W17 D0 L5), a 1-0 home defeat by Chelsea in the 2019-20 quarter-final.

    They have beaten Millwall 3-2 and Birmingham 3-0 this season, but have never scored three or more goals in three consecutive FA Cup games before.

  13. 'I'm expecting Bournemouth to go strong'published at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Bournemouth v Leicester City (19:30 GMT)

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    Bournemouth have gone seven games without a win in the Premier League but they were unlucky to be beaten by Manchester City on Saturday.

    I fancy Andoni Iraola's side here. Leicester have had a brilliant season in the Championship but they have lost their past two games and still have some work to do to secure automatic promotion.

    Prediction: 2-1

  14. An FA Cup firstpublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Bournemouth v Leicester (19:30 GMT)

    .Image source, Getty Images

    This is the first ever FA Cup meeting between Bournemouth and Leicester.

    The Cherries have won their past three against the Foxes in all competitions, more than they had in their previous 13 meetings (W2 D5 L6).

  15. When is the quarter-final draw?published at 18:52 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    The draw for the quarter-finals take place tomorrow at around 7pm, before the rest of the fifth-round fixtures.

  16. Sweet finisherpublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Blackburn v Newcastle (19:45 GMT)

    Michael Emons
    BBC Sport at Ewood Park

    Shearer cakeImage source, Michael Emons

    Former England captain Alan Shearer, who is part of the Match of the Day team for tonight’s game on BBC One, is a hero among Blackburn and Newcastle fans.

    He scored 34 goals in 42 matches as Blackburn won the Premier League title in 1994-95 before moving to Newcastle for the 1996-97 campaign and he went on to become their record goalscorer.

    In 441 Premier League appearances, he scored 260 goals and registered 64 assists and also won the Golden Boot for being the league’s top scorer on three occasions.

    He truly was a sweet finisher and scorer of some tasty goals so what better way to honour him than to put his name on cupcakes for the media to enjoy before the game.

    Jack WalkerImage source, Michael Emons
    Image caption,

    There is a statue at Ewood Park of Jack Walker, who was Blackburn Rovers’ owner when they won the Premier League title in 1994-95

  17. Full-strength Man City?published at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Luton v Man City (20:00 GMT)

    Manchester City

    .Image source, Getty Images

    With the Manchester derby on Sunday, does Pep Guardiola go full strength against Luton or rest the likes of Kevin de Bruyne, Erling Haaland and Rodri?

    This is City's 41st match of the season and with Pep Guardiola's side chasing another Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup Treble, they could face another 21 games over the next three months.

    Forward Oscar Bobb, who has signed a new five-year contract, Sergio Gomez, Rico Lewis and Stefan Ortega are all itching for game-time.

    Team news from Kenilworth Road will be dropping at around 19:00 GMT.

  18. Are there replays?published at 18:46 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Only the third and fourth rounds of the FA Cup have replays. Fifth round onwards there's extra time and penalties, so prepare yourself for the possibility of a late one tonight.

    VAR is also in play in the FA Cup, but only at Premier League grounds. That means only Blackburn v Newcastle tonight is without the technology.

  19. FA Cup pedigreepublished at 18:44 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Blackburn v Newcastle (19:45 GMT)

    Michael Emons
    BBC Sport at Ewood Park

    Ewood ParkImage source, Michael Emons

    Blackburn and Newcastle are two of the top nine most successful teams in the history of the FA Cup - but you have to go a long way back in the record books for their glories.

    Both sides have won the competition six times, behind only Arsenal (14), Manchester United (12), Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham (eight apiece) and Manchester City and Aston Villa (both seven).

    Rovers won the cup five times in the first 20 stagings - three times in the 1880s and twice in the early 1890s - with a further triumph in 1928. Meanwhile, Newcastle have lifted the trophy in 1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952 and 1955.

    But both teams have not had too much FA Cup success in recent times.

    Newcastle have only made the quarter-finals once in the past 17 seasons, while Blackburn are looking to make the last eight for successive campaigns having lost 3-2 to Sheffield United last year after five third-round defeats between 2018 and 2022.

    Whoever wins today will be one game away from Wembley, a venue Blackburn have not played at since it reopened in 2007. Newcastle's last trip to the national stadium came almost exactly a year ago when they lost 2-0 to Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final.

  20. Team news - Bournemouth make six changes and Leicester ninepublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February

    Bournemouth v Leicester (19:30 GMT)

    Bournemouth make six changes to the side that lost 1-0 to FA Cup holders Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday.

    Mark Travers replaces Neto in goal, while Alex Scott, Philip Billing, Dango Ouattara, Luis Sinisterra and Enes Unal also come in.

    Leading scorer Dominic Solanke is not the squad at all.

    Bournemouth: Travers, Smith, Zabaryi, Senesi, Kerkez, Scott, Cook, Ouattara, Billing, Sinisterra, Unal.

    Subs: Radu, Mepham, Kinsey, Christie, Faivre, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo.

    Bournemouth team to face Leicester in the FA Cup fifth round: Travers, Smith, Zabaryi, Senesi, Kerkez, Scott, Cook, Ouattara, Billing, Sinisterra, Unal.Image source, BBC Sport

    Leicester make nine changes to the squad that lost 3-1 at Leeds on Friday night.

    Hamza Choudhury and Jannik Vestergaard are the only two to keep their place.

    Conor Coady comes in, while Marc Albrighton captains the side and Tom Cannon leads the line.

    Leicester: Stolarczyk, Choudhury, Coady, Vestergaard, Doyle, Praet, Raikhy, Yunus, Albrighton, Marcal, Cannon.

    Subs: Ward, Ricardo, Souttar, Nelson, Justin, Briggs, Thomas, Fatawu, Iheanacho.

    Leicester team to face Bournemouth in the FA Cup fifth round: Stolarczyk, Choudhury, Coady, Vestergaard, Doyle, Praet, Raikhy, Yunus, Albrighton, Marcal, Cannon.Image source, BBC Sport