When is the FA Cup quarter-final draw? Date, time and how to watch

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All you need to know as the world's oldest cup competition gets down to its final eight teams

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The quarter-final draw takes place on Monday evening (Image credit: Getty Images)

With one tie to go, the FA Cup fifth round concludes on Monday evening after delivering one of the biggest upsets of this season's competition at the weekend.

It was League One basement dwellers Port Vale who took the plaudits as they tore up the form book to see off Premier League Sunderland - who sit 56 league places above them - 1-0 at Vale Park to reach the quarter-finals of the competition for just the second time in their history and for the first time in 72 years

How and when to watch the FA Cup quarter-final draw

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 12: Steve McManaman, English former football player and current pundit, reacts after drawing the number '11 - Brentford' during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round draw prior to the Emirates FA Cup Third Round match between Liverpool and Barnsley on January 12, 2026 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

There will be eight balls in the draw this time (Image credit: Getty Images)

The fifth round will conclude with an all-Premier League east-versus-west London derby between West Ham United and Brentford on Monday evening, but not before the draw for the quarter-finals has taken place.

So when exactly is the draw and how can you watch it? FourFourTwo has all the details you need to know.

The Port Vale club crest on a corner flag at the club's Vale Park stadium

League One basement-dwellers stunned Premier League Sunderland in the fifth round (Image credit: Alamy)

The FA Cup quarter-final draw will take place on Monday, March 9 at the London Stadium, prior to the West Ham-Brentford tie.

Supporters will be able to watch the draw on TNT Sports 1, discovery+ and the TNT Sports YouTube channel from approximately 7.05pm, ahead of the 7.30pm kick-off.

There will be eight balls in the pot, with just one either/or, and former England goalkeeper Joe Hart will be doing the draw, with Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist presenting the programme.

Here are the confirmed ball numbers:

  1. Southampton
  2. Port Vale
  3. Manchester City
  4. Leeds United
  5. Arsenal
  6. Liverpool
  7. Chelsea
  8. West Ham United or Brentford

HULL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 13: Joe Hart working as a television pundit for TNT Sports ahead of the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Hull City and Chelsea at MKM Stadium on February 13, 2026 in Hull, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

Joe Hart will be making the draw (Image credit: Getty Images)

The ties will be played around the weekend of Saturday, April 4, with the winners progressing to the Wembley semi-finals, which are scheduled in for the weekend of Saturday, April 25.

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For more than a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, reporting on the tournament. In addition to his journalist work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team. Now working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, too, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.

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