Wigan Athletic v Manchester United: FA Cup third round – live … plus fourth-round draw | FA Cup

The fourth-round draw. For those of you turning up late, it’s already been made. Here are how the numbers came out. Repeats of the 1981 and 2000 finals ahoy!

Watford v Southampton
Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham
Bournemouth v Swansea City
West Bromwich Albion v Brentford or Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United or Bristol City v Nottingham Forest or Blackpool
Leicester City v Hull City or Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Ipswich Town v Maidstone United
Liverpool v Norwich City or Bristol Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
Leeds United v Plymouth Argyle
Crystal Palace or Everton v Luton Town or Bolton Wanderers
Newport County or Eastleigh v Wigan Athletic or Manchester United
Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Fulham v Newcastle United

Ties to be played across the weekend of 27 January.

HALF TIME: Wigan Athletic 0-1 Manchester United

45 min +1: One minute of additional time. Rashford passes in from the left for Fernandes, who spins and looks to send a curler into the top right. Way too high. Goal kick.

45 min: Garnacho dribbles at pace down the right but can’t make space for a cross this time and runs the ball out for a goal kick. But he looks dangerous every time he runs at Wigan.

43 min: Fernandes diddles his way down the left and wedges a sensational cross towards McTominay, racing in, six yards out. McTominay guides his header across Tickle but also wide of the right-hand post. United have missed an increasingly large number of gilt-edged invitations to score. The goal they have scored was crafted out of very little. That’s football, huh.

41 min: Garnacho strolls in from the right flank, drops a shoulder to make space, and creams a rising shot towards the top-left corner. The ball evades Tickle’s glove – the keeper’s at full stretch – but fails to dip at the last and slap-bass twangs the crossbar instead. That’s a hell of a strike; Garnacho so unfortunate not to score.

39 min: The corner is hit long from the right. Hughes belts a loose ball as hard as he can, but only into the nearest red shirt. United counter at pace, but Fernandes sees his cross from the left blocked by Adeeko.

38 min: Rashford clips Godo as he makes his way down the right. Wigan load the United box. Jones taps the free kick to Humphrys, who strolls towards the area, the United defence failing to react. Humphrys smacks a low shot goalwards, the ball deflecting out for a corner.

36 min: Rashford sashays in from the left and pearls a shot goalwards. Tickle parries, but only straight to Hojlund, who again should score but bundles the ball wide right of an unguarded goal from six yards. United come again within the minute, Garnacho fizzing in from the right, Hojlund and McTominay both unable to force home from close range. United are passing up quite a few chances here.

35 min: Aasgaard attempts to break into space down the middle and is cynically stopped by Hojlund. The referee’s in a laissez-faire mood this evening, and keeps his card in his pocket.

33 min: Rashford wins the argument and aims a vicious looper over the Wigan wall and towards the bottom left. Always wide, and Tickle had it covered.

32 min: Jones skittles Garnacho, 25 yards out, just to the right of centre. Both Rashford and Fernandes want a piece of this.

30 min: United counter immediately, Garnacho crossing from the right. Hojlund must score, but batters his header off the top of the crossbar and out for a goal kick. That really should have been two.

29 min: Nominative determinism be damned: Godo arrives! Humphrys cuts in from the left and batters a low shot through the mixer. Godo attempts to flick into the bottom-right corner. Wide. He’ll go on.

27 min: Hojlund enters the box from the left but can’t flick his shot goalwards. United look in the mood to add to their tally. “Wigan appear to be handling their defensive responsibilities assiduously, but lacking a creative outlet,” writes David Crowther. “Would it be fair to assume that they are waiting for Godo?”

26 min: Shaw scythes through the back of Evans in the over-eager puppy style. Just a ticking off, as there was clearly no malice and the ref’s in a good mood, though if we’re being honest it was probably worth a yellow card.

24 min: United so nearly add a second in short order. Rashford latches onto a low right-wing cross and smashes a first-time shot towards the bottom left. Tickle should claim … and does, but only after fumbling the ball onto the base of the left-hand post, spinning around, and flopping over it on the line. Rashford saucily celebrates a goal, but it’s nowhere near crossing the line.

GOAL! Wigan Athletic 0-1 Manchester United (Dalot 22)

20 min: Fernandes one-twos with Dalot down the inside-left channel, and flicks infield for McTominay, who arriving from deep breaks into the box, takes a touch, and flicks a cheeky shot across Tickle and inches wide of the right-hand post. Had that been on target, it was in; the keeper was beaten all ends up. A lovely United move.

19 min: Rashford again twists and turns down the left. Clare defends doggedly, refusing to budge. Another corner, which Wigan deal with easily enough.

18 min: A United corner out on the left. Fernandes curls it towards the near post, where Hojlund and Varane hope to flick on. Aasgaard gets there first instead, and knocks out for another corner, at which nothing occurs. United on top, though Wigan are holding their own so far.

16 min: Jones is penalised for handball out on the United right. The visitors load the box. Fernandes sends a flat free kick into the mixer. Cleared with ease by the hosts. “If United’s new midfield hope goes on to a glittering international career and becomes a ‘Sir’ after captaining England to the 2034 World Cup, the headline will surely be ‘Man United’s Mainoo Knighted’,” daydreams Alex Ross. “I wonder if loose nominative determinism helps one rise through the Man U ranks?”

15 min: Rashford twists and turns down the inside-left channel before whistling a low shot towards the bottom-left corner. Tickle gets down to stick out a strong hand and turn the ball out for a corner. A superb effort with a save to match. Nothing comes of the resulting corner.

13 min: Humphrys comes in from the right flank but over-elaborates with the old stepovers and loses possession. A promising Wigan attack – launched initially by Godo’s positive drive forward – comes to an end.

11 min: The game finally settles down a bit. It’s so open, though. Great entertainment, with Wigan playing their part.

9 min: Clare dribbles into the United box, hard and fast, from the right flank. For a second, it looks as though a chance to shoot will open up, but he dallies too long and Mainoo closes him down. There is absolutely no way this match will end goalless.

7 min: United are getting plenty of joy down this left flank. Dalot crosses long. Garnacho tries to hook goalwards but is closed down quickly. Blocked and cleared.

6 min: Rashford’s turn to cross from the left. Hughes clears this time. “Aasgaard, capped with Norway at the U-21 level, was born in Liverpool and his middle name is Gerard,” reports Peter Oh. “I can’t think of a better person to score the winner against United today.” Has he already had his one big chance? Yes. Very possibly, yes.

4 min: United counter, and Evans makes his way down the left before swinging a cross in that’s cleared by Sessegnon. A lovely open feel to this match already!

3 min: The first big chance … and it goes to Wigan! Godo barrels down the right and whips a low ball into the box for Aasgaard, who meets it coming in from the left and blasts straight at Onana! A fine save rather than a big miss. What a stunner that would have been!

2 min: United keep hold of the ball for the first couple of minutes. A pattern already set, of that there’s surely little doubt. “I live near Eastleigh, and the draw is potentially enticing. A chance to see a great club, and also Man Utd.” Damian Clarke quipping furiously there, because somebody had to.

Manchester United get the ball rolling. What an atmosphere! No VAR, as well. What an evening!

Anyway, first things first, and here come tonight’s teams! A proper rugby-league atmosphere at the DW Stadium tonight. Wigan wear their blue and white stripes, Manchester United their famous red. We’ll be off in a couple of minutes. “That United team selection screams One-Man Midfield yet again, doesn’t it,” suggests Adam Hirst. “And it is now an 18-year old doing all the heavy lifting instead of a much-decorated Brazilian international. Let’s hope it doesn’t wear Mainoo out as quickly as it did Casemiro, which took about seven months.”

The glamour tie of that fourth-round draw is … well, let’s see if Eastleigh and Manchester United can get through their respective ties. Newport v Manchester United wouldn’t be half bad either. As for big guns going at it, the repeat of the classic 2000 final between Chelsea and Aston Villa 1981 final between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City shines like a beacon. You’ll get decent odds on another City player scoring at both ends again. Or a Spurs player slaloming past 183 men to score the winner, come to that.

Erik ten Hag speaks to ITV. “The FA Cup is always important … it’s magnificent … so we have experienced players in the team … [Sir Jim Radcliffe] brings inspiration to the club … high ambition … everyone has to match those standards … we look forward to that co-operation.”

Fourth-round draw in full

… and the last tie out of the bag …. Fulham v Newcastle United.

Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion

Newport County or Eastleigh v Wigan Athletic or Manchester United

Crystal Palace or Everton v Luton Town or Bolton Wanderers

Leeds United v Plymouth Argyle

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

Liverpool v Norwich City or Bristol Rovers

Ipswich Town v Maidstone United

Chelsea v Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City

Leicester City v Hull City or Birmingham City

West Ham United or Bristol City v Nottingham Forest or Blackpool

West Bromwich Albion v Brentford or Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Bournemouth v Swansea City

Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham.

Here we go then. The first tie. Watford v Southampton.

Before tonight’s game: the fourth-round draw! Coming up right now.

Wigan boss Shaun Maloney – who took the corner that Ben Watson headed home to win the 2013 final – speaks to ITV. “It was just utter joy … I’d love to say I meant to put [that corner] in exactly that area! … you put it in a certain position and it’s just an incredible header … I got the assist but the header was as good as you can get, really … if we have any chance tonight we’re going to need big moments from our defender and goalkeeper … we do have talent in the final third … we’re going to need it tonight … they have to have a belief that they can win the game … I understand the levels between us … but they’ll have moments … if they want to run harder than Man United, and fight harder, they’ll have a chance.”

Manchester United have won this famous old competition 12 times; Wigan just the once. Take your starting point at 2005, though, and it’s a one-all draw. Here’s how the 2013 and 2016 finals played out, minute by glorious minute.

Wigan make two changes to the side that drew 1-1 at Barnsley on New Year’s Day. Stephen Humphrys and Thelo Aasgaard come in for Callum Lang and Josh Magennis, both of whom drop to the bench. Humphrys is Wigan’s leading scorer this season, with nine goals so far in all competitions.

Manchester United go strong, making just two changes to the side that went down 2-1 at Nottingham Forest nine days ago. Rasmus Højlund and Scott McTominay come in for Christian Eriksen and Antony, neither of whom feature today. Erik ten Hag will be hoping his starting XI steer clear of trouble, because the bench is young and inexperienced.

The teams

Preamble