Live Coverage: FA Cup fourth-round draw - as it happened

Teams from the Premier League and Championship got their FA Cup campaigns underway at the weekend in a largely uneventful set of third-round ties.

Holders Arsenal eased through with a 3-1 win over Sunderland, while Manchester United had to rely on a stoppage-time penalty from Wayne Rooney to scrape past League One Sheffield United.

Lower-league opposition also proved a headache for Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa, all of whom now face replays after being held to draws, while Swansea City were the biggest giants to fall as they went down 3-2 at Oxford United.

For those who progressed, the fourth round awaits at the end of the month - but who are they facing? Find out in our live coverage of the draw below.

7.26pm

That concludes the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup. Holders Arsenal welcome Championship side Burnley to the Emirates, while Manchester United face a tricky trip to second-tier title-chasers Derby County. Cup favourites Manchester City will travel to the winners of the replay between Wycombe and Aston Villa, while Liverpool will welcome fellow Premier League side West Ham to Anfield if they overcome Exeter City in their rematch. Thanks for joining us!

7.25pm

NORTHAMPTON/MK DONS vs. CHELSEA

7.25pm

BURY/BRADFORD vs. HULL CITY

7.24pm

COLCHESTER UNITED vs. TOTTENHAM/LEICESTER

7.24pm

IPSWICH/PORTSMOUTH vs. BOURNEMOUTH

7.24pm

OXFORD UNITED vs. NEWPORT/BLACKBURN

7.23pm

CRYSTAL PALACE vs. STOKE CITY

7.23pm

CARLISLE/YEOVIL vs. EVERTON

7.23pm

NOTTINGHAM FOREST vs. WATFORD

7.22pm

SHREWSBURY vs. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

7.22pm

WYCOMBE/ASTON VILLA vs. MANCHESTER CITY

7.21pm

EXETER/LIVERPOOL vs. WEST HAM UNITED

7.21pm

HUDDERSFIELD/READING vs. WALSALL

7.21pm

DERBY COUNTY vs. MANCHESTER UNITED

7.20pm

ARSENAL vs. BURNLEY

7.20pm

EASTLEIGH/BOLTON vs. LEEDS UNITED

7.20pm

WEST BROM/BRISTOL CITY vs. PETERBOROUGH

7.17pm

Here we go. Eyes down, look in...

7.14pm

On which note, time to talk balls. Here are the draw numbers you'll need to pay attention to over the next ten minutes or so:

1. Watford
2. West Bromwich Albion or Bristol City
3. West Ham United
4. Derby County
5. Exeter City or Liverpool
6. Tottenham Hotspur or Leicester City
7. Colchester United
8. Peterborough United
9. Northampton Town or MK Dons
10. Arsenal
11. Newport County or Blackburn Rovers
12. Ipswich Town or Portsmouth
13. Bournemouth
14. Wycombe Wanderers or Aston Villa
15. Sheffield Wednesday
16. Oxford United
17. Walsall
18. Bury or Bradford City
19. Manchester United
20. Everton
21. Crystal Palace
22. Eastleigh or Bolton Wanderers
23. Nottingham Forest
24. Carlisle United or Yeovil Town
25. Chelsea
26. Stoke City
27. Leeds United
28. Shrewsbury Town
29. Huddersfield Town or Reading
30. Burnley
31. Manchester City
32. Hull City

7.12pm

Holders Arsenal eased forward in the competition with a 3-1 win over Sunderland, while there were also straightforward victories for Chelsea, Manchester City and Everton. Despite the Gunners winning the trophy two seasons in a row, most bookmakers currently have City as the favourites to be named outright winner, although expect the odds to shift tonight according to who draws whom.

7.10pm

The lowest-ranked side left in the competition are National League promotion hopefuls Eastleigh, who successfully held Championship strugglers Bolton Wanderers at Ten Acres on Saturday. Meanwhile, fourth-tier Oxford United pulled off the only giant-killing of the weekend as they defeated Swansea City 3-2 to make their first appearance in the fourth round since 1999.

7.08pm

In all, ten of the 32 third-round fixtures ended in a stalemate, while one game - Newport vs. Blackburn Rovers - had to be postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The replays have all been scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, January 19, although Liverpool's encounter with Exeter will take place a day later. The game will be the third home fixture inside seven days for the Reds, who must also face Arsenal and Manchester United in the league in that time.

7.06pm

Liverpool too require a replay in order to progress, although theirs came about in less spectacular fashion. Jurgen Klopp's men had to come from behind twice in order to salvage a draw at fourth-tier Exeter City on Friday night, leaving the German incredulous at the prospect of another game in an already-packed January schedule.

7.04pm

Tottenham Hotspur also had a last-gasp penalty to thank for keeping their cup dreams alive as Harry Kane made no mistake from the spot in the 89th minute of Spurs' encounter with Leicester City to level the scores at 2-2 and force a replay.

7.02pm

It's fair to say that last weekend will not exactly go down as the most memorable rounds in FA Cup history, although it was not without some share of drama. After 90 minutes of "uninspired" play (to put it kindly), Manchester United had to rely on a stoppage-time penalty from one Wayne Rooney to see them past League One side Sheffield United.

7.00pm

Hello and welcome to Sports Mole's live coverage of the draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup. In around 15 minutes' time, Ian Wright will pluck out the balls to determine the 16 ties to be played in the next phase of the competition.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Manchester City Man City	38	28	7	3	96	34	62	91
2	Arsenal	38	28	5	5	91	29	62	89
3	Liverpool	38	24	10	4	86	41	45	82
4	Aston Villa	38	20	8	10	76	61	15	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	20	6	12	74	61	13	66
6	Chelsea	38	18	9	11	77	63	14	63
7	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	18	6	14	85	62	23	60
8	Manchester United Man Utd	38	18	6	14	57	58	-1	60
9	West Ham United West Ham	38	14	10	14	60	74	-14	52
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	10	15	57	58	-1	49
11	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	12	12	14	55	62	-7	48
12	Bournemouth	38	13	9	16	54	67	-13	48
13	Fulham	38	13	8	17	55	61	-6	47
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	13	7	18	50	65	-15	46
15	Everton	38	13	9	16	40	51	-11	40
16	Brentford	38	10	9	19	56	65	-9	39
17	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	9	9	20	49	67	-18	32
R	Luton Town Luton	38	6	8	24	52	85	-33	26
R	Burnley	38	5	9	24	41	78	-37	24
R	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	38	3	7	28	35	104	-69	16

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