FA Cup third round: 10 things to look out for this weekend

1 Postecoglou missing ‘outstanding leader’ Son 

Ange Postecoglou did not want to say who would captain Tottenham in Friday night’s tie against Burnley. The usual choice, Son Heung-min, is away on Asian Cup duty while the vice-captains, Cristian Romero and James Maddison, are injured. Yet to Postecoglou, it will not be “really that significant” because the pecking order is established and the stopgap will be exactly that. It was striking to hear how gutted the manager was over Son’s absence – within the context of wishing him well with South Korea. Postecoglou lavished praise on a “generational” talent and “outstanding leader,” adding: “If you name a team of the year at the moment, he’s in it.” Son, he said, would be a “significant absence … a big loss.” Ben Davies is the most senior candidate to step in but, as Postecoglou stressed, every player must step up. David Hytner 

Tottenham v Burnley, Friday 8pm

2 History to repeat itself for Maidstone?

Stevenage have built their success under Steve Evans on underdog status, on upsetting better-resourced opponents in League Two and now League One with their industrious, muscular football. The boot is on the other foot for Steve Evans’s side on Saturday, however, when they visit a Maidstone team three divisions below them. George Elokobi’s National League South promotion contenders are the lowest-placed side still in the Cup and have claimed one Football League scalp, Barrow, in the second round. Unfortunately for the Stones the scorer of their stunning winner that day, Bivesh Gurung, will be absent against Stevenage. The 22-year-old midfielder is suspended after receiving his second red card of the season in the 5-1 defeat at Worthing last month. Maidstone have stumbled in