Spurs find out FA Cup fourth round opponents | OneFootball

After scraping past non league side Tamworth FC in the FA Cup third round proper, where they needed extra time, Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn away to fellow Premier League side Aston Villa in the fourth round. The game will be played somewhere between the 7th and 10th of February. The likelihood is it will be the 9th or 10th, with the Carabao Cup second leg set to take place on Thursday, the 6th of February.

Spurs to play fellow Premier League side in fourth round

Pretty safe to say, Spurs will need to play 100x better in that game than they did today, if they are to stand any chance of progressing to the fifth round of the competition. Hopefully it was the wake up call that they needed.

It will be the second all Premier League game in a row for Villa, whom beat West Ham United 2-1 on Friday night. There was an element of fortune to the victory, with their equaliser coming from a corner that should have been awarded as a goal kick.

This game will be the second meeting between the two sides this season, with Spurs coming out as 4-1 victors at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, back at the beginning of November. The Premier League game at Villa Park is the penultimate game of the season on the 18th of May.

Last time out away to Villa, we saw Ange's side win 4-0, with all four goals coming in the second half, with two goals each either side of a John McGinn red card for the hosts. Nevertheless, this will be a very difficult game, and was one of the harder games they could have drawn.

Meanwhile, there is a potential treat for Josh Keeley, Jamie Donley, and their Leyton Orient side. Should they overcome Derby County this midweek, when their postponed third round tie is played, they will host Manchester City for their fourth round tie.

It would actually not be the first time that Donley has faced City and Pep Guardiola in his career, having come on as a substitute for Brennan Johnson when Spurs drew 3-3 at the Etihad in November of 2023.

From being moments away from being knocked out to non league opposition in the first round, when Keeley scored a 99th minute equaliser, to being one game away from playing Manchester City. Some journey it has been for the Spurs loanees and their Orient side.

Finally, Matthew Craig and his new Mansfield Town side have a chance to host Premier League side Fulham, should they manage to beat Wigan Athletic in their rearranged tie this midweek.