Man City host Aston Villa, Chelsea play Crystal Palace and Arsenal face Liverpool in the Women's FA Cup quarter-finals - watch live stream and follow text, score updates and match stats.

Brighton & Hove Albion will still be without captain Lewis Dunk for Sunday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Newcastle United. The central defender suffered a rib injury during the first half of the 2-1 win at home to Chelsea in the fourth round of the competition earlier this month.

Spring has arrived and Chelsea will be hoping the shift of meteorological season will mark a change in their fortunes too. A difficult winter period saw them pick up just three wins from 10 Premier League games after Christmas and exit the FA Cup in the fourth round.

Brighton's Netherlands goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, 22, is on Chelsea's radar for a potential summer move. (GiveMeSport, external) Want more transfer stories? Read Tuesday's full gossip column Follow the gossip column on BBC Sport Football latest: FA Cup reaction & Champions League build-up as last-16 ties begin Crowds of 273 to Champions League - rise of Europe's 'hottest property' Forest reach FA Cup quarter-finals after penalty shootout The new,

Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler could hardly have wished for a better response to his team's 7-0 thrashing at Nottingham Forest at the beginning of February. Since then, the Seagulls have beaten Chelsea twice - in the Premier League and FA Cup - Southampton and now Bournemouth to reignite their hopes of securing European football next season.

Man City host Aston Villa, Chelsea play Crystal Palace and Arsenal face Liverpool in the Women's FA Cup quarter-finals - watch live stream and follow text, score updates and match stats.

Chelsea Women already got a spot in a cup final this season, and they want to make it double. To do so they need to continue their Women’s FA Cup campaign by beating Crystal Palace at Kingsmeadow today.

Crystal Palace team news: Not unexpectedly, Palace have struggled all season after earning promotion from the second division, and they sit dead last in the Women’s Super League table with just six points from 15 games. They have recently appointed Leif Smerud as their new head coach, to try to change their fortunes.

Crystal Palace manager Leif Smerud says that his side are focusing on themselves ahead of a tough Adobe Women’s FA Cup quarter-final tie at Chelsea this afternoon.The Eagles are huge underdogs as

Villa have shown before they are capable of upsetting giants in this competition. It was at this stage in 2022/23 that Rachel Daly fired Villa to a marginal 2-1 victory over City to reach the semi-finals.

The fifth round will not see Arsenal, Chelsea, or Tottenham Hotspur in addition to Liverpool, as fans of five Championship sides and several non-traditional powers will be daydreaming of a rare final berth.

Instinct suggests the fabled 'magic' associated with England's premier cup competition is on the wane, so let's scrutinise if that is true