English Football League teams will be hoping for a glamour tie against Chelsea or Tottenham as the two Premier League ‘Big Six’ clubs enter into the Carabao Cup second-round draw....CONTINUE READING
The Blues and Spurs will not play in Europe this season and so, in a rare occasion, enter into the second round of the tournament.
Southampton and Watford were among the early scalps on Tuesday night. Eight Championship clubs all dropped out in the first round with the Saints, who reached last season’s semi-finals, thrashed 3-1 by League Two’s Gillingham.
Hull also lost to League Two’s Doncaster with Millwall battered 4-0 by Reading. Stevenage and Salford defeated Watford and Preston on penalties, just as Crewe saw off Sunderland on spot-kicks.
Wrexham, back in the EFL after a lengthy absence, overcame Wigan Athletic on penalties and are into the second round. They had not played in this competition since 2007 before last night.
The Red Dragons could get an exciting draw with 13 Premier League sides into the pot including Chelsea and Spurs.
Express Sport brings you live coverage of the 2023-24 Carabao Cup second round draw below…
Draw details
A reminder that tonight’s draw, like the first round, will be split into regionalised northern and southern sections.
Ex-Leicester City boss Martin O’Neill and former Foxes captain Wes Morgan will pull the balls out of the pot.
Live scores
Here are your live scores this evening, with around half-an-hour to go in Leicester’s match against Burton.
All the other matches are into the final 15 minutes after kicking off at 7.45pm.
Leeds 2-1 Shrewsbury
Burton 0-2 Leicester
Wimbledon 0-1 Coventry
Bristol City 5-1 Oxford
Cardiff 2-2 Colchester
Ipswich 1-0 Bristol Rovers….READFULL
