Arsenal and Tottenham are going at on Saturday in the FA Cup third round and the two Premier League teams will be looking to get on a nice roll to start 2014 as they near the next set of EPL matches and this game will be the best one of the day on Saturday and is coming live from Emirates Stadium for the Gunners starting at 12:15 ET and streaming online and the Gunners come in leading the English Premier League table after the New Year's matches.
Tottenham has been playing better under new manager Tim Sherwood and he will be in place through next season barring another major change and the Spurs are looking to move up the table to get in position to catch the Gunners and a win here in the English FA Cup would be great for the team's confidence. Arsenal has a tough schedule coming up over the next few weeks, as the Champions League knockout round is looming against Bayern Munich in February and the club also plays road matches against Liverpool, Sunderland, Southampton and Fulham in the coming weeks.
Some of the other FA Cup matches from the day included Manchester City taking on Blackburn in the early set, while clubs like Fulham, Leeds, Southampton, Queens Park, Bristol City, Blackpool, Aston Villa, Hull City, Stoke City, Millwall as well as Newcastle and Cardiff City in a matchup of Premier League clubs. Arsenal moves into 2014 leading the English Premier League table and they have a lead over Man City, while Chelsea has been playing better as of late and they are now in third place on the EPL table over Liverpool in the standings, while Tottenham is sixth behind Everton and they are hoping for a nice result here to take into next week and they could end up in the top five. Manchester United plays their FA Cup match on Sunday and they have been playing better in the English Premier League and David Moyes feels the team is ready to go on a nice run and they are seventh on the table right now and are looking to continue to rise.
Here is a look back on the draw from when it was released for the third round of the FA Cup and one of the top matchups from the entire set is Arsenal playing against Tottenham and this time the match will be at Emirates Stadium and has the Gunners hosting and comes in competition for the first time since Arsenal won over the Spurs in the semifinals over a decade ago in 2001. The article about the draw being released from Reuters.com. Premier League leaders Arsenal will host north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the standout tie of the FA Cup third round following the draw last month.
Check here for the FA Cup coverage live for Arsenal and Tottenham.
Struggling Manchester United, the 11-times Cup winners, will be at home to fellow Premier League side Swansea City, Chelsea go to Championship side Derby County and Manchester City, beaten finalists last season, visit Blackburn Rovers, another Championship team.
Wigan Athletic, who surprisingly beat City in the final in May before being relegated from the top flight, begin their defence against third tier MK Dons.
There will be three other all Premier League ties in the third round, played in the first week of January, as teams from the Premier League and Championship (second tier) enter the competition.
Norwich City host Fulham, Newcastle United play Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion meet Crystal Palace.
Liverpool could face League One (third tier) Oldham Athletic, who stunned them in last year's competition, providing Oldham overcome Mansfield Town of League Two.
None of the three minor league clubs definitely through to the third round were handed glamour ties, leaving the north London derby as the main talking point.
"There are not enough tough games, they gave us another one," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told reporters following his side's 1-1 Premier League draw with Everton who will face Championship high-flyers Queens Park Rangers.
Arsenal and Tottenham have not met in the world's oldest domestic cup competition since the Gunners beat Spurs in the 2001 semi-final.
(Reuters)
