FA Cup fourth round draw ball numbers: Manchester United No 3, Manchester City No 8, Chelsea No 13 and lowly Lincoln City No 1
THE FA Cup fourth round draw ball numbers have been revealed and current holders Manchester United are number three.
Jose Mourinho's side beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in the final last year, and thrashed reading 4-0 earlier today at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney equalled Bobby Charlton's 249 goals for the Red Devils, whilst Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford also chipped in with goals.
Manchester City are ball number eight having humiliated West Ham 5-0 at the London Stadium on Friday night, as Pep Guardiola's looks to the FA Cup for his first piece of City silverware.
Elsewhere Lincoln City and Ipswich Town are ball number one having played out a thriller at Portman Road.
The Imps currently sit top of the National League, and Theo Robinson's double was cancelled out by a late Tom Lawrence strike for his second of the game.
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Fleetwood Town are in the hat for the fourth round for the first time in their history having played out a 0-0 draw with Bristol City, and they are number 24.
Millwall are ball number 7 after thumping Eddie Howe's Bournemouth side 3-0, while Wolves are rewarded with number 22 for their comeback at the Hawthorns against West Brom in which Tom Ince struck the winner.
Arsenal survived a scare against Preston North End at Deepdale and they are number 20 thanks to yet another late goal from Olivier Giroud, while rivals Spurs are number 26 as they await to face Aston Villa on Sunday.
Chelsea are number 13, while Sutton United, currently 14th in the National League are number 30 after they played out an exciting 0-0 draw with AFC Wimbledon.
Here is a full run down of the fourth round numbers.
1, Ipswich Town or Lincoln City. 2, Rochdale. 3, Manchester United. 4, Hull City. 5, Sunderland or Burnley. 6, Blackburn Rovers. 7, Millwall. 8, Manchester City. 9, Brighton & Hove Albion. 10, Blackpool or Barnsley. 11, Wigan Athletic.
12, Birmingham City or Newcastle United. 13, Chelsea or Peterborough United. 14, Middlesbrough or Sheffield Wednesday. 15, Derby County. 16, Leicester City. 17, Liverpool or Plymouth Argyle. 18, Wycombe Wanderers.
19, Watford. 20, Arsenal. 21, Cardiff City or Fulham. 22, Wolves. 23, Cambridge United or Leeds United. 24, Bristol City or Fleetwood Town. 25, Huddersfield Town. 26, Tottenham Hotspur or Aston Villa. 27, Brentford.
28, Bolton Wanderers or Crystal Palace. 29, Norwich City or Southampton. 30, Sutton United or AFC Wimbledon. 31, Accrington Stanley. 32, Oxford United.