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Clarets Await FA Cup Draw

The Clarets will find out their opening opponents in this season’s FA Cup when the third-round draw takes place this evening.

Burnley will be ball number 10 in the draw, which will be screened live on BBC One from 7.30pm.

All Premier League and Championship clubs join the competition at this stage, along with the winners of the 20 second-round ties.

Former FA Cup winners, ex-Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit and former Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince, will make the draw, which is being staged at Stamford Bridge.

The third-round ties are schedule to be played around the weekend of Saturday, 5 January.