FA Cup third round LIVE!

First Half: Brentford 1-0 Wolves – Maupay lands first blow for Bees View post | Wolves reduced to 10 men as Gomes sees red View post

First Half: Fulham 1-0 Rotherham – De Cordova-Reid nudges hosts in front View post

Kick Off 8pm: Tottenham vs Burnley

NO PENALTY! Burnley survive an early VAR scare as Udogie goes down inside the box. Not another night of that, please. Vitinho is deemed to have got enough of the ball.

 

The visitors break in the meantime as Zaroury lashes his shot from 25 yards over Vicario’s crossbar.

Fulham 1-0 Rotherham

34: ROTHERHAM HAVE THE BALL IN THE NET!

 

But the flag is up for offside.

 

Hugill turned in Eaves’ deflected shot but he was ahead of the play.

GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Wolves (Maupay, 41)

BRENTFORD HIT THE FRONT AGAINST 10-PLAYER WOLVES!

 

Jensen’s cross is a nightmare for the Wolves defence and allows Maupay to tuck in from about eight yards out.

GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Rotherham (Decordova-Reid, 24)

FULHAM’S PRESSURE PAYS OFF!

 

They had yet to test Rotherham goalkeeper Johansson, despite their dominant possession and territory. But this cracker from Decordova-Reid from outside the box has broken through!

Fulham 0-0 Rotherham

24: BLOCKS! Muniz denied not once but twice as Rotherham players get in the way of his header and follow-up shot from a corner.

 

 

Brentford 0-0 Wolves

31: CHANCE! Jensen blows a big chance for Brentford!

 

Maupay’s initial blocked shot comes back to him so he tees up Jensen but with all the goal to aim at he fires wide!

 

10-man Wolves holding out!

Fulham 0-0 Rotherham

15: Pereira pulling the strings. 80 per cent possession. The Premier League side on top here.

Brentford 0-0 Wolves

28: Sa deals with a couple of crosses from Roerslev and Lewis-Potter as Brentford continue to dominate with their numerical superiority.

 

Just a few moments ago Damsgaard went into the book for a sliding tackle on Doyle, which caught the Wolves man on the ankle. O’Neil was not impressed.

 

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20:40

Fulham 0-0 Rotherham

10: WIDE! Decordova-Reid has a go for Fulham now after good play from Pereira. His shot from the edge of the box is deflected wide

Fulham 0-0 Rotherham

3: WIDE! Positive start from the Championship side, with Hugill heading just off target from Morrison’s long throw.

 

Encouragement for Millers boss Leam Richardson.

 

Brentford 0-0 Wolves

14: CLOSE! So here it comes, the start of the Brentford pressure vs 10-man Wolves.

 

Collins – guilty of mistakes against his former club last week – sends this effort just over the bar though.

Fulham 0-0 Rotherham

1: And tonight’s second match is underway at Craven Cottage!

 

Brentford 0-0 Wolves

“This is a shocker from Gomes, who can have no complaints. It’s really out of nowhere. Clearly didn’t fancy the FA Cup. A nasty stud-raking challenge on Christian Norgaard.

 

The Brentford captain is in some pain and needs treatment, which hasn’t helped him stay on. VAR confirms the referee’s call. Thanks, VAR.”

Brentford 0-0 Wolves

9: RED CARD! Gomes is off!

 

It’s a nasty challenge on Norgaard, Gomes catching the Brentford skipper with his studs.

Norgaard is forced off injured. Janelt is on in his place.

 

That has transformed the complexion of this match!

Brentford 0-0 Wolves

9: No standout chances early on in this one – but there was one hairy moment for stand-in Brentford keeper Strakosha.

 

That’s the last thing Bees boss Thomas Frank will want to see after bad individual errors cost them when these sides met in the Premier League last week.

A welcome distraction for Rotherham?

Sky Sports’ Jeremy Langdon at Craven Cottage:

 

“That is one way of looking at it, I suppose. They’ve only won three games in the Championship all season.

 

“But on the other hand, they are improving under Leam Richardson – unbeaten in their last three and they’ve just drawn at Blackburn.

 

“That was a gritty point away on the road but it’s got to be said that Rotherham haven’t won an away game in any competition since November 2022 when they won at Sheffield United.

 

“It’s been a long, long bleak run for Rotherham away from home. They’ve not got into the fourth round of the FA Cup in over 20 years so it would be astonishing if they could do something tonight.

 

“But with Fulham resting players, who knows?”

 

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46m ago

20:20

Spurs without Son, Sarr & Bissouma

Spurs have been hit by more absentees this month with captain Son Heung-min away at the Asian Cup with South Korea Pape Sarr and Yves Bissouma in Africa Cup of Nations action for Senegal and Mali respectively.

 

Postecoglou was happy to play down any controversy ahead of next weekend’s trip to Manchester United, who have been allowed to keep goalkeeper Andre Onana until that fixture, and also refuted claims these tournaments could put Tottenham off signing Asian or African players in the future.

 

 

“I don’t think it’s fair or unfair,” Postecoglou commented on Onana’s delayed link-up with Cameroon.

 

“Not bothered at all what other clubs do.

 

“We’ve got a generational player (Son) from Asia that’s been representing our club. If we lose him every four years for five weeks, I think it’s a real small price to pay.

 

“I love international football, I think it’s important. The tournaments they are going to now are significant tournaments.

 

“You’ve got to understand these guys, this is where they were brought up. This is where a lot of who they are today comes from and when they go and represent their country, it’s not just another game of football for them.

 

“I’m sure Sonny and Pape would have loved to have been here with us but it doesn’t diminish what they do there.”

 

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51m ago

20:15

Burnley make five changes

Dara O’Shea, Vitinho, Charlie Taylor, Lyle Foster, Wilson Odobert and Zeki Amdouni retain their places for Burnley following their 3-2 defeat at Aston Villa.

 

In come Arijanet Muric, Hannes Delcroix, Josh Cullen, Aaron Ramsey and Anass Zaroury.

 

 

Brentford 0-0 Wolves

1: We’re underway at the Gtech!

 

Brentford were beaten 4-1 here by Wolves last week. Can they come up with a better showing tonight in the Cup? Let’s find out…

 

 

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54m ago

20:12

Iwobi and Bassey take on an AFCON quiz!

Ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, Sky Sports brings you a special documentary called ‘How Africa Changed The Premier League’.

 

 

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59m ago

20:07

Pre-match Opta stats

This is the first FA Cup meeting between Brentford and Wolves. It’s just the second meeting in any cup competition.

Wolves won their most recent meeting with Brentford at Gtech Community Stadium on 27 December (4-1). The last time they won two away games against the same side was at Reading in 2002-03.

Brentford have progressed from just one of their past 16 FA Cup ties against top-flight opponents.

Wolves haven’t gone out at this stage of the competition in consecutive campaigns as a top-flight side since 1975.

In his last campaign with Brentford in 2018-19, Neal Maupay was involved in a goal in all four of his FA Cup appearances, scoring three and assisting one.

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20:05

Van de Ven, Sessegnon on Spurs bench

Sky Sports’ Ben Grounds:

 

“Huge boost then for Spurs, who name Micky van de Ven and Ryan Sessegnon on their bench for this evening’s game.

 

“Van de Ven has missed Tottenham’s last nine games with a hamstring injury. Sessegnon hasn’t featured in nearly a year, stretching back to February 5, 2023.

 

“Ange Postecoglou names a strong side with Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison and Brennan Johnson as a three-pronged attack.

 

“Rodrigo Bentancur captains the side, while Eric Dier is not named in the squad amid interest from Bayern Munich.”