The highly-anticipated FA Cup third round draw is finally here and football fans are on the edge of their seats as the Premier League giants learn their fate.
When is the draw?
The draw is scheduled to take place at 1pm GMT.
What can we expect?
This stage of the competition marks the entry of Premier League teams, which is expected to make the draw even more exciting.
Ball numbers revealed
Here are the ball numbers for the third round draw:
courtesy of thesun.co.uk 1. AFC Bournemouth2. Arsenal3. Aston Villa4. Birmingham City5. Blackburn Rovers6. Brentford7. Brighton & Hove Albion8. Bristol City9. Burnley10. Cardiff City11. Chelsea12. Coventry City13. Crystal Palace14. Everton15. Fulham16. Huddersfield Town17. Hull City18. Ipswich Town19. Leeds United20. Leicester City21. Liverpool22. Luton Town23. Manchester City24. Manchester United25. Middlesbrough26. Millwall27. Newcastle United28. Norwich City29. Nottingham Forest30. Plymouth Argyle31. Preston North End32. Queens Park Rangers33. Rotherham United34. Sheffield United35. Sheffield Wednesday36. Southampton37. Stoke City38. Sunderland39. Swansea City40. Tottenham Hotspur41. Watford42. West Bromwich Albion43. West Ham United44. Wolverhampton Wanderers45. Maidstone United or Barrow46. Wycombe Wanderers or Morecambe47. Notts County or Shrewsbury Town48. Chesterfield or Leyton Orient49. Aldershot Town or Stockport County50. Alfreton Town or Walsall51. Blackpool or Forest green Rovers52. Cambridge United or Fleetwood Town53. Bolton Wanderers or Harrogate Town54. Wrexham or Yeovil Town55. Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers56. Peterborough United or Doncaster Rovers57. Eastleigh or Reading58. Gillingham or Charlton Athletic59. Stevenage or Port Vale60. Newport County or Barnet61. Oxford United or Grimsby Town62. York City or Wigan Athletic63. Sutton United or Horsham64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate
Replays in the third round?
If the scores are level after 90 minutes plus additional time, replays will be held for the FA Cup third round matches.
However, if the reverse fixture is still level after 90 minutes plus added time, an extra 30 minutes will be played. If there is still no breakthrough, a penalty shootout will decide the winner.
The fixtures for the third round will be played on the weekend of January 6 and January 7.
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