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FA Cup insights: Key stats and best bets for all this weekend's games

Norwich have not kept a clean sheet in their last six meetings against Burnley

Teemu Pukki of Norwich continues to be dangerous despite nursing a broken toe
Teemu Pukki of Norwich continues to be dangerous despite nursing a broken toeCredit: Ross Kinnaird

Northampton v Derby

BT Sport 1, 8pm Friday

Best bet

Derby

Key stats

  1. Derby are unbeaten in their last six matches.
  2. Northampton have kept just two clean sheets in their last 12 fixtures.
  3. Derby are unbeaten in their ten meetings with Northampton.

QPR v Sheffield Wednesday

BT Sport Extra 1, 8pm Friday

Best bet

QPR

Key stats

  1. Sheffield Wednesday have won once on their last 11 visits to Loftus Road.
  2. QPR have scored in ten of their last 11 home fixtures.
  3. QPR have won their last three home matches.

Brentford v Leicester

BBC1, 12.45pm Saturday

Best bet

Brentford

Key stats

  1. Brentford have won their last seven home fixtures.
  2. Leicester have kept just one clean sheet in their last six away games.
  3. Brentford have conceded more than one goal just once in their last 17 fixtures.

Burnley v Norwich

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Both teams to score

Key stats

  1. Burnley have posted just one shutout in their last seven home fixtures.
  2. Norwich have not kept a clean sheet in their last six meetings against Burnley.
  3. Both teams have scored in each of Burnley's last three home games.

Coventry v Birmingham

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Birmingham

Key stats

  1. Coventry have kept just three clean sheets in their last 14 matches.
  2. Birmingham have lost only two of their last ten away fixtures against Coventry.
  3. Both teams have scored in ten of Coventry's last 14 matches.

Millwall v Sheffield United

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Millwall

Key stats

  1. Millwall have lost only one of their last 14 matches.
  2. The Londoners have kept clean sheets in four of their last five fixtures.
  3. Sheffield United have got past the FA Cup fourth round just twice in the last ten seasons.

Newcastle v Oxford

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Oxford or draw double chance

Key stats

  1. Oxford have not conceded more than one goal in any of their last 11 away fixtures.
  2. Newcastle have kept just two clean sheets in their last nine home matches.
  3. Newcastle have not got past the FA Cup fourth round in any of the last 13 seasons.

Portsmouth v Barnsley

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Portsmouth

Key stats

  1. Portsmouth have lost just one of their last 22 home fixtures.
  2. Barnsley have won two of their last 16 away games.
  3. The Tykes have not won on any of their last six trips to Portsmouth.

Reading v Cardiff

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Cardiff

Key stats

  1. Cardiff have lost just two of their last 14 matches.
  2. The Bluebirds have scored in each of their last eight away games.
  3. Cardiff have won four of their last five away matches in the FA Cup.

Southampton v Tottenham

3pm Saturday

Best bet

Tottenham

Key stats

  1. Tottenham have won 11 of their last 16 matches against Southampton.
  2. Southampton have got past the FA Cup fourth round just twice in the last nine seasons.
  3. Southampton have kept just two clean sheets in their last 18 home fixtures.

West Ham v West Brom

3pm Saturday

Best bet

West Ham

Key stats

  1. West Brom have won one of their last seven matches.
  2. West Ham have lost just one of their last seven home games under David Moyes.
  3. The Hammers have scored in each of their last ten home fixtures.

Hull City v Chelsea

BT Sport 1, 5.30pm Saturday

Best bet

Chelsea-Chelsea double result

Key stats

  1. Chelsea have scored in 13 of their last 14 away fixtures.
  2. The Blues have won their last seven meetings against Hull.
  3. Hull have kept just two clean sheets in their last 11 matches.

Manchester City v Fulham

BBC1, 1pm Sunday

Best bet

Man City to win 3-0

Key stats

  1. Manchester City have scored at least two goals in ten of their last 12 home games.
  2. Fulham have failed to score on their last five trips to the Etihad.
  3. Fulham have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last eight FA Cup ties.

Shrewsbury v Liverpool

BBC1, 5pm Sunday

Best bet

Liverpool & under 3.5 goals

Key stats

  1. Liverpool have scored in their last 12 away games in the FA Cup.
  2. Shrewsbury's last six home games have featured fewer than four goals.
  3. Shrewsbury have scored more than one goal in just one of their last eight fixtures.

Bournemouth v Arsenal

BT Sport 1, 8pm Monday

Best bet

Arsenal

Key stats

  1. Bournemouth have reached the FA Cup fifth round just once in the last 30 years.
  2. Arsenal have won the FA Cup three times in the last six seasons.
  3. Arsenal have scored at least two goals in each of their last 11 away matches in the FA Cup.

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