Chelsea have been drawn to face Aston Villa in the semi-final of the FA Cup.

The tie will take place at Wembley over the weekend of April 10/11.

Chelsea beat Everton to win the 2009 FA Cup and their 2-0 win over Stoke at Stamford Bridge on Sunday took them through to a 19th last-four appearance in this competition.

Villa will be making their second trip to Wembley of the season, having lost there to Manchester United in the Carling Cup final last weekend.

Chelsea assistant boss Ray Wilkins said: "When you get to this stage of the competition the opposition is always going to be tough, and Aston Villa will be a tough game for us.

"They beat us earlier on (in the season) at Villa Park but that was quite a while ago. The problems they gave us were from set plays but today we must commend our guys on how they dealt with that situation against a very strong Stoke side."

Martin O'Neill's men trailed 2-0 at Reading before a hat-trick from Norwegian striker John Carew helped them claim a 4-2 victory at the Madejski Stadium.

O'Neill was bullish after hearing his side had been paired with the tournament favourites in the last four.

He said: "We are delighted to be in the semi-finals of the FA Cup and we will take on anybody.

"Chelsea are one of the best sides in Europe but we will take them on.

"And we certainly don't fear them."