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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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When will third round ties be played?18:38
FULL LIST: Ball Numbers 45-6418:35
FULL LIST: Ball Numbers 22-4418:35
FULL LIST: Ball Numbers - 1-2118:35
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.
18:41Alex Richards
Just a reminder...
Because in this post-Erik ten Hag world, we maybe need one.
Manchester United are the current holders.
Yep. Seriously.
Had you forgotten?
Erik ten Hag and Bruno Fernandes celebrate United's FA Cup win
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18:38KEY EVENT
When will third round ties be played?
Now usually it's that opening weekend in January (unless its New Year's Day over that weekend).
But this year, there are league games on the first weekend.
So third round ties will be played over the weekend from Friday January 10 to Monday January 13.
18:35KEY EVENT
FULL LIST: Ball Numbers 45-64
45 Salford City
46 Charlton Athletic
47 Exeter City
48 Leyton Orient
49 Bristol Rovers
50 Dagenham & Redbridge
51 Accrington Stanley
52 Lincoln City
53 Tamworth
54 Birmingham City
55 Mansfield Town
56 Peterborough United
57 Stockport County
58 Wycombe Wanderers
59 Morecambe
60 Bromley
61 Doncaster Rovers
62 Reading
63 Harrogate Town
64 Wigan Athletic
18:35KEY EVENT
FULL LIST: Ball Numbers 22-44
22 Manchester City
23 Manchester United
24 Middlesbrough
25 Millwall
26 Newcastle United
27 Norwich City
28 Nottingham Forest
29 Oxford United
30 Plymouth argyle
31 Portsmouth
32 Preston North End
33 Queens Park Rangers
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea City
40 Tottenham Hotspur
41 Watford
42 West Bromwich Albion
43 West Ham United
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
18:35KEY EVENT
FULL LIST: Ball Numbers - 1-21
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Blackburn Rovers
5 Brentford
6 Brighton & Hove Albion
7 Bristol City
8 Burnley
9 Cardiff City
10 Chelsea
11 Coventry City
12 Crystal Palace
13 Derby County
14 Everton
15 Fulham
16 Hull City
17 Ipswich Town
18 Leeds United
19 Leicester City
20 Liverpool
21 Luton Town
18:00Tom Victor
Two non-league teams in the pot
Dagenham and Redbridge became the first non-league team to book their spot in the third round when they won at Wimbledon on Saturday.
The National League side came through a qualifying round at Leiston and claimed a giant-killing at Crewe in round one before Joshua Rees gave them victory at Plough Lane.
It was a similar story for fellow fifth-tier side Tamworth, who overcame Robbie Savage's Macclesfield in the final qualifying round.
The Lambs got the better of two League One sides to make it this far, overcoming Huddersfield in round one before their penalty shoot-out victory over Burton.
17:39Tom Victor
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.
17:39Tom Victor
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.
17:38Tom Victor
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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