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Good morning and welcome to Telegraph Sport’s live, minute-by-minute clockwatch for the FA Cup third round, with eight matches taking place throughout the day.
Sunday’s action begins at Pride Park at 12:00, with Derby County of the Championship looking for their first win at this stage of the competition in three years as they host a resurgent Leeds United.
Farke’s side, who did the double over Derby in the second tier last season, enjoyed a seven-match unbeaten run in the Premier League in recent weeks, inspired by the in-form Dominic Calvert Lewin, before being denied a point at St James’ Park on Wednesday by Harvey Barnes’ 112th-minute winner.
Both teams have one FA Cup title to their name, but it’s been 54 years since Leeds lifted the trophy, while Derby have not tasted glory in the competition since 1946.
Premier League leaders and 14-time FA Cup winners Arsenal make the trip to Fratton Park at 14:00 to face Championship strugglers Portsmouth, who lifted the trophy in 2008 under Harry Redknapp.
The FA Cup is the only major trophy Arsenal have won under Mikel Arteta and we will have full, separate coverage of this clash to see if the north London side can successfully begin the hunt for a 15th title.
There are five games taking place at 14:30, and there is strong Championship interest, with seven of the 10 teams coming from the second tier.
But much of the attention will be on the only top-flight team involved, with West Ham United hosting Queens Park Rangers in a crucial London derby for the under-pressure Nuno Espirito Santo.
West Ham, three-time FA Cup winners, have not won a game in over two months, losing six times and drawing on four occasions since beating Burnley on 8 November.
There are two all-Championship clashes, with Hull City hosting Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion making the trip to Swansea City, meanwhile, Norwich City welcome League Two Walsall to Carrow Road as League One Mansfield Town visit Sheffield United.
The day’s action concludes at Old Trafford, with interim boss Darren Fletcher hoping to guide Manchester United into the fourth round with a victory over Brighton and Hove Albion, in the only all-Premier League tie of the day.
A second FA Cup title in three years for United would take them level with Arsenal’s tally of 14, and once again, we will have separate, dedicated coverage of this clash.
