Man United battle Liverpool as English FA Cup takes centrestage

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Manchester City’s Spanish midfielder Ferran Torres (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring their third goal during the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Cheltenham Town and Manchester City at The Jonny-Rocks Stadium in Cheltenham, central England on January 23, 2021. – Manchester City won the game 3-1. (Photo by Shaun Botterill / POOL / AFP)

Manchester United welcome Liverpool to Old Trafford for a mouthwatering cup tie today at 6:00pm live on StarTimes World Football channel.

For a second time in a week, the two most successful teams in English football will go head-to-head, this time in the fourth round of the Emirates FA Cup

The North West Derby is one of the highlights on the English football calendar.

The two teams have faced each other 17 times in the competition (the first two times United were still known as Newton Heath). The Reds have a clear statistical advantage, having won nine of the 17 matches, with four going the way of Liverpool.

Both finals between the two clubs (1977 and 1996) were also won by United.

Also today, Chelsea will play against Luton Town at 1:00pm while Wycombe Wanderers will host Tottenham at 8:45 pm, among other fixtures.

The action moves to Coppa Italia on Tuesday, January 26, in a Milan derby when Inter Milan face AC Milan in the quarter final round of the competition.

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