Wigan Athletic v Manchester United: FA Cup third round – live

Manchester United have won this famous old competition 12 times; Wigan just the once. Take your starting point at 2005, though, and it’s a one-all draw. Here’s how the 2013 and 2016 finals played out, minute by glorious minute.

Wigan make two changes to the side that drew 1-1 at Barnsley on New Year’s Day. Stephen Humphrys and Thelo Aasgaard come in for Callum Lang and Josh Magennis, both of whom drop to the bench. Humphrys is Wigan’s leading scorer this season, with nine goals so far in all competitions.

Manchester United go strong, making just two changes to the side that went down 2-1 at Nottingham Forest nine days ago. Rasmus Højlund and Scott McTominay come in for Christian Eriksen and Antony, neither of whom feature today. Erik ten Hag will be hoping his starting XI steer clear of trouble, because the bench is young and inexperienced.

Welcome to our coverage of this rerun of the 2006 League Cup final. Manchester United won that one 4-0; you’d expect them, despite their well-reported struggles, to do something similar tonight against a team 18th in League One. Not least because in their last ten meetings with Wigan, they’ve notched up four 4-0 victories over the Latics and three 5-0s. However it’s the third round of the FA Cup, where shocks are possible and dreaming is permissible … and Wigan manager Shaun Maloney has previous against United, having scored the winner in the club’s one and only victory over their illustrious Lancastrian neighbours in 19 meetings, a 1-0 win in April 2012 that went some way to denying Sir Alex Ferguson’s side the Premier League title. Kick off is at 8.15pm GMT. It’s on!