Carabao Cup draw in full - Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle discover ...
The Carabao Cup will reach the last eight following the conclusion of the fourth round matches on Wednesday night. Teams left in the competition are closing in on winning the first piece of silverware for the 2023/24 season.
Two teams booked their place in the quarter-finals on Tuesday night with Port Vale reaching the final eight for the first time ever thanks to a 1-0 win over Mansfield Town and Middlesbrough winning through with a 2-1 victory over Exeter City.
They will be joined by at least four Premier League teams, with Arsenal playing away at West Ham, Manchester United taking on Newcastle, Everton playing Burnley and Liverpool making the long trip to Bournemouth.
Chelsea or Blackburn and Ipswich Town or Fulham will be the other two teams to make it into the quarter-finals. That means there are going to be some big ties when the draw is made after the Man Utd vs Newcastle United clash tonight.
You can follow the draw live right here as it is made.
Draw in full23:04
Tie 223:03
23:06Joe Doyle
Tino Livramento and Lewis Hall heading back to Stamford Bridge with Newcastle could definitely be one to watch after the latter's Man of the Match display in the 3-0 win against Manchester United tonight.
Elsewhere it's all Premier League ties between Everton and Fulham as well as Liverpool and West Ham. And League One Port Vale get a home tie against Championship opposition in Middlesbrough, with both sides hoping to earn a place in the semi-finals of the competition.
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That's that - a short draw with only eight teams involved.
Everton vs Fulham
Chelsea vs Newcastle
Port Vale vs Middlesbrough
Liverpool vs West Ham
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Liverpool vs West Ham
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Port Vale vs Middlesbrough
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Chelsea vs Newcastle
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1. Middlesbrough
2. Port Vale
3. Liverpool
4. Chelsea
5. Everton
6. Fulham
7. Newcastle
8. West Ham
22:58Joe Doyle
We're finally - finally - ready to draw eight balls representing football teams out of a tub. Here we go.
22:51Joe Doyle
A short break and the draw is taking place, finally.
22:47Joe Doyle
Why are we waiting? Don't they know it's nearly bed time?! A bit more chat and we should be ready to go.
22:36Joe Doyle
Emile Smith Rowe missed Arsenal's 3-1 defeat to West Ham. And Mikel Arteta has given a worrying update on the England international.
Read it here.
22:25Joe Doyle
We're going through the usual post-match shenanigans as we wait for the draw - it's drawn out more as Man Utd vs Newcastle kicked off at 8.15pm as opposed to West Ham's 7.30pm kick-off against Arsenal and the other ties starting at 7.45pm.
But bear with us, we'll be getting under way at some point soon.
22:11Joe Doyle
It's all over at Old Trafford, so here are the teams in the hat.
Port Vale
Middlesbrough
West Ham
Chelsea
Liverpool
Everton
Fulham
Newcastle
22:07Joe Doyle
Into stoppage time at Old Trafford and Man Utd are still 3-0 down at home to Newcastle.
The draw follows this game.
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Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn
Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool
Everton 3-0 Burnley
Ipswich 1-3 Fulham
West Ham 3-1 Arsenal
Latest: Man Utd 0-3 Newcastle...
21:29Joe Doyle
The Gunners are out of the cup, with West Ham through.
Elsewhere, Liverpool have retaken the lead and Fulham are 3-1 up against Ipswich.
21:06Joe Doyle
Fulham and Everton have both extended their leads over Ipswich and Burnley respectively.
Chelsea go 2-0 up through Raheem Sterling, and Bournemouth level things up against Liverpool.
At Old Trafford, it's half-time and Ten Hag's side are 2-0 down to Newcastle. Not going well for the Dutch manager, who is getting a lot of flak from the away fans - and maybe some of the home fans too.
20:49Joe Doyle
That is surely that for Arsenal. Jarrod Bowen's shot is deflected and Ramsdale can't keep it out. Meanwhile, Newcastle take the lead at Old Trafford through Miguel Almiron.
20:40Joe Doyle
That could be a killer blow for Arsenal's trophy hopes here.
West Ham find Mohammed Kudus with a long ball and he dispatches it to put the Hammers two-up at home.
Arsenal have around 35 minutes plus injury time to save their Carabao Cup campaign.
20:23Joe Doyle
Aaron Ramsdale claimed he was fouled during West Ham's opening goal; Raheem Sterling looked to have a decent penalty shout turned down; and yet neither of those first-half decisions went to VAR.
Here's why.
20:18Joe Doyle
Scratch that - Chelsea have just taken the lead at home to Blackburn.
Benoit Badiashile is back in the team after a long time out through injury, and he's on the scoresheet, while Liverpool have also taken the lead away at Bournemouth through Cody Gakpo.
It's now half-time at West Ham with Arsenal trailing.
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Fulham lead 1-0 at Ipswich Town after half an hour, while Everton have got the lead at home to Burnley.
West Ham vs Arsenal is about to head into half-time with the Hammers still a goal to the good, while there have been no goals in Chelsea's clash against Blackburn or Bournemouth vs Liverpool. Man Utd vs Newcastle Utd is kicking off now.
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The first goal of the night goes to West Ham, with Ben White heading into his own net from a corner.
Follow the action here.
19:11Joe Doyle
Next up, Chelsea vs Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge.
Mauricio Pochettino has picked a strong side for this clash, though he has also rang the changes as the Championship side head to west London hoping for an upset.
Benoit Badiashile is back in the team for the Blues.
You can follow all the action for that game live here.
18:49Joe Doyle
First up tonight, Arsenal kick us off at 7.30pm.
The team news is already in, and Emile Smith Rowe misses out for the Gunners due to a knee injury, while Aaron Ramsdale returns to the starting lineup in place of David Raya.
You can follow all the action from that one live here.
Joe Doyle
Hello, and welcome to football.london's live coverage of the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw!
We have a big night of action lined up in the cup tonight, with Arsenal facing West Ham, Chelsea hosting Blackburn and Manchester United facing Newcastle United in a repeat of last season's final.
