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Alex Richards

FA Cup ball numbers for third round draw as Premier League sides enter competition

The most exciting draw of the football year is here once again: The FA Cup third round.

All 20 Premier League clubs - including holders Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and league champions Manchester City - now join the fray along with the 24 Championship sides who only enter at this point too.

League One, League Two and Non-league clubs have already been duking it out to get to this point, with the likes of Wrexham, Boreham Wood, Forest Green Rovers and Hartlepool United now all eyeing a potential money-spinning glamour tie against one of the top flight elite.

The third round matches will take place between January 6 and January 9. Here are the all important ball numbers ahead of Monday night's draw:

Who would you like to see play each other in the FA Cup third round? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

Third Round Ball Numbers

1. AFC Bournemouth

2. Arsenal

3. Aston Villa

4. Birmingham City

5. Blackburn Rovers

6. Blackpool

7. Brentford

8. Brighton & Hove Albion

9. Bristol City

10. Burnley

11. Cardiff City

12. Chelsea

13. Coventry City

14. Crystal Palace

15. Everton

16. Fulham

17. Huddersfield Town

18. Hull City

19. Leeds United

20. Leicester City

21. Liverpool

22. Luton Town

23. Manchester City

24. Manchester United

25. Middlesbrough

26. Millwall

27. Newcastle United

28. Norwich City

29. Nottingham Forest

30. Preston North End

31. Queens Park Rangers

32. Reading

33. Rotherham United

34. Sheffield United

35. Southampton

36. Stoke City

37. Sunderland

38. Swansea City

39. Tottenham Hotspur

40. Watford

41. West Bromwich Albion

42. West Ham United

43. Wigan Athletic

44. Wolverhampton Wanderers

45. Grimsby Town

46. Wrexham

47. Accrington Stanley

48. Fleetwood Town

49. Ipswich Town

50. Barnsley

51. Forest Green Rovers

52. Portsmouth

53. Shrewsbury Town

54. Hartlepool United

55. Stevenage

56. Charlton Athletic or Stockport County

57. Boreham Wood

58. Dagenham & Redbridge or Gillingham

59. Oxford United

60. Sheffield Wednesday

61. Chesterfield

62. Burton Albion

63. Walsall

64. Derby County

How to watch

The draw will be televised on BBC Two, which is also available to stream via the BBC iPlayer and the BBC iPlayer app. Coverage will begin at 7pm.

Alternatively, the FA will be live streaming the draw on their official Emirates FA Cup Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts.

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