LATICS BALL NUMBER 16 IN SUNDAY'S EMIRATES FA CUP FOURTH ROUND DRAW

Latics ball number 16 in Sunday's Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round draw
Fourth Round draw to take place on Sunday 12 January following the conclusion of Arsenal vs Manchester United.
Draw will take place before Latics' third round tie against Mansfield now scheduled for Tuesday 14 January.

Latics will be ball number 16 in the Emirates FA Cup fourth round draw which will be made on Sunday 12 January live on BBC One following the conclusion of the Arsenal vs Manchester United third round tie.

Unusually, the fourth round draw will be made before Shaun Maloney's men face Mansfield Town in the rearranged third round tie on Tuesday evening (7.45pm kick off) after the original fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

The fourth round draw will be presented by Kelly Somers, made by Martin Keown and Mark Schwarzer and will be shown live in the UK as part of BBC One's coverage, and can also be seen across the official Emirates FA Cup social media channels.

All fourth round ties are expected to played across the weekend of 8 February 2025 meaning Latics away Sky Bet League One fixture against Exeter Town could be moved to another free date.

The full draw numbers are:

1 Southampton or Swansea City
2 Arsenal or Manchester United
3 Exeter City or Oxford United
4 Leyton Orient or Derby County
5 Reading or Burnley
6 Aston Villa or West Ham United
7 Norwich City or Brighton & Hove Albion
8 Manchester City or Salford City
9 Millwall or Dagenham & Redbridge
10 Liverpool or Accrington Stanley
11 Bristol City or Wolverhampton Wanderers
12 Preston North End or Charlton Athletic
13 Chelsea or Morecambe
14 Middlesbrough or Blackburn Rovers
15 AFC Bournemouth or West Bromwich Albion
16 Mansfield Town or Wigan Athletic
17 Tamworth or Tottenham Hotspur
18 Hull City or Doncaster Rovers
19 Sunderland or Stoke City
20 Leicester City or Queens Park Rangers
21 Brentford or Plymouth Argyle
22 Coventry City or Sheffield Wednesday
23 Newcastle United or Bromley
24 Everton
25 Wycombe Wanderers or Portsmouth
26 Birmingham City or Lincoln City
27 Leeds United or Harrogate Town
28 Nottingham Forest or Luton Town
29 Cardiff City
30 Ipswich Town or Bristol Rovers
31 Fulham
32 Crystal Palace or Stockport County

Latics ball number 16 in Sunday's Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round draw