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FA Cup: Arsenal to host Liverpool as Iwobi, Ajayi get favourable fixtures

by Nurudeen Obalola
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CURRENT English Premier League leaders Arsenal will host Liverpool in the headline fixture of the FA Cup third round.

The draw was made today and the ties will be played between January 5 and January 8 across England.

In fixtures involving Super Eagles players, Alex Iwobi’s Fulham and Semi Ajayi’s West Brom will face clubs in the lower leagues.

Premier League side Fulham are home to second-tier Rotherham United, while West Brom, in the second division, will host either fifth-tier Aldershot or fourth-tier Stockport County.

Leicester City, the club of Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho, will battle fellow Championship side Millwall, while Frank Onyeka’s Brentford host Wolves in an all-Premier League clash.

Holders Manchester City are home to Huddersfield Town, while Manchester United are away to Wigan Athletic as Tottenham Hotspur host Burnley.

Sunderland will face Newcastle in a Tyne-Wear derby at the Stadium of Light and Everton will travel to Crystal Palace.

Isthmian League South East Division side Ramsgate, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, will host Championship high-flyers Ipswich if they can beat AFC Wimbledon in their second-round tie tomorrow.

FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW
Luton Town v Bolton Wanderers
Shrewsbury Town v Wrexham/Yeovil Town
Arsenal v Liverpool
Stoke City v Brighton and Hove Albion
Norwich City v Crewe/Bristol Rovers
West Ham v Bristol City
Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley
Fulham v Rotherham United
West Bromwich Albion v Aldershot or Stockport County
Southampton v Alfreton Town or Walsall
AFC Wimbledon/Ramsgate v Ipswich Town
Peterborough United v Leeds United
Millwall v Leicester City
Watford v Chesterfield/Leyton Orient
Sunderland v Newcastle United
Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City
Crystal Palace v Everton
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest v Blackpool/Forest Green Rovers
Wigan Athletic v Manchester United
Manchester City v Huddersfield Town
Blackburn Rovers v Cambridge United
Gillingham v Sheffield United
Swansea City v Morecambe
Chelsea v Preston North End
QPR v Bournemouth
Coventry City v Oxford United
Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Plymouth Argyle v Sutton United
Maidstone United v Stevenage/Port Vale
Newport County/Barnet v Eastleigh/Reading
Hull City v Birmingham

 

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