Overview
- Arsenal will host Liverpool in a blockbuster third-round FA Cup tie next month. This will be the first time the Premier League giants are meeting in the competition since Arsenal won a fifth-round tie 2-1 in 2014.
- Championship club Sunderland are paired with their neighbours Newcastle, who will travel to the Stadium of Light over the weekend of 6-7 January. This will be the first meeting between the north east giants since they were both in the Premier League in 2015-16.
- Manchester City, the FA Cup holders, were handed a home tie against the Championship strugglers Huddersfield, while Manchester United will make the short trip to the 2013 winners Wigan.
- Non-league Maidstone United, the lowest-ranked team guaranteed a place in the third round, are at home to either Stevenage or Port Vale.
- The FA Cup third round is scheduled to take place between Jan. 5-8.