The 20 Premier League teams are set to learn their opponents as they prepare to enter the FA Cup, with reigning champions Manchester United beginning their defence
Manchester United celebrating their FA Cup triumph in 2024
Reigning FA Cup champions Manchester United will enter in the third round (
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The second round of the FA Cup is done and dusted, and now it's time for the big boys to enter in round three.
Last season's competition ended with Manchester United beating Manchester City at Wembley, and the Red Devils will discover who their opponents are going to be in Ruben Amorim's first ever FA Cup match. 2023 winners City will also enter at the third round stage, along with the other 18 Premier League clubs and all 24 from the Championship.
There are also two remaining non-league teams in the pot. Dagenham and Redbridge won 2-1 at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday, with Tamworth stunning third-tier Burton Albion with a penalty-shootout win at the Pirelli Stadium.
The third-round matches will be played around the weekend of January 11. Here, Mirror Football will have the full draw for you as it happens.
Some of the key ball numbers
Reigning champions Manchester United are ball number 23, while it's 22 for last season's beaten finalists Manchester City.
Recent winners Liverpool, Leicester and Arsenal are numbers 20, 19 and 2 respectively.
If you're keeping an eye out for the non-league representatives, Dagenham and Redbridge are ball 50 and Tamworth are number 53.
When is the FA Cup third round draw
The draw itself gets underway from 7pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.
Kelly Somers wll be on hosting duties, with Mark Hughes and Dion Dublin drawing the balls.
Hughes was a cup winner as a player with both Manchester United and Chelsea, while Dublin played no part in United's 1994 final win but was part of the Red Devils squad for the Charity Shield later that year.
Hello and welcome
It's the day that fans of a lot of clubs have been waiting for - today we'll learn who gets who in the third round of the FA Cup.
We'll have the full draw as it comes in, as well as all the build-up, so don't go anywhere.
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