There are two FA Cup fourth-round replays on Tuesday with Sheffield Wednesday hosting Blackpool and Millwall travelling to Southampton. Both ties ended up 1-1 first time around so we will take a look at who might prevail this time and make it into the fifth round (Tottenham 3/1 fav FA Cup Outright).
Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool
Wednesday ignored the fact that they were playing a side riding high in the Championship when they earned a share of the spoils in the first match to bring the Seasiders back to Hillsborough.
Indeed it looked as though they would down Ian Holloway’s men until Kevin Phillips scored a stoppage-time penalty to prolong the tie.
The Owls will be confident of causing an upset on Tuesday as they are second in League One at present and look set for as return to the second tier of English football next season.
However, Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Yeovil was only their second league win in five attempts and they appear to be stuttering towards the end-of-season run-in.
The FA Cup could prove a welcome distraction with a high-profile clash with Premier League side Everton up next for the winners of this match.
The Tangerines are in decent form themselves, with three wins and two draws in their last five matches in all competitions.
Back-to-back league wins have propelled them into fourth place in the Championship standings and it remains to be seen what sort of side Holloway puts out in South Yorkshire, with promotion clearly the number one priority this term.
He made eight changes for the first encounter with Gary Megson’s men and there seems no reason to suggest that he will do anything different this week.
With Wednesday also unlikely to field a first-choice starting XI it is difficult to call this one but home advantage might just tip it in the Owls’ favour.
Match prices: Wednesday 6/4, Blackpool 17/10, draw 12/5
Southampton v Millwall
Rickie Lambert looked to have booked the Saints a place in round five back in late January only for Darius Henderson to bag an 86th-minute equaliser and force the replay at St Mary’s.
It was the last thing that either side wanted, with the south coast club battling for promotion to the Premier League and the Londoners in the thick of a relegation scrap.
Despite their position in the Championship table, Southampton have stumbled of late and have taken just five points from their past five games.
And with that in mind it would seem that boss Nigel Adkins will rest a few of his stars as they look to keep their two-point advantage over third-place Cardiff City in the standings, with a clash against play-off chasing Burnley at the weekend.
Millwall are five points above the drop zone at present but boss Kenny Jacket knows only too well how quickly his side could slip into the bottom three and it is unlikely that he will put out his strongest side either.
And they will go into the match with no form whatsoever, with four defeats in their past five Championship outings, including the 6-0 mauling at home to Birmingham City.
They lost 2-1 to neighbours West Ham on Saturday and the alarm bells will certainly be ringing at the Den that it could be a real struggle to avoid slipping into League One.
A cup run would certainly help to boost the players’ confidence but Jacket will probably want to put all his eggs in one basket and just concentrate on picking up league points.
It would be wrong to say that these clubs could do with losing this match and they will undoubtedly be giving it their all to win, but both managers could probably do without the distraction of the cup with so much at stake elsewhere.
Match prices: Southampton 4/6, Millwall 4/1, draw 11/4
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