Good afternoon and welcome to Sports Mole's live text coverage of the FA Cup third round clash between Blackpool and Arsenal at Bloomfield Road.
The hosts come into this match sitting 10th in the League One table and having needed extra time in a replay to see off Solihull Moors in the previous round.
Arsenal, on the other hand, are fifth in the Premier League and have a rich history in this competition having lifted the trophy a record 13 times.
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Thank you very much for joining Sports Mole for today's match as Arsenal ease into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a routine win over League One Blackpool at Bloomfield Road. I will leave you with our match report, and be sure to stick around for reaction too.
From me, though, it is goodbye for now!
Joe Willock was the star of the show for Arsenal with two goals in the first half, and Alex Iwobi added the third late in the second. Blackpool gave it a good go, but in the end the gulf in class between the two sides told.
Lacazette plays the ball into the path of Ramsey, who should score himself but sees his toe-poke well saved by the keeper. Iwobi is there to tap in the rebound, although the replay shows that he was offside and the goal should not have counted.
It will be a concern for Emery that his side have allowed so many chances, but they remain in control of this one.
There was an element of controversy about that goal as the ball may have hit Iwobi's hand during the build-up, although it is not even clear on replays whether that was the case so the referee cannot be blamed too much for missing it.
There was not much Blackpool could have done as Ramsey's free kick deflected off Spearing in the wall and crashed against the inside of the post, bouncing back out to Willock, who sent a stooping header into the empty net.
Arsenal have created plenty of chances and should be further ahead than 2-0 in truth, although their defence has once again been lacking at times to the extent that a goal-shy Blackpool side have offered enough to give them some encouragement.
Iwobi carries the ball forward before sliding in Jenkinson on the overlap, and his cross into the middle is flicked goalwards by Nketiah. It is just drifting wide of the far post, but Willock is once again opportunistic and converts at the back post.
19y 138d - Joe Willock is the youngest player to score for Arsenal in the FA Cup since January 2010, when Aaron Ramsey netted against West Ham (19y 8d). Glimpse.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 5, 2019
Ramsey's initial free kick takes a big deflection which sends it crashing against the inside of the post before bouncing out to the youngster, who sends a stooping header into the unguarded goal.
BLACKPOOL STARTING XI: Howard; Nottingham, Daniels, O'Connor; Bola, Spearing, Guy, Taylor, Feeney; Delfouneso, Gnanduillet
ARSENAL STARTING XI: Cech; Lichtsteiner, Koscielny, Sokratis, Kolasinac; Elneny, Ramsey; Maitland-Niles, Willock, Iwobi; Nketiah
Gary Taylor-Fletcher got Blackpool's only goal of the game on that occasion, but Abou Diaby and Emmanuel Eboue had already put Arsenal two ahead and Robin van Persie made sure of the points 14 minutes from time.
Arsenal won the most recent of their three previous ties - winning 3-1 in 1999 - but prior to that Blackpool beat Arsenal in 1952-53 en route to the trophy and then again in 1969-70.
Goals from Lichtsteiner and Smith Rowe put the Gunners 2-0 up after 50 minutes, but O'Connor pulled one back before his red card and the fourth-round tie ended with just one goal in it.
Blackpool gave Arsenal a good game of things when they met in the EFL Cup earlier this season - and that was at the Emirates - but they are in poor form coming into this match. There is a sniff of an upset about this game, but we're still backing the Gunners to get the job done.
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Only Liverpool and Manchester City have scored more goals than Arsenal in the league this season, but their main problem has been at the other end, with only three teams conceding more outside the bottom five too. Fortunately for them, they are coming up against a low-scoring lower-league team today.
The Gunners have now lost three of their last six matches across all competitions, leaving supporters in no doubt that their long run had indeed been masking plenty of problems which still need addressing.
Fulham were their visitors on New Year's Day and they had a couple of good chances to break the deadlock with the score still goalless, but goals from Xhaka, Lacazette, Ramsey and Aubameyang ultimately wrapped up a 4-1 win for the Gunners.
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Their general record on the road has not been great in recent weeks, though, with no wins from their last four matches stretching back to November - the most recent of which was the 5-1 drubbing at the hands of Liverpool last week.
That also came at the hands of lower-league opposition, with Nottingham Forest running out 4-2 winners, and having not been eliminated at the first hurdle since 1995-96 before that, they will be desperate not to make it back-to-back third-round upsets this season.
Emery, but contrast, is getting his first taste of the competition today, although he also had a formidable record in cup competitions during his time in charge of Sevilla and PSG.
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The Gunners have lifted the FA Cup trophy on an unparalleled 13 occasions, and three of those have come within the past five years. The Gunners will be desperate to extend that purple patch this season, and they will always be amongst the favourites at the start of the competition.
Blackpool nonetheless have an unbreakable link with this competition having won one of the greatest and most famous FA Cup finals of all time - a 4-3 win over Bolton Wanderers in 1953 which will forever be known as 'The Matthews final' after Stanley Matthews. Poor Stan Mortensen - who scored a hat-trick - does not even get the same treatment!
The most recent of those was the match which sealed their place in this round, although they needed a replay and then extra time to overcome non-league Solihull Moors last month, having edged to a 3-2 victory over League Two Exeter in round one.
That was a seconds successive home defeat for Blackpool - both by a 0-1 scoreline - and another loss today would see them beaten three times on the bounce in front of their own fans for the first time since August 2015.
One of the biggest problems they have faced this season is simply putting the ball in the back of the net, with just two teams have scored fewer goals in the entire league - one of those being basement club AFC Wimbledon. Blackpool come into this match with just one goal from their last five league games.
That solitary point came against bottom-of-the-table AFC Wimbledon too, and the four games they have lost during that run is the same number as they lost during their opening 20 matches of the season.
Only four places separate them from the top six, but the gap to that is 10 points, whereas the 11 places separating them from the bottom three are spread out over only eight points.
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The stats do not look good for the home side, though, as they come into the match sitting 10th in League One compared to Arsenal relatively lofty position of fifth in the Premier League.
There are four changes from Blackpool's win over Solihull Moors in the last round, though, with Heneghan again one of those to miss out alongside Tilt, Thompson and Dodoo.
The hosts are able to name the experience of Jay Spearing in the middle of the park, though, with the former Liverpool man providing what could be invaluable Premier League experience ahead of this match.
Both players have five League One goals apiece this season, which is not exactly a statistic which will strike fear into Arsenal fans, but they are likely to be Blackpool's main hope of getting something today.
Behind him, Iwobi is one of the five players to keep their places from the win over Fulham as he features on the left of that attacking trio behind Nketiah, with Willock expected to fill in the number 10 role.
If reports are to be believed this could be one of Ramsey's final appearances for Arsenal as talks over his future are ongoing. It looks certain that the Welshman will leave the club, although whether that happens in January or in the summer remains to be seen.
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Maitland-Niles played as a wing-back in that London derby and once again starts today, although this will be in a more advanced position as the right-sided attacker in the trio behind the striker in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Mustafi is not risked after coming off at half time against Fulham with a hamstring complaint, while Bellerin, Monreal and Mavropanos also remain sidelined, so Sokratis and Koscielny once again pair up as the centre-back partnership, with Kolasinac on the left.
Well, we'll start with the visitors and their most notable piece of team news is that Petr Cech - who has been linked with a move away from the club - starts in goal as expected today, with Leno given the afternoon off completely.
Cech is a four-time winner of this competition and so knows what it is all about, so his experience could be crucial to ensuring that Arsenal do not take anything for granted today.
The 13-time winners take on League One Blackpool at Bloomfield Road this afternoon in a potential banana skin for them as Unai Emery looks to make his first step in a competition which his predecessor had such success in.
We will look at both sides a little later, but first let's check out the team news...
