- Tottenham will host Arsenal in the third round of the Capital One Cup. It will be the third time in 10 years the north London rivals will meet in the competition. Arsenal won the two-legged semi-final in 2007, with Spurs gaining revenge at the same stage in 2008 beating Arsenal 5-1 on aggregate and eventually winning the competition that year. The two teams last met in the competition in 2011, when Arsenal won 4-1 after extra time in the third round, on their way to the final, where they lost to 2-1 to Birmingham.
- Spurs lost to Chelsea in last season’s final. Holders Chelsea will be travelling to Walsall.
- Birmingham City who won Gillingham 2-0 in the second round on Tuesday night, have the chance to knock-out their second city rivals and five time champions Aston Villa, who needed extra-time to beat Notts County 5-3.
- Preston North End will be hoping to knockout another newly-promoted Premier League side Bournemouth after upsetting Watford on Tuesday.
- Carlisle, who upset QPR at Loftus Road with a 2-1 win on Tuesday, head to Liverpool in the third round.
- Manchester United will be hosting in-form Championship side Ipswich who were 4-1 winners at Doncaster in the second round.
- Struggling premier league side Sunderland needed a Jermain Defoe hat-trick to earn a nervy 6-3 win over Exeter and will be hosting Premier League leaders Manchester City in the third round.
- Everton will travel to Reading if they win at Barnsley on Wednesday night.
- Championship sides Middlesbrough and Wolves were drawn together.
- Middlesbrough v Wolves
- Norwich v West Brom
- Hull City v Swansea
- Leicester City v West Ham
- Aston Villa v Birmingham City
- Tottenham v Arsenal
- Manchester United v Ipswich Town
- Liverpool v Carlisle
- Crystal Palace v Charlton
- Fulham v Stoke City
- Sunderland v Manchester City
- Newcastle v Sheffield Wednesday
- Reading v Barnsley or Everton
- Preston v Bournemouth
- Walsall v Chelsea
- MK Dons v Southampton
Ties to be played in the week commencing September 21
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