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  1. Follow Sunday's FA Cup ties livepublished at 11:01 GMT 8 March

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    There are three fifth-round ties in the FA Cup on Sunday and BBC Sport will bring you every moment.

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  2. Sutton's predictions: Port Vale v Sunderlandpublished at 19:14 GMT 7 March

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    No-one can tell me that Vale Park is an easy place to go because when I took my Lincoln City side there in 2010, we were 3-0 down inside 15 minutes and Vale had missed a penalty by then as well.

    Still, we only lost 4-0 in the end, which felt like a victory on the bus afterwards. I was going to stop and get my players a crate of beers for the journey home - but maybe if I had done that on the way there, we would have done a bit better.

    Port Vale have done brilliantly to get this far, because they are having a terrible time of it in League One. Lincoln have already beaten them this season, probably because I'm not their manager anymore.

    Sunderland are another team who I would like to see go far in the FA Cup, because it would cap a fine season.

    Vale are in the fifth round for the first time in 30 years, and I wish them lots of luck... but I don't see them being in the hat for the quarter-finals.

    Sutton's prediction: 0-4

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  3. Pick of the stats: Port Vale v Bristol Citypublished at 11:15 GMT 2 March

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    Port Vale welcome Bristol City for their rearranged FA Cup fourth-round tie on Tuesday night (kick-off 19:45 GMT).

    The original encounter scheduled for 14 February was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch and a fifth-round tie at home to Premier League side Sunderland awaits the winner.

    Vale are rooted to the foot of the League One table, 10 points adrift of safety, and have won three of their past 11 matches (D3 L5) in all competitions since beating Fleetwood 1-0 in the FA Cup third round.

    The Robins are 10th in the Championship, 38 league places higher than Vale, though their play-off bid has stuttered with Gerhard Struber's side seven points behind the top six after three wins in their past nine league games (D2 L4) since the 5-1 win over Watford in round three of the FA Cup.

    • Port Vale and Bristol City have never previously faced each other in the FA Cup, with this the first meeting between the two sides since a 3-1 victory for the Robins in League One in February 2015.

    • Bristol City have won eight of their past nine games against Port Vale (D1) – since the first game in this run in April 2005, their 89% win-rate against the Valiants is their strongest against any side they've played more than three times.

    • This is Port Vale's first FA Cup fourth round tie since falling to a 3-1 defeat to Brighton in 2013-14. The Valiants have been eliminated from five of their past six ties at this stage of the competition, last progressing to the fifth round in 1995-96.

    • Bristol City have progressed from five of their past six FA Cup ties against sides from a lower division, while they have won eight of their last 10 away games in the competition against lower tier opponents.

    • Emil Riis has been involved in five goals in four starts in the FA Cup (4 goals, 1 assist), scoring a hat-trick for Bristol City in their 5-1 win in this season's third round, their first FA Cup hat-trick since Phil Jevons in December 2006 against Gillingham.

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