Big guns avoid each other in FA Cup quarter-finals

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Holders Chelsea will travel to Championship strugglers Barnsley, who knocked Liverpool out on Saturday, while United will host Portsmouth.

League One outfit Bristol Rovers have home advantage against West Brom and the winner of Sheffield United's replay with Middlesbrough will entertain Cardiff.

Barnsley will hope there is no repeat of their last meeting with Chelsea in South Yorkshire - a 6-0 defeat in August 1997 with former Blues boss Gianluca Vialli scoring four.

The last FA Cup meeting between the sides, in 1989, was much better for the Tykes, who won 4-0 in a third-round clash.

West Brom booked their ticket to the last eight with a 5-0 victory over Coventry, and now face a difficult trip to the west country to take on Rovers.

The sides last met in a League Cup tie in 1993, with the Baggies winning the first leg 4-0 in Bristol.

Manchester United have already beaten Portsmouth at Old Trafford this season, with Cristiano Ronaldo's brace on January 30 enough for a routine victory.

Should Boro progress past Sheffield United in their fifth-round replay, they will hope to avoid a repeat of their last meeting with Cardiff, which ended in a 2-1 home defeat in a third-round replay in 1994.

FULL DRAW

Sheffield United/Middlesbrough v Cardiff

Manchester United v Portsmouth

Bristol Rovers v West Brom

Barnsley v Chelsea

Ties will be played on the weekend of March 8/9