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Arsenal to play Portsmouth in FA Cup third round

We will kick off our 2025/26 FA Cup campaign with a third-round tie against Portsmouth after the two teams were paired together in tonight's draw.

Our quest to lift club football's most famous trophy for a record-extending 15th time in our history will begin against Championship side Pompey, with the tie to take place at Fratton Park.

We last played the south-coast side in the FA Cup in March 2020 when we won 2-0, en route to lifting the silverware in Mikel Arteta's first season in charge, extending our unbeaten run against Portsmouth in the competition to five games.