THE THIRD ROUND IN SIXTY SECONDS

ALL CHANGE PLEASE!

PREMIER LEAGUE sides made an average of six changes to their starting teams for the third-round ties — not as many as they did at the same stage last season... TEAM ................. CHANGES TO XI Arsenal ............ 7 (last season: 7) Aston Villa .......... play tonight (11) Brentford ............................ 8(7) Brighton .............................. 7(5) Burnley ................................ 5 (5) Chelsea ................................ 7(6) Crystal Palace ...................... 5 (9) Everton ............................... 4(8) Leeds ................................... 4 (7) Leicester ............................ 9 (2) Liverpool ............................. 8(6) ManchesterCity .................. 4(5) Manchester United...tonight (9) Newcastle ............................ 3(7) Norwich .............................. 6 (7) Southampton ..................... 5(7) Tottenham .......................... 8(9) West Ham ............................ 3 (5) Watford ............................... 7 (4) Wolves ................................. 5 (2) 105 THAT’S 105 changes in total — compared to 128 last season (though two teams are yet to play). 8 THERE were eight instances of a team toppling a side

from a higher division in the third round — up from five

last year and six the season before. This year: Huddersfield, Hartlepool, Boreham Wood, Kidderminster, Cambridge United, Wigan, Plymouth and

Nottingham Forest. 2 TWO non-League sides in the fourth round is the most since 2017 (Lincoln and Sutton). There has never been more in the PL era.