Premier League leaders Arsenal host north London rivals Totten-ham Hotspur in the standout tie in the draw for the third round of the FA Cup made yesterday.

Struggling Manchester United will be at home to fellow Premier League side Swansea City, Chelsea are away to Championship side Derby County while Manchester City, beaten finalists last season, visit Blackburn Rovers.

Wigan Athletic, who surprisingly beat City in the final in May before being relegated from the top flight, begin their defence against third-tier MK Dons.

There will be three all-Premier League ties, played in the first week of January, with Norwich City at home to Fulham, Newcastle vs Cardiff City and West Brom at home to Crystal Palace.

Liverpool could face League One Oldham Athletic who stunned them in last year’s competition, providing Oldham overcome Mansfield .

None of the three minor league clubs definitely through to the third round were handed glamour ties, leaving the north London derby as the main talking point of the draw.

Arsenal and Tottenham have not met in the world’s oldest domestic cup competition since the Gunners beat Spurs in the 2001 semi-final.

Yesterday’s draw

Barnsley vs Hartlepool/Coventry; Yeovil vs Leyton Orient; Liverpool vs Oldham/Mansfield; N. Forest vs West Ham; Bristol City vs Watford; Southend vs Millwall; M’boro vs Hull; West Brom vs Crystal Palace; Kidderminster vs Peterborough; Doncaster vs Stevenage; Stoke vs Leicester; Southampton vs Burnley; Newcastle vs Cardiff; Rochdale vs Leeds; Wigan vs MK Dons; Charlton vs Wrex-ham/Oxford;

Man. United vs Swansea; Port Vale vs Plymouth; Norwich vs Fulham; Aston Villa vs Sheffield Utd; Macclesfield vs Sheffield Wed.; Sunderland vs Carlisle; Bolton vs Blackpool; Blackburn vs Man. City; Everton vs QPR; Brighton vs Reading; Arsenal vs Tottenham; Birmingham vs Bristol Rovers/Crawley; Grimsby vs Huddersfield; Ipswich vs Preston; Derby vs Chelsea; Bournemouth vs Fleetwood/Burton.

Ties to be played January 4-5.