PEP & POTTER READY FOR A TEST SERIES
MANCHESTER CITY will host Chelsea in an FA Cup third-round clash of the heavyweights in January.
Etihad boss Pep Guardiola and his Blues counterpart Graham Potter (above) meet again in one of five all-Premier League ties.
City knocked Chelsea out of the Carabao Cup this month and the clubs will play for league points at Stamford Bridge on January 5 – days before their FA Cup showdown.
Holders Liverpool will entertain Wolves, Everton travel to Manchester United, Crystal Palace meet Southampton and Brentford face West Ham.
Premier League leaders Arsenal face a trip to League One Oxford.
National League giant-killers Chesterfield and Boreham Wood failed to earn the money-spinning glamour tie they were craving.
Chesterfield were drawn at home to Championship side West Brom while non-league counterparts Boreham Wood will face Accrington.
Boss Luke Garrard led minnows Boreham Wood all the way to the fifth round last season – and he said: “Accrington probably wanted Liverpool or Man City away. Their boss John Coleman will be devastated.”
National League Dagenham and Redbridge are 90 minutes away from facing a top-flight club in 2021 winners Leicester – provided they get past Gillingham in next week’s replay.
Other eye-catching ties include Tottenham v Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday hosting Newcastle and Leeds heading to Cardiff.