The FA Cup third round is here, marking the arrival of the Premier League and Championship sides.
Six out of the 32 third round fixtures have been picked up to be shown live on TV, beginning with Friday’s all Premier League affair between Aston Villa and West Ham.
Unai Emery’s side will host The Hammers in what will be Graham Potter’s first game in charge after Julen Lopetegui was sacked following a poor stint in charge, the tie will be aired on ITV1.
The pick of the matches is undoubtedly Arsenal vs Manchester United, set to take place on Sunday, January 12 at the Emirates Stadium, with the game being broadcast on BBC One.
Elsewhere, Pep Guardiola’s struggling Manchester City were drawn at home to the Class of 92-backed Salford City with that match taking place on Saturday, January 11 at 5.45pm on BBC One.
Here is where you can watch all of the six FA Cup third round games which have been selected to be shown on TV.
Graham Potter’s first game in charge of West Ham will be shown live on ITV on January 10
Arsenal’s third round clash with Manchester United will be shown on BBC One on January 12
Pep Guardiola’s Man City will host the Class of 92’s Salford City on January 11, also on BBC One
Salford are into the third round for the first time in club history and they will now look to go toe-to-toe with the ailing Premier League champions, who lost to United in last season’s final at Wembley in May.
The remainder of the main broadcast selections will be aired on ITV.
Those include an all Premier League encounter between Aston Villa and West Ham at 8pm on Friday, January 10 and Accrington Stanley’s visit to Liverpool at 12.15pm on Saturday, January 11.
Non-league Tamworth, the lowest-ranked side left in the competition, will host Premier League Tottenham at 12.30pm on Sunday, January 12.
National League side Tamworth are on a run of cup scalps after knocking out League One sides Huddersfield Town and Burton Albion in rounds one and two.
They now face their biggest one yet as they welcome Ange Postecoglou’s star-studded side to their 4,000-capacity Lamb Ground in the new year.
Dagenham and Redbridge travel to Milwall at 7.30pm on Monday, January 13, to be shown on ITV4.
Each of the sides involved in these main live broadcast selections will receive £85,000 in addition to any payments from the competition’s prize fund.
Further broadcast selections and the full Emirates FA Cup Third Round schedule will be announced as soon as possible.
