FA Cup third-round draw preview

The ceremony will feature former England internationals Joe Cole and Peter Crouch at around 18:40 GMT and is being shown live on TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+.

It will also be streamed on TNT Sports' YouTube channel and, of course, we'll carry all of the key details ourselves, as we look forward to a tie around the weekend of 10/11 January 2026.

The Premier League and Championship sides are joined by the teams who made it through the earlier stages, with all the second-round ties, bar one, concluded over the weekend.

Brackley Town face Burton Albion tonight, starting 30 minutes before Ruben Amorim's Reds are in top-flight action at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

So, we will know our cup opponents before kick-off at Molineux, and the ball to look out for is no.23.

One of the lower-league clubs in the hat are Fleetwood Town, who overcame Luton Town on penalties, after Reds loanee Ethan Ennis scored twice in a 2-2 draw. The winger's second goal was a beautiful trivela strike.

BALL NUMBERS

1. Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Birmingham City
5. Blackburn Rovers
6. Brentford
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Bristol City
9. Burnley
10. Charlton Athletic
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace 
14. Derby County
15. Everton
16. Fulham
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
19. Leeds United
20. Leicester City
21. Liverpool
22. Manchester City
23. UNITED
24. Middlesbrough
25. Millwall
26. Newcastle United
27. Norwich City
28. Nottingham Forest
29. Oxford United
30. Portsmouth
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers

Ethan Ennis that is special ✨

The @ftfc midfielder with a trivela finish 😱#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/PVo9j4yTGn

— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) December 6, 2025