Fulham will find out who they will face in the third round of the FA Cup this weekend – and Marco Silva’s side have been assigned ball number fifteen in the draw, which will take place on Sunday afternoon.
Premier League and Championship sides enter the competition at the third round stage over the weekend of Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 January – with fierce competition to reach the prestige part of the world’s oldest club cup competition due to start this evening as Wigan Athletic, likely to feature in-form Fulham loanee Martial Godo, travelling to face York City in front of the BBC television cameras.
The Whites may feel like they have unfinished business in the FA Cup after the manner of their exit at the quarter-final stage last term. Silva’s side were leading Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford until the VAR intervened to award a penalty to the Red Devils and referee Chris Kavanagh sent off Willian, Silva and Aleksandar Mitrovic in quick succession.
The draw for the third round will be broadcast live on ITV during their coverage of the tie between Eastleigh and Reading at round 12.55pm.
The full ball numbers are as follows:
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. Cardiff City
11. Chelsea
12. Coventry City
13. Crystal Palace
14. Everton
15. Fulham
16. Huddersfield Town
17. Hull City
18. Ipswich Town
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. Plymouth Argyle
31. Preston North End
32. Queens Park Rangers
33. Rotherham United
34. Sheffield United
35. Sheffield Wednesday
36. Southampton
37. Stoke City
38. Sunderland
39. Swansea City
40. Tottenham Hotspur
41. Watford
42. West Bromwich Albion
43. West Ham United
44. Wolverhampton Wanderers
45. Maidstone United or Barrow
46. Wycombe Wanderers or Morecambe
47. Notts County or Shrewsbury Town
48. Chesterfield or Leyton Orient
49. Aldershot Town or Stockport County
50. Alfreton Town or Walsall
51. Blackpool or Forest green Rovers
52. Cambridge United or Fleetwood Town
53. Bolton Wanderers or Harrogate Town
54. Wrexham or Yeovil Town
55. Crewe Alexandra or Bristol Rovers
56. Peterborough United or Doncaster Rovers
57. Eastleigh or Reading
58. Gillingham or Charlton Athletic
59. Stevenage or Port Vale
60. Newport County or Barnet
61. Oxford United or Grimsby Town
62. York City or Wigan Athletic
63. Sutton United or Horsham
64. AFC Wimbledon or Ramsgate
Let us know who you’d like to be pulled out of the hat alongside Fulham this weekend in the comments …
