FA CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW: Chelsea face Man City

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– Premier League champions Manchester City will host Chelsea in the FA Cup third round.

– Elsewhere, holders Liverpool will welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to Anfield, while Manchester United are at home to Everton in another all-Premier League tie.

– National League Dagenham and Redbridge or League Two Gillingham will host 2021 winners Leicester City.

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– The third round will be played between 6 and 9 January 2023.

– In other all-Premier League ties, Brentford are at home to West Ham, while Crystal Palace will host Southampton.

– Premier League leaders Arsenal, who have won the FA Cup a record 14 times, will travel to Oxford United, who are 13th in League One.

– Non-league side Boreham Wood, the lowest ranked team in the third-round draw, will take on League One’s Accrington Stanley in January.

– Winning clubs in the third round will claim £105,000 from the competition prize fund.

– Liverpool are the current holders of the trophy after they beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties to win their first FA Cup since 2006.

Full draw:

Preston v Huddersfield
Middlesbrough v Brighton
Chesterfield v West Brom
Manchester City v Chelsea
Charlton or Stockport County v Walsall
Boreham Wood v Accrington
Tottenham v Portsmouth
Derby v Barnsley
Cardiff v Leeds
Brentford v West Ham
Bournemouth v Burnley
Coventry v Wrexham
Norwich v Blackburn
Aston Villa v Stevenage
Luton v Wigan
Oxford v Arsenal
Fleetwood v QPR
Liverpool v Wolves
Grimsby v Burton
Blackpool v Nottingham Forest
Dagenham & Redbridge or Gillingham v Leicester
Forest Green v Birmingham
Bristol City v Swansea
Hartlepool v Stoke
Hull v Fulham
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Millwall v Sheffield United
Shrewsbury v Sunderland
Sheffield Wednesday v Newcastle
Manchester United v Everton
Reading v Watford
Ipswich v Rotherham

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