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At the end of January, the fourth round matches of the Football Association (FA) Cup will be played, and on Monday the draw for this stage took place, dividing the teams into 16 pairs. One of the biggest surprises was presented by the lower "Championship" league club Nottingham Forest, which defeated Premier League bottom side Charlton 2-0 in the third round, and will have the opportunity to test themselves against twice consecutive English champions Chelsea. In other matches, London's Arsenal, who eliminated last year's FA Cup champions Liverpool, will face Bolton, who they lost to in the first half of the Premier League season by 3-1. The country's championship leader "Man Utd" will defend their home turf against this season's revelation Portsmouth, while 18th place in the league West Ham will face this year's league newcomer Watford. Meanwhile, League One club Swansea, who caused a sensation by crushing Premier League representatives Sheffield United 3-0, will meet the winner of the Chester City and Ipswich Town pair. Blackburn, who easily defeated Everton 4-1 in Liverpool, will test their strength against Q.P.R or Luton Town. The FA Cup fourth round matches will be played on January 26-28. All FA Cup fourth round pairs: "Arsenal" – "Bolton" "West Ham" – "Watford" "Bristol City"/"Coventry City" – "Hull City"/"Middlesbrough" "Chelsea" – "Nottingham Forest" "Chester City"/"Ipswich Town" – "Swansea" "Cardiff City"/"Tottenham" – "Southend United"/"Barnsley" "Birmingham"/"Newcastle" – "Reading"/"Burnley" "Sheffield Wednesday"/"Man City" – "Southampton" "Crystal Palace" – "Preston North End" "Man Utd" – "Portsmouth" "Blackpool" – "Norwich" "Queens Park Rangers"/"Luton Town" – "Blackburn" "Wolverhampton"/"Oldham" – "West Bromwich Albion" "Leicester City"/"Fulham" – "Stoke City" "Barnet"/"Colchester" - "Peterborough"/"Plymouth" "Derby County" - "Bristol Rovers"
