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FA Cup third-round draw: Arsenal to host Man Utd

Arsenal will host FA Cup holders Manchester United in one of only two all-Premier League ties in the FA Cup third round.

All 20 Premier League clubs learned on Monday their opponents for the ties to be played over the weekend of 11 January.

It will be the 17th occasion that 14-time winners Arsenal and Man Utd, who have lifted the FA Cup 13 times, have met in the competition, including the 1979 and 2005 finals, which were both won by the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta and new Man Utd head coach Ruben Amorim face each other in the Premier League this Wednesday night at Emirates Stadium in a precursor for their FA Cup encounter.

In the other all-Premier League tie, seven-time FA Cup winners Aston Villa host West Ham United. The clubs have met three times in the competition, Villa winning twice and losing once.

Premier League leaders Liverpool have been drawn at home to League Two Accrington Stanley, and Manchester City welcome Salford City, who have enjoyed a meteoric rise from non-league to League Two since Man Utd's "Class of '92" players Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, got involved in 2014.

Tottenham Hotspur make the trip to Tamworth, one of only two non-league clubs remaining in the competition, while Newcastle United are at home to League Two newcomers Bromley, managed by their former goalkeeper coach, Andy Woodman.

It could prove to be a family affair at Goodison Park where Everton's 39-year-old defender Ashley Young may potentially line up against his son Tyler (18) who plays for Peterborough United, after the Toffees were drawn at home to the League One side.


FA Cup third round fixtures

AFC Bournemouth v West Brom

Arsenal v Man Utd

Aston Villa v West Ham

Birmingham City v Lincoln City

Brentford v Plymouth Argyle

Bristol City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Chelsea v Morecambe

Coventry City v Sheffield Wednesday

Crystal Palace v Stockport County

Everton v Peterborough Utd

Exeter City v Oxford Utd

Fulham v Watford

Hull City v Doncaster Rovers

Ipswich Town v Bristol Rovers

Leeds Utd v Harrogate Town

Leicester City v QPR

Leyton Orient v Derby County

Liverpool v Accrington Stanley

Mansfield v Wigan

Man City v Salford City

Middlesbrough v Blackburn

Millwall v Dagenham & Redbridge

Newcastle v Bromley

Norwich City v Brighton & Hove Albion

Nottingham Forest v Luton Town

Preston v Charlton

Reading v Burnley

Sheffield Utd v Cardiff City

Southampton v Swansea City

Sunderland v Stoke City

Tamworth v Spurs

Wycombe Wanderers v Portsmouth


The third round matches come after a period of 70 Premier League fixtures in the space of 35 days, beginning with the start of Matchweek 14 on Tuesday and ending with the final fixture of Matchweek 20 on Monday 6 January.

That period includes Man City v Man Utd in a Premier League match on Sunday 15 December.

Other dates to note

Before the FA Cup third round, the first legs of the EFL Cup semi-finals are scheduled for 8 January.

The quarter-finals of the EFL Cup are Arsenal v Crystal Palace, Newcastle v Brentford, Southampton v Liverpool and Spurs v Man Utd, due to be played on the 18 and 19 December.


PL matches either side of FA Cup and EFL Cup

29 December

Leicester v Man City

Crystal Palace v Southampton

Everton v Nott'm Forest

Fulham v AFC Bournemouth

Spurs v Wolves

West Ham v Liverpool

30 December

Aston Villa v Brighton

Ipswich v Chelsea

Man Utd v Newcastle

1 January

Brentford v Arsenal

4 January

Spurs v Newcastle

Aston Villa v Leicester

AFC Bournemouth v Everton

Crystal Palace v Chelsea

Man City v West Ham

Southampton v Brentford

Brighton v Arsenal

5 January

Fulham v Ipswich

Liverpool v Man Utd

6 January

Wolves v Nott'm Forest

8 January

EFL Cup semi-finals

Weekend of 11 January

FA Cup third round

14 January

Brentford v Man City

Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth

West Ham v Fulham

Nott'm Forest v Liverpool

15 January

Everton v Aston Villa

Leicester v Crystal Palace

Newcastle v Wolves

Arsenal v Spurs

16 January

Ipswich v Brighton

Man Utd v Southampton


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