Friday’s FA Cup Fourth Round tie between Arsenal and Coventry City will be the third time the sides have met in the FA Cup Fourth Round.
On Jan 25th 1975, City and Arsenal drew 1-1 at Highfield Road in a Fourth Round tie in front of 31,165. The replay four days later at Highbury saw a 3-0 loss for City watched by a gate of 30,867.
The second Fourth Round meeting of the two sides came on January 29th 1977 and City went down to a 3-1 loss at Highbury in front of 41,078.
Last season, City made their first ever visit to the Emirates Stadium and were beaten 6-1 in a League Cup tie
The teams that day were:
City: Murphy, Clarke, Wood, Bailey, Reckord, Baker (c), McSheffrey, Moussa,(Fleck 60), Baker, Barton, Elliott (Ball 69). Subs: Dunn (GK), Hussey, Edjenguele, Daniels
Arsenal: Martinez, Santos, Giroud (Chamakh 72), Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain (Gnabry 72), Djourou (c), Coquelin (Frimpong 72), Arshavin, Angha, Miquel, Yennaris. Subs: Shea (GK), Squillaci, Bellerin, Eisfeld,
HT AFC 1-0 CCFC FT AFC 1-6 CCFC ATT 58,351
More head to head - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml