FA Cup semi-final draw LIVE as Man City, Chelsea FC and Crystal Palace await opponents

Hello, and welcome to the Manchester Evening News' live coverage of the draw for this season's FA Cup semi-finals.

Chelsea booked their place in the hat for the last-four with a 2-0 triumph over Championship side Middlesbrough yesterday evening, securing their place in the semi-finals for the third season in a row. First-half goals from Romelu Lukaku and Hakim Ziyech were enough to seal the win over Chris Wilder's side, who had sent Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur packing in rounds four and five, respectively.

Crystal Palace joined their London rivals in the last-four this lunchtime with an emphatic 4-0 win over Premier League strugglers Everton. Putting on a show for their own fans at Selhurst Park, they got the job done thanks to goals from Marc Guehi, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Wilfried Zaha and Will Hughes.

Manchester City joined them with a 4-1 win over Southampton at St Mary's this afternoon. Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez all scored to keep their hopes of a treble alive.

Nottingham Forest and Liverpool will conclude the quarter-final programme at the City Ground, kick-off 6:00pm. However, the winner of that tie will know who they will face ahead of kick-off, with the draw set to be made around 5:30pm.

Follow the draw, plus all of the build-up, on the live blog below.

The FA Cup semi-finals will be played at Wembley over the weekend of April 16 and 17.

1 - Crystal Palace

2 - Nottingham Forest or Liverpool

3 - Chelsea

4 - Manchester City

The semi-final draw will be screened live on ITV, ahead of the last quarter-final tie between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, with coverage of the programme starting at 5:15pm.

The draw is set to take place around 5:30pm. It can also be