FA Cup third round: Under-fire Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United tackle

The FA Cup third round proper is here and with it comes one of the biggest domestic cup weekends in European soccer. England’s main club cup competition pits Premier League giants against clubs from the entire spectrum of English soccer — not just the professional ones. Staggered from Thursday to Monday, the FA Cup will provide a movable feast of action for you to sink your teeth into and we look at what you have to look forward to on each of those days.

Thursday and Friday’s all-Premier League ties

Part of the beauty of the FA Cup is that anybody can be drawn against anybody, which means that draws featuring clubs from the same league are possible and actually happen fairly frequently. Take this week, for example, with three all-Premier League clashes happening across the first two days of action. Crystal Palace vs. Everton gets us underway on Thursday before Brentford vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur vs. Burnley on the Friday which is the perfect warm-up for the madness of Saturday’s 19 (yes, 19) games featuring four different time slots.

How to watch

• Dates: Thursday Jan. 4 and Friday 5
• Live stream: ESPN+