Manchester United have been drawn at home to Championship club Derby County in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup. The tie will be played on Friday 5 January 2018 with kick-off at 20:00 GMT but the match will not be shown on live TV in the UK.
The Reds' pairing with the Rams was announced during Monday night's televised draw at the home of non-league side Slough Town, prior to their second-round tie against League One club Rochdale. The draw was made by former England midfielders Glenn Hoddle and Jermaine Jenas.
United's last two meetings with Derby have both come in the FA Cup at Pride Park. The Reds won 3-1 in the fourth round en route to winning the competition under Louis van Gaal in 2015/16, with Daley Blind, Juan Mata and Wayne Rooney all on the scoresheet. Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge for the previous clash, an emphatic 4-1 triumph in the fifth round of 2008/09.
The forthcoming clash at Old Trafford will be Derby's first match at the stadium since that same 2008/09 season, when they also faced the Reds in the League Cup semi-final. The Rams lost 4-2 in Manchester on 20 January 2009, having won the first leg at Pride Park 1-0.
The other eye-catching ties in the third round include the all-Premier League fixtures between Liverpool and their neighbours Everton, Manchester City hosting a North-West derby with Burnley and Brighton and Hove Albion receiving a visit from Crystal Palace. Cup holders Arsenal are away to Nottingham Forest and Chelsea have also been given a road trip, to Norwich City.
Arsenal, the side defeated by United in Saturday's thrilling Premier League match, are the only club to have won the FA Cup more times than the Reds with 13 triumphs to 12. Jose Mourinho's bid to lift the trophy in his first campaign at the Old Trafford helm ended in last season's quarter-finals, with a slender 1-0 defeat at his former club Chelsea.
FULL THIRD-ROUND DRAW
Ipswich Town v Sheffield United
Watford v Bristol City
Birmingham City v Burton Albion
Liverpool v Everton
Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa v Woking or Peterborough
Bournemouth v AFC Fylde or Wigan Athletic
Coventry City v Stoke City
Newport County v Leeds United
Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
Port Vale or Yeovil Town v Bradford City
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Brentford v Notts County
QPR v MK Dons
Manchester United v Derby County
Forest Green Rovers or Exeter City v West Brom
Doncaster Rovers v Rochdale
Tottenham v AFC Wimbledon
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
Fleetwood or Hereford v Leicester City
Blackburn or Crewe v Hull City
Cardiff v Mansfield
Manchester City v Burnley
Shrewsbury v West Ham
Wolves v Swansea
Stevenage v Reading
Newcastle v Luton
Millwall v Barnsley
Fulham v Southampton
Wycombe v Preston
Norwich v Chelsea
Gillingham or Carlisle v Sheffield Wednesday
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