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Tottenham vs Aston Villa - as it happened: Spurs hold off visitors to book spot in FA Cup fourth round

Re-live all the action from today's FA Cup third round fixtures

Joe Miles
Sunday 08 January 2017 11:54 GMT
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Tottenham take on Aston Villa at White Hart Lane
Tottenham take on Aston Villa at White Hart Lane (Getty)

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The FA Cup remains in full swing with six more games to be played today.

Cardiff welcome fellow Championship side Fulham to the Cardiff City Stadium to kick Sunday's procedures off.

That game is followed by Liverpool vs Plymouth Argyle at 1.30pm. With just one major upset from Saturday's results, with Millwall claiming a surprise 3-0 over Bournemouth, Derek Adams' men have the opportunity to pull off what would arguably be one of the biggest shock wins of the tournament yet.

Chelsea vs Peterborough and Middlesbrough vs Sheffield Wednesday follows at 3.00pm before Tottenham round-up today's action as they take on Aston Villa at 4.00pm.

Follow the live action below...

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Saturday's FA Cup third round results:

Manchester United 4 Reading 0

Accrington Stanley 2 Luton Town 1

Barrow 0 Rochdale 2

Birmingham City 1 Newcastle United 1

Blackpool 0 Barnsley 0

Bolton 0 Crystal Palace 0

Brentford 5 Eastleigh 1

Brighton and Hove Albion 2 MK Dons 0

Bristol City 0 Fleetwood Town 0

Everton 1 Leicester City 2

Huddersfield Town 4 Port Vale 0

Hull City 2 Swansea City 0

Ipswich Town 2 Lincoln City 2

Millwall 3 Bournemouth 0

Norwich City 2 Southampton 2

Queens Park Rangers 1 Blackburn Rovers 2

Rotherham United 2 Oxford United 3

Stoke City 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2

Sunderland 0 Burnley 0

Sutton United 0 AFC Wimbledon 0

Watford 2 Burton Albion 0

West Bromwich Albion 1 Derby County 2

Wigan Athletic 2 Nottingham Forest 0

Wycombe Wanderers 2 Stourbridge 1

Preston North End 1 Arsenal 2

Good morning and welcome to the Independent's coverage of third round of the FA Cup. We'll be bringing you live updates and goals from all of today's games so make sure to stay tuned.

Up first: Cardiff vs Fulham!

Samuel Lovett8 January 2017 11:14

Here is how the two sides will line-up at Cardiff City Stadium today for the 11:30 kick-off: 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 11:28

This is Cardiff's fifth consecutive FA Cup tie to be drawn on home turf, but they have lost three of the last four. Neil Warnock's men will be hoping to mend this curse today and progress to the fourth round.

Stay tuned for updates of all of the goals.

Joe Miles8 January 2017 11:34

8 MINS

GOAL

CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 FULHAM 

Anthony Pilkington opens the scoring with a free-kick that takes a huge deflection, leaving Bettinelli helpless as the ball flies into the bottom left corner. 

It's a tremendous start for Neil Warnock's men. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 11:42

11 MINS

Stefan Johansen attempts to redeem the deficit for Fulham, but his attempt to bury the strike in the far corner from a tight angle is wasted. It's high and wide. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 11:45

14 MINS

GOAL

CARDIFF CITY 1 - 1 FULHAM

Fulham's equaliser comes shortly after the opener, with Johansen firing home a powerful strike assisted by Ryan Frederick's moment of magic to beat the defender. The birthday boy has found himself on the score-sheet. 

It's all level - game on!

Joe Miles8 January 2017 11:48

18 MINS

Cardiff's Sol Bamba denies Lucas Piazon's inital strike, then parries away Sone Aluko's follow-up. Fantastic goalkeeping from the Ivorian. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 11:51

23 MINS

Piazon fails to convert in front of goal, following a deflected cross into the box from Fredericks. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 11:57

30 MINS

Cardiff City stadium is nearly empty today - the attendance is incredibly disappointing. Nonetheless, the tempo is high and both sides continue to chase a goal before the interval. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 12:02

33 MINS

GOAL

CARDIFF CITY 1 - 2 FULHAM 

Sessengon has put the visitors ahead and he is not going to score an easier goal than that. 

Johansen's strike reflects off the crossbar and falls perfectly into the path of Sessengon, who simply has to poke the goal into an open net. The phrase 'right place, right time' springs to mind for this one. 

Slavisa Jokanovic's men have gained the advantage and they will be hoping to carry this lead into the interval. 

Joe Miles8 January 2017 12:09

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