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Irish Cup: H&W Welders host Glentoran in fifth-round derby live on BBC Sport NI

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An east Belfast derby between Championship side H&W Welders and Glentoran in the Irish Cup fifth round will be streamed live on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport NI website.

The Welders host their near neighbours at the Blanchflower Stadium on Friday, 3 January with a 19:45 GMT kick-off.

Glentoran, who have won the Irish Cup 23 times, reached last year’s semi-finals before losing out to Linfield.

The Welders will be trying to progress in the competition this time around having been knocked out at the same stage last season by Larne.

The teams met in September with Glentoran beating the Welders in a penalty shootout in the Co Antrim Shield.

There will be full coverage of Saturday’s fifth-round matches (4 January) on Sportsound and online with in-game clips from selected games.

The 15 ties to be decided include another Championship-Premiership derby with Annagh United set to take on top-flight Portadown.

Remarkably, there is not one all-Premiership tie in round five of this season’s Irish Cup.

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