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Emirates FA Cup Third Round Draw: Key Details

We'll discover our Emirates FA Cup Third Round opponents on Monday evening as Leicester City enter the historic competition.

2025-12-08T13:55+00:00

by Sam Stevens

Published

08 Dec, 2025

Emirates FA Cup Third Round Draw: Key Details

We'll discover our Emirates FA Cup Third Round opponents on Monday evening as Leicester City enter the historic competition.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-08T13:55+00:00

Emirates FA Cup Third Round Draw: Key Details

We'll discover our Emirates FA Cup Third Round opponents on Monday evening as Leicester City enter the historic competition.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-08T13:55+00:00

Emirates FA Cup Third Round Draw: Key Details

We'll discover our Emirates FA Cup Third Round opponents on Monday evening as Leicester City enter the historic competition.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-08T13:55+00:00

Emirates FA Cup Third Round Draw: Key Details

We'll discover our Emirates FA Cup Third Round opponents on Monday evening as Leicester City enter the historic competition.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-08T13:55+00:00

One-time winners City join alongside Premier League and fellow Sky Bet Championship sides for the third round draw, which takes place on Monday evening.

Ahead of the draw, here's all you need to know...

When is the draw?

Ahead of the final second-round tie, between Brackley Town and Burton Albion, the draw will be staged at approximately 6:40pm GMT on Monday.

When will the game be?

The third round will be played around the weekend of Saturday 10 January, 2026.

What ball number are we?

The Foxes have been assigned the no.20 ball for the draw. The other numbers to look out for are below:

1. AFC 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. Manchester 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

33. Sheffield United

34. Sheffield Wednesday

35. Southampton

36. Stoke City

37. Sunderland

38. Swansea City

39. Tottenham Hotspur 40. Watford

41. West Bromwich Albion

42. West Ham United

43. Wolverhampton Wanderers

44. Wrexham

45. Macclesfield

46. Grimsby Town

47. Shrewsbury Town

48. Swindon Town

49. Weston Super Mare

50. Barnsley

51. Boreham Wood

52. Milton Keynes Dons

53. Wigan Athletic

54. Fleetwood Town

55. Salford City

56. Mansfield Town

57. Cambridge United

58. Brackley Town or Burton Albion

59. Blackpool

60. Walsall

61. Exeter City

62. Cheltenham Town

63. Doncaster Rovers

64. Port Vale

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