Latics handed Forest test
The 2013 winners and 2014 semi-finalists are currently languishing in the bottom three of the Championship.
And they have been handed the chance to avenge a 4-3 defeat at the City Ground back in August.
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Hide AdHolders Manchester United will host Reading, while Manchester City must head to West Ham.
The Old Trafford clash will see Reading boss Jaap Stam return to his old stamping ground.
City boss Pep Guardiola could have asked for an easier start to his FA Cup career than a trip to the London Stadium.
Everton will host Premier League champions Leicester in another all-Premier League tie.
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Hide AdNon-league Sutton United, who caused arguably the greatest-ever FA Cup shock when they beat top-flight Coventry in 1989, will host a local derby with AFC Wimbledon, while fellow non-leaguers Stourbridge, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, will travel to Wycombe if they get past Northampton in round two.
Barrow, who upset League Two Bristol Rovers on Sunday, will entertain Rochdale.
Chelsea and Liverpool are among the favourites to lift the trophy at Wembley in May but both will have to wait to discover their third-round foes.
Chelsea will host either Notts County or Peterborough, while Newport or Plymouth will head to Anfield to meet Liverpool.
The 2015 winners Arsenal face a tricky trip to Preston.
The third-round ties will be played from January 6-9.
Full FA Cup third-round draw
Ipswich v Lincoln/Oldham
Barrow v Rochdale
Manchester United v Reading
Hull v Swansea
Sunderland v Burnley
QPR v Blackburn
Millwall v Bournemouth
West Ham v Manchester City
Brighton v MK Dons/Charlton
Blackpool v Barnsley
Wigan v Nottingham Forest
Birmingham v Newcastle
Chelsea v Notts County/Peterborough
Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday
West Brom v Derby
Everton v Leicester
Liverpool v Newport/Plymouth
Wycombe v Stourbridge/Northampton
Watford v Burton
Preston v Arsenal
Cardiff v Fulham
Stoke v Wolves
Cambridge v Leeds
Bristol City v Shrewsbury/Fleetwood
Huddersfield v Port Vale
Tottenham v Aston Villa
Brentford v Halifax/Eastleigh
Bolton v Crystal Palace
Norwich v Southampton
Sutton v AFC Wimbledon
Accrington v Luton
Rotherham v Oxford/Macclesfield