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FA Cup: See #EmiratesFACup Fixtures For Sat 8 January 2022

The Genius Media Nigeria reports that the full fixtures for Emirates FA Cup scheduled for Saturday January 8th can be accessed below.

The Premier League will be taking a short hiatus to allow top-flight clubs to begin their journeys in the 2021-22 FA Cup with the goal of reaching the final at Wembley Stadium on May 14.

The tournament has reached the third round, the juncture when all Premier League and Championship clubs enter the competition. Matches that end in a draw after 90 minutes will head to extra time and a penalty-kick shootout if necessary.

The complete third-round schedule follows below. Three of the 32 on tap feature Premier League head-to-heads: Manchester United hosts Aston Villa at Old Trafford, Leicester City welcomes Watford to the King Power Stadium and West Ham faces Leeds United.

FA Cup third-round matches (Jan. 7-10, 2022)

Sixty-four teams are in action in the FA Cup third round, with most of them hailing from the top two divisions of English football:

• English Premier League (first tier): 20 clubs
• English Championship (second tier): 24 clubs
• League One (third tier): 8 clubs
• League Two (fourth tier): 8 clubs
• National League (fifth tier): 3 clubs (Boreham Wood, Chesterfield, Yeovil Town)
• National League North/South (sixth tier): 1 club (Kidderminster Harriers)

Lower-division teams are noted in parentheses in the schedule below: CH = Championship (second tier); L1 = League One (third tier); L2 = League Two (fourth tier); NL = National League (fifth tier), NLNS = National League North/South (sixth tier).

See Fixtures Below

Jan 8

Coventry City vs Derby County

Burnley vs Huddersfield Town

Mansfield Town vs Middlesbrough

Hartlepool United vs Blackpool

Bristol City vs Fulham

Millwall vs Crystal Palace

Boreham Wood vs Wimbledon

West Brom vs Brighton

Kidderminster Harriers vs Reading

Leicester City vs Watford