Rovers will welcome League Two Wrexham to Ewood Park in the FA Cup fourth round.
Jon Dahl Tomasson’s side ran out 5-2 winners against League One Cambridge at Ewood Park over the weekend. Sam Szmodics scored a first-half hat trick, with Arnor Sigurdsson and Harry Leonard also on target after the break.
Meahwhile, Wrexham recorded a narrow 1-0 victory at Shrewsbury with Tom O’Connor getting the decisive goal 18 minutes from time.
The sides haven’t faced each other in a competitive fixture since March 1982. Wrexham were 1-0 winners that day.
The draw was conducted live on ITV1 by Gary Mabbutt and Emma Byrne as part of the build-up to Wigan v Manchester United. Fourth-round ties are scheduled to be played on the weekend of Saturday, January 27.
Norwich v Bristol Rovers, West Ham v Bristol City, Crystal Palace v Everton, Nottingham Forest v Blackpool, Brentford v Wolves, Newport v Eastleigh and Hull v Birmingham will all be decided by a replay.
Maidstone, who are the lowest-ranked team left in the competition following their 1-0 win against Stevenage, face a trip to Ipswich.
Here is the FA Cup fourth-round draw in full
- Watford v Southampton
- Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham
- AFC Bournemouth v Swansea City
- West Bromwich Albion v Brentford or Wolverhampton Wanderers
- West Ham United or Bristol City v Nottingham Forest or Blackpool
- Leicester City v Hull City or Birmingham City
- Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City
- Chelsea v Aston Villa
- Ipswich Town v Maidstone United
- Liverpool v Norwich City or Bristol Rovers
- Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
- Leeds United v Plymouth Argyle
- Crystal Palace or Everton v Luton Town or Bolton Wanderers
- Newport County or Eastleigh v Wigan Athletic or Manchester United
- Sheffield United v Brighton and Hove Albion
- Fulham v Newcastle United
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