{"id":689092,"date":"2026-01-11T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689092\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:47:19","slug":"aston-villa-and-birmingham-city-ball-numbers-confirmed-fa-cup-fourth-round-draw-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689092\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa and Birmingham City ball numbers confirmed &#8211; FA Cup fourth round draw details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dates, prize money and TV details with Aston Villa and Birmingham City both in the hat for the last 32 of the FA Cup<\/p>\n<p>11:29, 11 Jan 2026Updated 11:38, 11 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_GettyImages-1308289368.jpg\" alt=\"Aston Villa and Birmingham City are in the hat for the FA Cup fourth round draw.\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Aston Villa and Birmingham City are in the hat for the FA Cup fourth round draw.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Aston Villa and Birmingham City are in the hat for the FA Cup fourth round draw.(Image: Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Aston Villa and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham City<\/a> will discover their FA Cup fourth round opponents on Monday evening (January 12).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Seven Gerrard and Joe Cole will make the draw a Anfield at about 6.35pm ahead of Liverpool&#8217;s third round tie against Barnsley. It will be streamed live on TNT Sports, discovery+ and the TNT Sports YouTube channel, with coverage scheduled to start at 6.30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/aston-villa-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Villa<\/a> are ball number three and Blues are number 27. Giant killers Macclesfield are 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ties will be played on the weekend of February 14, meaning that <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham<\/a> will have to rearrange a Championship home match against West Brom that had been pencilled in for that date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Clubs received \u00a3121.500 prize money for winning their third round ties. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/aston-villa-spurs-john-mcginn-33208390\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Villa secured a fine win at Spurs<\/a> while <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/birmingham-city-accelerate-transfers-chris-33208197\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham won 3-2 at Cambridge United.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A win in the fourth round is worth \u00a3127,000, with no money for the losers, and it&#8217;s \u00a3238,500 for a win in the fifth round plus \u00a3477,000 for a win in the quarter-finals. Semi-final winners collect \u00a31.06 million and losers at that stage get \u00a3530,000. The winners in the final are awarded \u00a32.12m and the runners-up get another \u00a31.06m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Teams who were shown live on TV in the third round received an extra \u00a380,000 broadcast fee. Clubs who were selected for TV at the fourth round stage last season received an extra \u00a3110,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gate receipts are split 45:45:10 in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/fa-cup\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">FA Cup<\/a> between both sides and the FA.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest Blues headlines sent straight to your phone<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive has its very own <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Birmingham CityLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham City<\/a> WhatsApp community to deliver the latest headlines straight to your phone. 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Read our <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reachplc.com\/site-services\/privacy-policy\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FA Cup fourth round draw ball numbers<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">1.<\/strong> Wolverhampton Wanderers <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">2.<\/strong> Southampton <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">3.<\/strong> Aston Villa <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">4.<\/strong> Port Vale <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">5.<\/strong> Wigan Athletic <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">6.<\/strong> Ipswich Town <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">7.<\/strong> Wrexham <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">8.<\/strong> Chelsea <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">9.<\/strong> Manchester City <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">10.<\/strong> West Ham United or Queens Park Rangers <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">11.<\/strong> Brentford <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">12.<\/strong> Fulham <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">13.<\/strong> Sunderland <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">14.<\/strong> Liverpool or Barnsley <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">15.<\/strong> Burnley <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">16.<\/strong> Norwich City or <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/walsall\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Walsall<\/a> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">17.<\/strong> Portsmouth or Arsenal <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">18.<\/strong> Derby County or Leeds United <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">19.<\/strong> Swansea City or West Bromwich Albion <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">20.<\/strong> Salford City or Swindon Town <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">21.<\/strong> Burton Albion <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">22.<\/strong> Grimsby Town <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">23.<\/strong> Hull City or Blackburn Rovers <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">24.<\/strong> Newcastle United <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">25.<\/strong> Oxford United <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">26.<\/strong> Leicester City <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">27.<\/strong> Birmingham City <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">28.<\/strong> Bristol City <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">29.<\/strong> Stoke City <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">30.<\/strong> Macclesfield <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">31.<\/strong> Manchester United or Brighton &amp; Hove Albion <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">32.<\/strong> Sheffield United or Mansfield Town<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">What&#8217;s the best and worst possible draw? <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stokesentinel.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/stoke-city-coventry-team-news-10746773#comments-wrapper\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Click HERE to join the debate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Whatsapp-storysocial.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>The latest Villa headlines sent straight to your phone<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Join our Aston Villa WhatsApp group and get the latest breaking news, interviews and opinion sent straight to your phone, plus matchday team news and live updates of all the action. 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