Welcome to live coverage of Mansfield Town v Liverpool in the FA Cup!

Promising counter for the Stags, but Anthony Howell's attempt to pick out a striker with his through-ball is too strong and Jones is there to claim.

Downing wins a corner. It is played short and Joe Allen fires in a grass-cutter that Marriott gets down well to save and hold.

Chris Clements's shot is blocked by the wall.

Free-kick to Mansfield 30 yards out as Andre Wisdom fouls.

Sturridge almost in again after a weak backpass but Alan Marriott is out quickly to fall on it. The striker did get a touch...

GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL! 1-0! AND IT IS DEBUTANT DANIEL STURRIDGE! Shelvey threads a great ball through and the striker scores his ninth goal in 12 FA Cup games with three different clubs.

Very sticky surface, which will certainly suit Mansfield.

First attack from Masfield comes to nothing as Brad Jones comes out quickly to claim.

Liverpool keeping the ball with Allen in the corner. Suso turns out of a challenge and sprints into space to fire over the bar from 25 yards. Good effort.

Stewart Downing looks to strike from the edge of the box and John Thompson blocks. Corner to Liverpool.

Jonjo Shelvey down the left looking to cross, but Mansfield defend.

Liverpool keeping the ball early on on a pitch which looks likely to cut up later.

Off we go, with Liverpool kicking from right to left in the first half.

After a delay the players emerge at Field Mill, where there is a This is Mansfield sign today.

Mansfield manager Paul Cox on getting married on Friday: “We were due to be married in June so once we got to the third round draw, she said we’d bring it forward and do it before the Liverpool game. I said yes but we hadn’t beaten Lincoln in the second round replay yet. As soon as we did, the first thing the chairman said was, ‘Congratulations’. I said, ‘Thanks, it was a great result’. He said, ‘No, I mean on the marriage’!”

The fourth round draw has just been made at Wembley and the winners of this tie get a glamorous trip to... Oldham! It may not be a blockbuster, but it does offer a very real chance of a place in the last 16.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admits top scorer Luis Suarez deserves a rest ahead of this weekend's FA Cup tie at Mansfield.

Daniel Sturridge makes his debut today - in his last seven starts in the FA Cup for Chelsea, the forward bagged himself seven goals.

Liverpool last faced non-league opposition in this tournament in 2008, when the Reds were forced to come from behind twice in a 5-2 defeat of Havant & Waterlooville.

This is only the second time Liverpool and Mansfield have been drawn together in any competition; Liverpool eliminated Mansfield from the 1970/71 League Cup in the other.

MANSFIELD: Marriott, Thompson, Geohaghon, Dempster, Beevers, Clements, Murray, Howell, Briscoe, Green, Meikle... Subs: Sutton, J Speight, N Speight, Rhead, Hutchinson, Stevenson, Daniel. /// LIVERPOOL: Jones, Wisdom, Robinson, Carragher, Coates, Lucas, Allen, Shelvey, Suso, Downing, Sturridge... Subs: Gulacsi, Suarez, Henderson, Sterling, Coady, Skrtel, Flanagan.