Out of the 12 Premier League clubs who will not face another Premier League in the Third Round, 8 of them are at home, and none of the other 4 have to go to League Championship clubs.
The Premier League clubs played today, but not League Championship, League One, or League Two, so that's an advantage for lower level clubs playing Premier League clubs in the FA Cup.
Here's the Fourth Round schedule in USA Eastern Time: Friday January 23: Cambridge United-Manchester United at 2:55 P.M. Saturday January 24: Blackburn Rovers-Swansea City at 7:45 A.M. Southampton-Crystal Palace at 10:00 A.M. Chelsea-Bradford City at 10:00 A.M. Derby County-Chesterfield at 10:00 A.M. Preston North End-Sheffield United at 10:00 A.M. Birmingham City-West Bromwich Albion at 10:00 A.M. Cardiff City-Reading at 10:00 A.M. Tottenham Hotspur-Leicester City at 10:00 A.M. Sunderland-Fulham at 10:00 A.M. Manchester City-Middlesbrough at 10:00 A.M. Liverpool-Bolton Wanderers at 12:30 P.M. Sunday January 25: Bristol City-West Ham United at 9:00 A.M. Aston Villa-Bournemouth at 10:00 A.M. Bright & Hove Albion-Arsenal at 11:00 A.M. Monday January 26: Rochdale-Stoke City at 3:00 P.M.
Yesterday there was Cambridge United 0:0 Manchester United. Today there have been 10 games so far and the best five times all lost with four of them at home and three of them playing clubs not in the Premier League: Blackburn 3:1 Swansea City (Blackburn 10th in League Championship, Swansea City 9th in Premier League, Swansea City had 2 ejections including 1 in the 6th minute) Chelsea 2:4 Bradford City (Chelsea was up 2:0 and leads the Premier League, Bradford City 7th in League One) Manchester City 0:2 Middlesbrough (Manchester City 2nd in Premier League, Middlesbrough 2nd in League Championship) Southampton 2:3 Crystal Palace (Southampton 3rd in Premier League, Crystal Palace 13th in Premier League) Tottenham 1:2 Leicester City (Tottenham 6th in Premier League, Leicester City 20th in Premier League)
Huge weekend for the lower divisions opening a can of whoop ass on their EPL opponents. Loved seeing Chelsea cough up a 2-0 lead!
ManUtd 1 - 2 Arsenal. Adnan Januzaj has now received more bookings for diving (5) than he's scored goals (4) in his entire career.
Reading 1-2 Arsenal (1-1 after regulation) Arsenal advanced to the Final. Including the six rounds before the First Round, the Semifinal that hans't been played yet, and the Final that hasn't been played yet, the FA Cup had 735 pairings (it counts as one pairing regardless of whether or not it went to a replay). In 292 (39.7%) of them, the two clubs were in the same level.