Stephen Warnock
Former England and Liverpool defender on BBC 5 Live

If Newcastle were on a Champions League run would Eddie Howe have played this team?

There will be nerves within that Newcastle changing room, if they lose this game today what does that do mentally within the team?

There is a lot of outside talk about Eddie Howe's job which I think is incredible.

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Yes, if you're wondering... Jobe - who wears his first name and not his surname on his kit - is Jude Bellingham's brother.

He's been linked with a move to Real Madrid too.

Chris Waddle
Ex-Newcastle winger on ITV

[Sunderland's Jobe] Bellingham's a modern day player. For 18, he's a big player. I'd love to know what his best position is because he keeps playing in different ones.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at The Stadium Of Light

It's as noisy as you expect inside and outside the Stadium Of Light with a huge police presence in evidence in the surrounding area as thousands of supporters make their way to watch this FA Cup third round meeting between these two fierce rivals Sunderland and Newcastle United.

The stadium DJ is entering into the spirit of the occasion by blasting out Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Two Tribes".

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Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

Anything can happen and the atmosphere is phenomenal.

The players will just get on with the game and it will be fantastic. I suspect the way Sunderland have played in the past their style will almost be suited against a Premier League side as they want to play it on the deck a lot.

Yes Sunderland are second favourites, but they are at home and Newcastle are on a awful run.

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Maidstone United defied a 47-place gap in the footballing pyramid to reach the FA Cup third round, stunning League Two high-fliers Barrow.

The National League South side last played a third-round tie in 1988, when they were beaten by Sheffield United.

George Elkobi's side, the lowest ranked team left in the competition, host Stevenage, who are 69 places higher in League One.

Stevenage, have beaten Tranmere Rovers and Port Vale so far in the FA Cup this season, and will have fond memories from last year's third round as they inflicted a shock defeat on Aston Villa.

Imagine if there was a page where you could listen to radio commentary of every single FA Cup match today... oh wait, you can here.

As well as 5 Live's coverage of Sunderland v Newcastle, Gillingham v Sheffield United and Middlesbrough v Aston Villa, you can listen to every other game on BBC local radio or Welsh radio. Just scroll through the list near the top of this page.

Also you can watch two of the 17:30 GMT games - Chelsea v Preston and Middlesbrough v Aston Villa.

Anything else? Oh yeah we will bring you in-game goal clips of some of the other early and late matches too.

Newcastle United

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, speaking to ITV: "It's a huge game for us for lots of different reasons. The FA Cup is something we want to do well in and we're playing our local rivals."

Importance of match: "We've got a lot of local players in the squad who know exactly what this means."

Kieran Trippier's return: "It's a huge boost because of his vast experience and his quality can make a huge difference to any team."

On playing to best ability: "We have to focus on the principles of our game and get our game going. It will give us the best chance and that's what we have to do."

On keeping discipline: "We have to focus on that and keep 11 men on the pitch."

Importance of FA Cup: "It's hugely important, we want the players to play free but it is an extremely important moment in our season."

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Chris Waddle
Ex-Newcastle winger on ITV

Sunderland are playing Newcastle at a good time. They're leaking goals and they've won one away game all season. There is a chance of an upset here.

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Coventry City are unbeaten in seven and moving along nicely in the Championship under Mark Robins, chasing a spot in the play-offs for a second successive season.

The Sky Blues were dumped out of the FA Cup in the third last year after a 4-3 shock defeat by Wrexham, who were in the National League at the time.

Robins will be hoping to avoid the same fate today when his side take on Oxford United, who sit fifth in League One and are also pushing for a play-off place.

The U's were also knocked out at the third round last season, but they fell to the Premier League's Arsenal.

Roy Keane
Former Sunderland manager on ITV

The Sunderland fans are ready so I hope the players are.

If you can get a victory, it can change the momentum of your season.

Michael Beale sticks with the starting 11 that earned a 2-0 win against Preston in the Championship on Monday to extend Sunderland's unbeaten run to three.

Forward Patrick Roberts remains absent through injury so Ukrainian Nazariy Rusyn continues to deputise in attack.

Sunderland XI: Patterson, Hume, O'Nien, Ballard, Alese, Ekwah, Neil, Pritchard, Bellingham, Clarke, Rusyn.

Subs: Bishop, Pembele, Hemir, Burstow, Ba, Aouchiche, Seelt, Triantis, Rigg.

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Eddie Howe names a strong Newcastle starting line-up for the first Wear-Tyne derby since 2016 as they look to bounce back from a run of four successive defeats across all competitions.

Kieran Tripper, who missed the defeat by Liverpool on Monday with a groin problem, has passed a late fitness test and comes back as one of two changes as Tino Livramento drops to the bench.

Miguel Almiron also comes in to replace teenager Lewis Miley.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Joelinton, Guimaraes, Longstaff, Almiron, Isak, Gordon.

Subs: Karius, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Krafth, Hall, Livramento, Parkinson, Miley.

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Four games have already been played this week.

Crystal Palace and Everton, and Brentford and Wolves, need replays after drawing their all-Premier League ties.

Fulham beat Rotherham and Tottenham saw off Burnley last night.

Goal of the round so far is this screamer from Pedro Porro.

I'm not sure anybody would have predicted this as one of the big talking points in the build-up to this game...

The Black Cats Bar, to be used by away fans, was furnished with Newcastle signage for today's game.

Sunderlans fans were understandably furious and they have been removed.

Among them was "cheer up Peter Reid" - a reference to a Toon chant about the former Sunderland manager.

Sunderland owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus says he was "disgusted".

"I regret to have let you down," the 27-year-old told fans.

Read more here.

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We've got a busy day ahead. There's four games kicking off at 12:30 GMT to get us started...

AFC Wimbledon v Ipswich Town

Millwall v Leicester City

Coventry City v Oxford United

Maidstone United v Stevenage

We'll be bringing you updates from all of them.

And at 12:45 it's our first feature game, Sunderland v Newcastle

Right we've got another Christmas out of the way. New Year is in the bin as well.

Now we can really focus on one of the most special weekends of the calendar, the FA Cup third round.

There are 19 games today, including five at lunchtime and four at 17:30 GMT.

We have an absolute cracker to get us going in one of the early games, the first meeting of Sunderland and Newcastle in almost eight years.