Brighton vs Crystal Palace: FA Cup third round – as it happened

All the action from the Amex Stadium – and VAR's English debut

Yohan Cabaye delivers a forward pass from midfield (Getty)

Brighton beat Crystal Palace in the FA Cup third-round tie at the Amex Stadium to progress to the fourth round, where they will play Middlesbrough.

Glenn Murray's late bundled winner proved the difference on a night when VAR made its debut and was called upon for the crucial goal, to settle a debate over whether Murray handled the ball.

Relive the game with our liveblog below

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Key Points

• Brighton beat Palace in FA Cup third round
• Fourth-round draw pairs Yeovil with Man Utd

[8 January 2018 18:06 · Vithushan Ehantharajah]

Good evening! Tonight's meeting between Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex has the feeling of a huge game: two fierce rivals meeting in the FA Cup third round, and on the first night of in which VAR (Video Assistant Referee) will be used in English football. If you've no idea what that actually entails, our chief football writer Miguel Delaney is on hand to explain all:

[8 January 2018 18:34 · Liam Corless]

[8 January 2018 18:40 · Liam Corless]

Kick-off at the Amex is just over an hour away but before that we've got the draw for the FA Cup fourth round to bring to you.

That gets underway at 7pm so stay tuned to discover your team's fate!

[8 January 2018 18:45 · Liam Corless]

There is a heightened police presence for tonight's match after fan trouble when the two teams met in the Premier League earlier in the season 

[8 January 2018 18:48 · Liam Corless]

FA Cup fourth-round draw - ball numbers

1. Sheffield United
2. Watford
3. Birmingham
4. Liverpool
5. Brighton or Crystal Palace
6. Peterborough
7. Bournemouth or Wigan
8. Coventry
9. Newport
10. Huddersfield
11. Yeovil
12. Nottingham Forest
13. Notts County
14. MK Dons
15. Manchester United
16. West Brom
17. Rochdale
18. Tottenham
19. Middlesbrough
20. Fleetwood or Leicester
21. Hull
22. Cardiff or Mansfield
23. Manchester City
24. Shrewsbury or West Ham
25. Wolves or Swansea
26. Stevenage or Reading
27. Newcastle
28. Millwall
29. Southampton
30. Preston
31. Norwich or Chelsea
32. Carlisle or Sheffield Wednesday

[8 January 2018 18:50 · Liam Corless]

Brighton vs Crystal Palace team news

Brighton starting XI: Krul; Schelotto, Heunemeier, Goldson, Bong; March, Stephens, Kayal, Izquierdo; Brown, Hemed

Brighton subs: Maenpaa, Dunk, Rosenior, Skalak, Propper, Baldock, Murray

Palace starting XI: Hennessey; Fosu-Mensah, Kelly, Delaney, Schlupp; Townsend, McArthur, Cabaye, Riedewald, Van Aanholt; Sako

Palace subs: Speroni, Tomkins, Wan-Bissaka, Souare, Milivojevic, Kaikai, C. Y. Lee

[8 January 2018 18:57 · Liam Corless]

[8 January 2018 19:01 · Liam Corless]

The VAR equipment is in place at the Amex ahead of tonight's game 

[8 January 2018 19:06 · Liam Corless]

Brighton vs Palace - last five meetings

• Brighton 0-0 Palace, November 2017 (Premier League)
• Brighton 0-2 Palace, May 2013 (Championship)
• Palace 0-0 Brighton, May 2013 (Championship)
• Brighton 3-0 Palace, March 2013 (Championship)
• Palace 3-0 Brighton, December 2012 (Championship)

[8 January 2018 19:08 · Liam Corless]

The draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup should get underway shortly.

Obviously, as is the case with any draw, there's a lot of chit-chat holding things up.