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FULL-TIME: #AVFC U18s 0-1 #SaintsFCU18s

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#SaintsFC team to face #WBA: McCarthy, Cédric, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand ©, Lemina, Højbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Tadić,… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/964862498431102977

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:camera: Your Baggies this afternoon…

#WBASOU #EmiratesFACup #WBA

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#WBA XI to face #SaintsFC: Foster, Evans, Rondon, Phillips, McClean, Barry, Rodriguez, Krychowiak, McAuley, Dawson, Hegazi.

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FA Cup quarter final draw ball numbers revealed

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Wembley is just one win away for those left in the FA Cup as we get down to the business end of the competition.

Last season’s winners Arsenal were surprisingly dumped out by Championship outfit Nottingham Forest in the first round.

That means a new set of ribbons will drape the trophy in this year’s final on May 19.

Runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City are the bookmakers favourites to go all the way.

But they must wait until Monday to discover whether they will reach the quarter-finals as they take on League One side Wigan - who famously beat them in the 2013 showpiece.

Last season’s beaten finalists Chelsea booked their place in the last eight draw with a superb 4-0 win over Hull on Friday.

And 2015-16 Premier League champions Leicester are also in the hat after beating Sheffield United 1-0.

The draw for the quarter-finals will take place after Manchester United’s fifth round visit to Huddersfield.

Here we deliver everything you need to know - including those all-important ball numbers.

1 Sheffield Wednesday OR Swansea City

2 West Brom OR Southampton

3 Chelsea

4 Leicester City

5 Huddersfield OR Manchester United

6 Rochdale OR Tottenham Hotspur

7 Brighton OR Coventry City

8 Wigan or Manchester City

The draw will be screened on BT Sport’s ‘FA Cup Tonight’ programme which follows their coverage of Huddersfield vs Manchester United. BBC Radio 5Live are broadcasting it too.

Alternatively you can follow it right here at Mirror Football with our live blog.

It should take place around 7.20pm - immediately after Huddersfield vs Manchester United.

Former England, Liverpool, Manchester United and Real Madrid striker Michael Owen will be pairing the teams alongside former Newcastle and Republic of Ireland No.1 Shay Given.

The last eight ties will take place between March 16 and 19.

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Criticism makes Pellegrino work harder during “big challenge”

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MAURICIO Pellegrino believes Saints’ level of “mental strength” will ultimately be the deciding factor in their fight for survival in the Premier League.

Saints have won once in 14 games in the top-flight and find themselves deep in a relegation scrap going into today’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at West Bromwich Albion.

Under-pressure boss Pellegrino admits he’s got a “big challenge” on his hands, but it’s one he’s facing head on with a crucial five-game run approaching in the Premier League after the cup clash this afternoon.

“I am focused. I feel focused and feel like I want to help my players to try and be better to find a different solution on and off the pitch to be better in this amazing challenge,” he said.

“I feel I’m trying to find different ways to approach mentally different moments and I feel the mental strength will be the most important thing come the end.

“Every single team will have ups and downs in the Premier League. Technically or tactically you can make some bad decisions or mistakes but mentality will be the most important thing.”

“My job is stressful because you need a lot of energy and you’ve got to be focused, but I am enjoying my job. But it’s a big challenge at this moment,” he added.

The 46-year-old St Mary’s chief has come under a lot of heat from the club’s supporters recently. Booing and chants of ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ are a regular occurrence during matches.

Pellegrino accepts the criticism and insists it’s making him work harder to turn their troubled season around.

“Yes, for sure. I try to do my best every single day and my reference is myself. I try to be a better manager and person. I try to help my players every single day,” he said.

“It’s natural because it’s part of our lives,” he added, when asked about the flak he’s got from fans.

“If you are in this job, the opinions are about feelings. It’s really difficult to be really kind or really handsome when you don’t win.

“But when you win everybody is nice, everybody has blue eyes. Sometimes in our job we have to be conscious that the opinions are part of our life.

“Everybody have opinions about politicians or football, about everything and we have to accept that.

“Obviously we want to feel from the fans that we are doing a good job. It would be amazing. But sometimes we cannot, because the competition the opponent is better than you.

“When you are a part of this job you have to be conscious that on one side there is victory and on the other side there is a defeat.”

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Back again for an #EmiratesFACup clash! :innocent: #saintsfc

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Fascinating chats I had with Pellegrino and Romeu this week - MP said new #saintsfc owners are learning and are kee… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/964869465807708160

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Moments away from kick-off! :facepunch: #saintsfc

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1: We’re under way here at The Hawthorns…

Let’s do this, #SaintsFC! :innocent: (0-0)

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9: #WBA’s James McClean swings in a corner, which Jonny Evans meets and Jay Rodriguez is flagged offside as he comp… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/964879547358380034

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11: GET IN THERE @wesleyhoedt! (0-1) #saintsfc

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22: #WBA look to respond as James McClean runs into space before unleashing a powerful, left-footed drive that swer… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/964882702473318405

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@wesleyhoedt GOAL: #WBA 0-1 #SaintsFC (@wesleyhoedt 11’)

It’s a first Saints goal for the Dutch defender, as he si… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/964880639517450240

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Premier League ace Sam McQueen fined for speeding

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Premier League ace Sam McQueen has had six points slapped on his driving licence after he was caught doing nearly double the speed limit on a 30mph road.

The Southampton full-back was caught by a speed camera travelling 56mph in a 30mph zone in his £40,000 black Range Rover Evoque.

McQueen, 23, was driving on the A336 between his home in Ringwood and Southampton’s training ground in Marchwood, both Hampshire.

Aldershot Magistrates’ Court, Hampshire, heard the Saints star was flashed by the camera on August 10 last year, two days before the start of the Premier League season.

McQueen, who joined Saints as an eight-year-old, came off the bench two days later as his side drew 0-0 with Swansea in their opening fixture.

The 23-year-old, who did not appear at court, admitted one count of speeding.

Magistrates handed him six penalty points, fined him £750 and ordered him to pay £85 costs as well as a £75 victim surcharge.

The Saints star, who has played six times this season, broke into the first team last season and made his first full debut against Inter Milan in the Europa League in October 2016.

He also has one international cap, having started at left-back in a 4-0 win for England under-21s against Denmark in March last year.

Struggling Southampton currently sit in the relegation zone having lost 11 matches, drawn 11 and won only five.

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:one::zero: minutes to go in the first-half…

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@wesleyhoedt @Prowsey16 Smart finish, @wesleyhoedt! :sunglasses: #saintsfc

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HALF TIME: #WBA 0-1 #SaintsFC

@wesleyhoedt’s first goal for the club puts the visitors in the driving seat at the… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/964889079698640897

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A lead at the break for #SaintsFC! :innocent:

Here’s how the first-half unfolded in numbers:

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