Macclesfield v Brentford: FA Cup fourth round – live

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A game against West Ham awaits the winner of this one. Nuno Espírito Santo’s side edged past Burton Albion in a particularly dull game. Crysencio Summerville’s goal in extra time was the moment of quality that sent them through to the fifth round.

Crysencio Summerville celebrates breaking the deadlock during the FA Cup match between Burton Albion and West Ham United at the Pirelli Stadium. Photograph: John Mallett/ProSports/Shutterstock

Here's the FA Cup fifth round draw

• Fulham v Southampton

• Port Vale or Bristol City v Sunderland

• Newcastle v Manchester City

• Leeds United v Norwich City

• Mansfield Town v Arsenal

• Wolves v Liverpool

• Wrexham v Chelsea

• West Ham v Macclesfield or Brentford

Team news

Macclesfield: Dearnley, Fensome, Dawson, Buckley-Ricketts, Mellor, Duffy, Heathcote, Lacey, Osborne, Edmondson, Borthwick-Jackson

Subs: Matheson, Menayese, Griffiths, Dos Santos, Gale, Johnson, Whitehead, Pasiek, Stone.

Brentford: Valdimarsson, Kayode, Collins (c), Pinnock, Hickey, Janelt, Jensen, Yarmoliuk, Donovan, Furo, Nelson

Subs: Balcombe, Henry, Van den Berg, Ouattara, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Bentt, Shield, Stephenson

Macclesfield’s story is a remarkable one. Macclesfield Town died in October 2020 before the latest iteration of the club was born. Read John Brewin’s piece about the story so far.

Before the match tonight, we have the small matter of the FA Cup draw for the fifth round. Who will Macclesfield or Brentford face in the next round? Niall McVeigh is providing updates.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to a historic minute-by-minute. Tonight sixth-tier Macclesfield welcome Premier League Brentford to the Leasing.com Stadium in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Macc’s 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace in the last round was the biggest that the FA Cup has seen. Against all odds, they beat the FA Cup holders, a team 117 places ahead of them at the time. Macclesfield defender Luke Matheson, best known for his equaliser for Rochdale against Manchester United in 2019, summed up what tonight’s game means. He said: “It’s not necessarily [about saying] ‘we can do this’, it’s ‘we’ve done this’, so we want to go out there and prove it to ourselves again.”