Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal and more learn third-round fixtures
Follow the Carabao Cup third-round draw live following the conclusion of the second-round fixtures
Manchester City will face Chelsea in the third round of the Carabao Cup, as the draw threw up a number of all-Premier League ties. Manchester United host Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest take on Tottenham and Arsenal play Brighton in some of the other picks of the third round.
Holders Liverpool were drawn against Derby , Everton travel to Bournemouth while Leeds were paired with Wolves. Crawley Town’s reward for knocking out Fulham was a trip to Burnley. Newcastle United, who beat Tranmere Rovers to reach the third round on Wednesday, will play Crystal Palace at St James’ Park. The third-round ties will take place across 8-10 November. Follow the Carabao Cup third-round draw, below:
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
FINALLY.
Here’s the third round draw. We’ve got John Aldridge and John Barnes conducting proceedings.
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
Liverpool, the holders, are number 16 in the draw.
Are they the side the likes of Crawley Town and Gillingham are desperate to land?
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
Eddie Howe says he has “no idea” about reports linking Aleksander Isak with a move to Newcastle. The club have said to have agreed a club record deal with Real Sociedad for the Sweden international striker.
The draw is coming up “very soon”.
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
So who could do with winning the Carabao Cup the most this season? You’d think Tottenham have got to be up there, depending on where it sits on Antonio Conte’s list of priorities. Newcastle have to fancy their chances and the optimism on the Toon would only grow with a cup run, while they are desperate to end their long wait for a trophy.
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
But back to the Carabao Cup - and it’s Newcastle, Leeds, Brighton and Bristol City who have progressed tonight.
Here’s the report from Elland Road as Luis Sinisterra stole the show on his full debut and Leeds beat Yorkshire rivals Barnsley 3-1 to reach the third round.
Luis Sinisterra stars as Leeds brush aside Barnsley
The Colombia winger scored and had a hand in Leeds’ two other goals.
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
And Rangers have done it! They are through to tomorrow’s Champions League group stage draw.
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Carabao Cup third round draw - live
The draw will take place in around 10 minutes, we are now told.
Just enough time to catch the end of PSV vs Rangers in the Champions League, with the Glasgow side holding on to a 1-0 win that would get them through to tomorrow’s group stage draw.
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
Kieran Trippier is happy to be through, even though Newcastle needed the England international to come on from the bench and set up Chris Wood’s winner with another excellent set-piece.
“It was difficult,” he admits.
A cup run would mean “everything”, he adds.
Carabao Cup third round draw - live
So here’s the updated draw numbers ahead of the third round draw.
1. AFC Bournemouth
2. Arsenal
3. Aston Villa
4. Blackburn Rovers
5. Brentford
6. Burnley
7. Charlton Athletic
8. Chelsea
9. Crawley Town
10. Crystal Palace
11. Derby County
12. Everton
13. Gillingham
14. Leicester City
15. Lincoln City
16. Liverpool
17. Manchester City
18. Manchester United
19. Milton Keynes Dons
20. Morecambe
21. Newport County
22. Nottingham Forest
23. Sheffield Wednesday
24. Southampton
25. Stevenage
26. Tottenham Hotspur
27. West Ham United
28. Wolverhampton Wanderers
29. Brighton & Hove Albion
30. Leeds United
31. Newcastle United
32. Bristol City
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