A new Haaland, Strictly stardust... What to look out for on FA Cup 3rd round

It's third-round weekend in the FA Cup - and good tidings to all who celebrate.

The Premier League teams will join the competition and some have been awarded fellow top division sides for their third round matches, while others will face lower league outfits.

Arsenal's game against Liverpool at the Emirates is probably the headline tie, but there are other games that could cause upsets with those up against it undoubtedly hungry to make headlines.

After Thursday's game between Crystal Palace and Everton and a few Friday night fixtures too, the biggest chunk of the games will be held over Saturday and Sunday.

Mail Sport has picked 10 talking points for this weekend…

Stones on a roll under Elokobi

Maidstone come into this weekend as the lowest-ranked team in the FA Cup third round and one of four non-league sides still in the hat after already claiming one Football League scalp in knocking out League Two promotion chasers Barrow in the second round.

Managed by former Premier League defender George Elokobi, once of Wolves and Nottingham Forest, the Stones have an intriguing history that saw the club forced out of the Football League due to bankruptcy in 1992 and reformed as their youth team Maidstone Invicta.

They progressed from the Kent County League and were renamed back to Maidstone United in 1997 and play on an artificial pitch at the Gallagher Stadium. Their third-round opponents are over-achieving Stevenage, seventh in League One after their promotion last season.

Manager Steve Evans and his opposite number Elokobi went head-to-head on this week’s 72+, a BBC 5 Live show about the EFL and beyond, with the Stevenage boss recalling the biggest upset of last year when his side, then in League Two, knocked out Unai Emery’s Aston