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Premier League leaders Arsenal face League One side Mansfield Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup this afternoon, with both sides looking to book a place in the quarter-finals of the competition.

The Gunners travel north looking to continue their hunt for a potential quadruple and they face the lowest-ranked side left in the competition as they take on Nigel Clough’s Mansfield.

The Stags got past another Premier League side in the last round though, beating struggling Burnley 2-1 at Turf Moor to earn a chance to face the best team in the country.

When is the FA Cup fifth-round draw?

The draw for the fifth round will likely take place on Monday 9 March, before the match between West Ham and Brentford.

Flo Clifford7 March 2026 12:04

'Once in a lifetime' game

Some games can be called once in a lifetime. But, as Mansfield last faced Arsenal 97 years ago, this feels even rarer than that.

The Clough family have more of a pedigree in the European Cup than the FA Cup, which Brian never won, but Nigel has been this season’s great giant-killer, taking Mansfield past Sheffield United and Burnley.

He encounters a much-changed and attacking Arsenal team, with Gabriel Martinelli and Noni Madueke playing as wing-backs today.

Arsenal arrive

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