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  1. Team news - Three changes for Port Vale, six for Fleetwoodpublished at 18:44 GMT 9 January

    Port Vale v Fleetwood (19:30 GMT)

    Jon Brady makes three changes for his first game as Port Vale boss.

    The Australian brings in Aussie keeper Joe Gauci, New Zealand midfielder Ben Waine and Englishman George Hall.

    Ronan Curtis, who is being linked with a move away, is not involved.

    Port Vale XI: Gauci, Clark, Heneghan, Humphreys, George Hall, Waine, Byers, Shipley, Johnson, Stockley, Cole.

    Subs: Amos, Headley, Brown, Walters, Paton, Croasdale, John, Lomax, Faal.

    Port Vale

    There are six changes for Fleetwood from their last game.

    Fleetwood XI: Harrington, Mullarkey, Haughey, Neal, Bonds, Ennis, Jordan Davies, Helm, Medley, William Davies, McCann.

    Subs: Lynch, Rooney, Roberts, Hughes, Virtue, Morrison, Evans, Devonport, McLean.

    Fleetwood XI
  2. Team news - Seven changes for Prestonpublished at 18:44 GMT 9 January

    Preston v Wigan (19:30 GMT)

    Championship club Preston have rotated their side for the visit of League One side Wigan.

    Only four players, including goalkeeper Daniel Iversen, keep their places from the starting XI that won at Bristol City on Sunday.

    Defender Lewis Gibson returns from injury to make his first appearance for North End since 24 October.

    Preston XI: Iversen, Small, Storey, Gibson, Lindsay, McCann, Thompson, Valentín, Dobbin, Jebbison, Frokjaer-Jensen.

    Preston team

    Wigan were beaten 1-0 at Cardiff on Sunday and there are three alterations to their starting XI from that match.

    Callum McManaman, who played in the Latics' 2013 FA Cup final victory over Manchester City, is on the bench for the visitors.

    Wigan XI: Tickle, Fox, Aimson, Carragher, Borges Rodrigues, Smith, Bettoni, Weir, Wright, Hungbo, Costelloe.

    Wigan team
  3. Team news - Wiles debut for MK; Brannagan back for Oxfordpublished at 18:41 GMT 9 January

    MK Dons v Oxford United (19:30 GMT)

    MK Dons boss Paul Warne hands a debut to midfielder Ben Wiles who only joined from Huddersfield Town today.

    He is one of four changes from the side which drew with Chesterfield on Sunday with Scott Hogan, Aaron Collins and Kane Thompson-Sommers also starting.

    Liam Kelly and Callum Paterson are among the substitutes as is midfielder Jay Matete, who also only signed from Sunderland today.

    MK Dons XI: MacGillivray, Jones, Sanders, Offord, Wiles, Nemane, Crowley, Thompson-Sommers, Lemonheigh-Evans, Hogan, Collins

    Subs: Boateng, Burke, Kelly, Leko, Matete, Paterson, Singh-Hurditt, Tripp, Trueman

    MK

    With Matt Bloomfield named as Oxford's new boss today, Craig Short makes six changes for his final game as interim head coach.

    They include Matt Ingram taking over from Jamie Cumming in goal and a return for captain Cameron Brannagan from a six-week injury lay-off.

    Oxford XI: Ingram, Currie, Davies, Helik, Long, Brannagan, Vaulks, Mills, Donley, Dembele, Lankshear

    Subs: Cumming, De Keersmaecker, Harris, Leigh, Peart-Harris, Phillips, Spencer, Romenij, Krastev

    oXFORD xiImage source, BBC Sport
  4. Team news - Four changes for Wrexham, eight for Forestpublished at 18:40 GMT 9 January

    Wrexham v Nottingham Forest (19:30 GMT)

    Phil Parkinson has made four changes to the Wrexham side that started Sunday's 2-1 win at Derby County.

    Dan Scarr, Liberato Cacace, Ollie Rathbone and George Dobson all come in, with Max Cleworth, Matty James, Josh Windass and George Thomason all being replaced.

    Cleworth and James miss out on the matchday squad altogether.

    Wrexham XI: Okonkwo; Scarr, Hyam (C), Doyle; Longman, Dobson, Sheaf, Cacace; Rathbone, Broadhead, Smith.

    Subs: Burton, Coady, McClean, Barnett, Thomason, O'Brien, Ashfield, Windass, Rodriguez.

    Wrexham XI

    Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche makes a total of eight changes from the win at West Ham United on Tuesday night.

    Matz Sels captains the visitors tonight while Igor Jesus and Omari Hutchinson are the other two men to retain their places in the side from the triumph over the Hammers.

    It's a totally new back four, so it's clear to see that Dyche has his focus on the league.

    Nottingham Forest: Sels (C); Savona, Jair Cunha, Morato, Zinchenko, Douglas Luiz, McAtee, Hutchinson, Ddoye, Bakwa, I. Jesus.

    Subs: Gunn; Williams, Murillo, Hudson-Odoi, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White, Domínguez, Milenković, Abbott.

    Nottingham Forest XI
  5. Tonight's matchespublished at 18:37 GMT 9 January

    Friday fixtures

    We have four matches tonight and this is how they are getting on in their respective divisions.

    Premier League: 17. Nottingham Forest.

    Championship: 4. Preston North End, 9. Wrexham, 23. Oxford United.

    League One: 15. Wigan Athletic, 24. Port Vale

    League Two: 5. Milton Keynes Dons, 13. Fleetwood Town.

  6. Thanks for joining uspublished at 18:34 GMT 9 January

    Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of tonight's FA Cup games.

    We will have live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live of Wrexham v Nottingham Forest, with Preston v Wigan on Radio 5 Sports Extra - and you can listen to both of those in this very page.

  7. The start of a great weekendpublished at 18:30 GMT 9 January

    The weekend of the third round of the FA Cup is always one of the highlights of the football calendar as those sides in the Premier League and Championship join those who have battled through to this stage.

    We have four matches tonight, with Premier League Nottingham Forest aiming to avoid a shock exit.

    FA Cup trophyImage source, Getty Images