West Brom handed Southampton tie in FA Cup fifth round draw
Albion will welcome Premier League rivals Southampton to The Hawthorns in the FA Cup fifth round.
Alan Pardew's men are locked near the foot of the top flight with the Saints. The 18th and 19th-placed clubs are separated by just two points.
And as well as a crucial league clash with Mauricio Pellegrino's men at Albion on Saturday, the clubs will do battle for a place in the FA Cup quarter-final.
It is another tie that draws parallels to Albion's cup-winning 1967/68 campaign, where they met Southampton in the fourth round. They later dispatched of Liverpool in the quarter-final half-a-century ago – the club Pardew's men memorably knocked out last Saturday night.
Southampton progressed thanks to a 1-0 victory over Watford.
The tie will be played the weekend of February 17.
