The FA Cup draw takes place this evening and City will learn who awaits in the Third Round.

44 Premier League and Championship clubs will join the 20 teams who have battled through the first two FA Cup rounds proper.

City are ball number 23.

As with Rounds 1 and 2, it will be live on BBC 1 at 7.30pm before the final Second Round tie between Guiseley and Fleetwood Town. 

The 32 Third Round ties will be played on or over the weekend of 4, 5, 6 and 7 January.

Six non-League clubs survive, with Solihull Moors, Southport, Woking, Wrexham, Hereford United, Barnet and Guiseley all going into the hat.

The Blues haven’t been drawn against non-League opposition  for 48 years (Wigan Athletic, 1970).

Last season, the Blues were beaten by Wigan Athletic in the last 16 and City haven’t won the FA Cup since 2011.

This is the 138th time the FA Cup has taken place and the final will be at Wembley on 18 May 2019.

The 64 teams are numbered as follows:

1 AFC BOURNEMOUTH

2 ARSENAL

3 ASTON VILLA

4 BIRMINGHAM CITY

5 BLACKBURN ROVERS

6 BOLTON WANDERERS

7 BRENTFORD

8 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

9 BRISTOL CITY

10 BURNLEY

11 CARDIFF CITY

12 CHELSEA

13 CRYSTAL PALACE

14 DERBY COUNTY

15 EVERTON

16 FULHAM

17 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

18 HULL CITY

19 IPSWICH TOWN

20 LEEDS UNITED

21 LEICESTER CITY

22 LIVERPOOL

23 MANCHESTER CITY

24 MANCHESTER UNITED

25 MIDDLESBROUGH

26 MILLWALL

27 NEWCASTLE UNITED

28 NORWICH CITY

29 NOTTINGHAM FOREST

30 PRESTON NORTH END

31 QUEENS PARK RANGERS

32 READING

33 ROTHERHAM UNITED

34 SHEFFIELD UNITED

35 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

36 SOUTHAMPTON

37 STOKE CITY

38 SWANSEA CITY

39 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

40 WATFORD

41 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

42 WEST HAM UNITED

43 WIGAN ATHLETIC

44 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

45 GUISELEY OR FLEETWOOD TOWN

46 LUTON TOWN

47 WREXHAM OR NEWPORT COUNTY

48 TRANMERE ROVERS OR SOUTHPORT

49 BARNSLEY

50 SHREWSBURY TOWN

51 SOLIHULL MOORS OR BLACKPOOL

52 GRIMSBY TOWN

53 PETERBOROUGH UNITED OR BRADFORD CITY

54 WOKING

55 OLDHAM ATHLETIC

56 LINCOLN CITY

57 AFC WIMBLEDON

58 OXFORD UNITED

59 BARNET

60 PORTSMOUTH

61 WALSALL OR SUNDERLAND

62 ACCRINGTON STANLEY

63 DONCASTER ROVERS

64 GILLINGHAM

We will bring you full details plus past history (if any) of any previous clashes with our opponents shortly after the draw is made.