FA Cup fourth-round draw: teams, ball numbers, start time, TV, live stream
Leicester City are ball No.1 for the draw on Monday evening
Emirates FA Cup holders Manchester City and Premier League leaders Liverpool are two of the big names in the hat for tonight’s fourth-round draw.
Of the Premier League sides in the draw, Man City are ball No.18, Liverpool are No.12, Leicester City are No.1 and Chelsea are No.4.
Arsenal’s third-round clash against Leeds (7.46pm, live on BBC One) will follow the draw this evening. Arsenal and Leeds are ball No.28.
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Fourth-round ties will take place on the weekend of 24-27 January.
What time is the fourth-round draw?
The draw for the fourth round proper will take place tonight at the Emirates Stadium from 7.35pm. The FA has also announced that before the draw a new live Emirates FA Cup Show will start at 7.11pm on Twitter.
How to watch the draw
The draw will be broadcast live on the FA Cup’s official Twitter account, BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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Teams and ball numbers
- 1 Leicester City
- 2 Queens Park Rangers
- 3 Fulham
- 4 Chelsea
- 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers or Manchester United
- 6 West Bromwich Albion
- 7 Rochdale or Newcastle United
- 8 Cardiff City or Carlisle United
- 9 Oxford United
- 10 Sheffield United
- 11 Southampton
- 12 Liverpool
- 13 Bristol City or Shrewsbury Town
- 14 AFC Bournemouth
- 15 Sheffield Wednesday
- 16 Bristol Rovers or Coventry City
- 17 Barnsley
- 18 Manchester City
- 19 Middlesbrough or Tottenham Hotspur
- 20 Reading or Blackpool
- 21 Watford or Tranmere Rovers
- 22 Norwich City
- 23 Millwall
- 24 Derby County
- 25 Hull City
- 26 Brentford
- 27 Portsmouth
- 28 Arsenal or Leeds United
- 29 West Ham United
- 30 Northampton Town
- 31 Burnley
- 32 Birmingham City
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