Southampton Get Home Draw In The FA Cup 3rd Round

Saints were first out of the hat for the FA Cup draw on Monday evening and that meant a home draw that pits Russell Martin against one of his old clubs at St Mary's in what hopefully should be a winnable game.

Russell Martin will come up against his old side Swansea City at St Mary's on the weekend of Saturday 11th January.

Saints will hope for an FA Cup campaign to ignite their season and although we could have had on paper at least a much easier tie, this is a game that we will start as favourites after defeating the Swans twice in the Championship last season.

The full draw is

Southampton v Swansea City

Arsenal v Manchester United

Exeter City v Oxford United

Leyton Orient v Derby County

Reading v Burnley

Aston Villa v West Ham

Norwich City v Brighton & Hove Albion

Manchester City v Salford

Millwall v Dagenham & Redbridge

Liverpool v Accrington Stanley

Bristol City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Preston North End v Charlton Athletic

Chelsea v Morecambe

Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers

Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion

Mansfield Town v Wigan Athletic

Tamworth v Tottenham

Hull City v Doncaster Rovers

Sunderland v Stoke City

Leicester City v Queens Park Rangers

Brentford v Plymouth Argyle

Coventry City v Sheffield Wednesday

Newcastle United v Bromley

Everton v Peterborough United

Wycombe Wanderers v Portsmouth

Birmingham City v Lincoln City

Leeds United v Harrogate Town

Nottingham Forest v Luton Town

Sheffield United v Cardiff City

Ipswich Town v Bristol Rovers

Fulham v Watford

Crystal Palace v Stockport County

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