The third-round tie (which is live on MUTV) is the first official meeting between the clubs at Under-18s level, as far as lead coach Neil Ryan can recall, although Neil Wood's Under-21s won 6-0 in a Papa John's Trophy encounter earlier this season.
After losing 1-0 to Chelsea in last year's semi-final, the young Reds will be hoping to take our fine league form into a competition that we last won a decade ago but always hold dear.
“It's really exciting to get the FA Youth Cup going again,” Ryan told us recently, after the game was originally scheduled for January until the competition was put on hold by the FA.