Manchester City are favorites to win this season’s FA Cup and salvage something from a troubled season but the seven other clubs left in a wide-open draw may never have a better opportunity to win the trophy.<\/p>\n
None of the five most successful clubs in FA Cup history — Arsenal, holders Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur or Liverpool — are in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
City, who travel to Bournemouth on Sunday, won the Cup for a seventh time two years ago but of the other teams in this weekend’s quarter-finals, the most recent winner is Nottingham Forest who went all the way in 1959.<\/p>\n
The combined FA Cup triumphs of the eight clubs left is 18 — the lowest since 1997 — and seven of those were for Aston Villa who have not won it since 1957.<\/p>\n
Second-tier Preston North End, who host Villa on Sunday, are statistically the third most successful FA Cup team left but 1938 was the last time they lifted the trophy.<\/p>\n
Action begins on Saturday with a London derby between Fulham and Crystal Palace, two clubs who have never won the FA Cup or any major silverware for that matter.<\/p>\n
Fulham reached the final in 1975 while Palace have made two finals, losing to Manchester United in 1990 and again in 2016.<\/p>\n
A cracking atmosphere is expected at Craven Cottage as the evenly-matched Premier League rivals seek a semi-final spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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