The Blues, along with the rest of the Premier League and Championship clubs, enter the competition in the new year for what is a fourth opportunity to lift silverware.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the third round draw...
When is it?
The draw takes place on the evening of Monday 4 December, before Slough face Rochdale in the last of the second round fixtures.
What time is it?
The draw gets underway at 7pm and will be broadcast live on both BT Sport 1 and BBC 2.
You can also find out who City will face right here on mancity.com or on Twitter.
What’s the format?
64 teams will be drawn at random, meaning anyone can face anyone across the 32 ties.
With teams from the Southern Premier League and Conference North still in the hat, City could be drawn against a fellow Premier League outfit or one of the competition’s minnows.
What ball are City?
The number to look out for is 24 and you can find the full list below.
When will the game be played?
The third round fixtures are scheduled to be played over the weekend of the 6 January 2018, though the date and kick off time are yet to be confirmed.
Ball numbers
1 Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Barnsley
5 Birmingham
6 Bolton
7 Brentford
8 Brighton
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Burton Albion
12 Cardiff
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield
19 Hull
20 Ipswich
21 Leeds
22 Leicester
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Millwall
28 Newcastle
29 Norwich
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston
32 QPR
33 Reading
34 Sheffield United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea
40 Tottenham
41 Watford
42 West Brom
43 West Ham
44 Wolves
45 Woking / Peterborough
46 MK Dons
47 Newport County
48 Wycombe
49 Port Vale / Yeovil
50 Shrewsbury
51 Doncaster
52 Slough / Rochdale
53 AFC Wimbledon
54 Stevenage
55 Mansfield
56 Luton Town
57 Bradford
58 Blackburn / Crewe
59 Fylde / Wigan
60 Gillingham / Carlisle
61 Notts County
62 Forest Green / Exeter
63 Fleetwood / Hereford
64 Coventry City
