United Face Foxes Trip In FA Cup

By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Managing Editor

Newcastle United will travel to Premier League rivals Leicester City in the third round of the FA Cup.

The draw was made on Monday night and saw the Magpies and Foxes drawn together at The King Power Stadium, with the tie being played on the first weekend in January.

It is another away tie for United, who are yet to play a cup game at home this season en route to the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup.

In fact, it is the 24th time from the last 33 FA Cup and League Cup ties that Newcastle have come out of the hat as the away team - a 73 per cent away tie record

In the FA Cup by itself, it is nine away ties out of the last 11.

When the teams met earlier in the season in league action at St. James' Park, Gabriel Obertan's second-half strike earned Newcastle a 1-0 win - their first victory of the season - and set Alan Pardew's side off on a run of six successive victories.

FA Cup third round draw in full

Arsenal v Hull City
Southampton v Ipswich Town
Stoke City v Wrexham
Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers
Dover Athletic v Crystal Palace
AFC Wimbledon v Liverpool
Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday
Aldershot/Rochdale v Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion v Gateshead
Blyth Spartans v Birmingham City
Aston Villa v Blackpool
Rotherham United v AFC Bournemouth
Huddersfield Town v Reading
Oxford United/Tranmere Rovers v Swansea City
Cardiff City v Colchester United
Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic
Sunderland v Leeds United
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur
Millwall v Bradford City
Derby County v Southport
Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion
Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leicester City v Newcastle United
Scunthorpe United/Worcester City v Chesterfield
Everton v West Ham United
Cambridge United/Mansfield Town v Bury/Luton Town
Chelsea v Watford
Barnsley/Chester FC v Middlesbrough
Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United
Accrington Stanley/Yeovil Town v Manchester United
Preston North End v Norwich City
Doncaster Rovers v Bristol City

Ties will be played across the weekend commencing 3rd January.