There is no rest for England’s footballers as the Carabao Cup returns just 48 hours after the end of the 2022 World Cup.
Sixteen teams are taking part in the competition this week hoping to make it through to the quarter-final draw.
The Carabao Cup, or EFL Cup as it is sometimes known, is the first piece of major silverware on offer this season, with the winners also earning a spot in next season’s Europa League.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw:
When is the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw?
The 2022-23 Carabao Cup quarter-final draw takes place on Thursday 22 December after Manchester City take on holders Liverpool.
That fourth round tie kicks off at 8pm GMT so the draw should take place at around 10pm or just before.
How can I watch the Carabao Cup draw?
The draw will be shown live on Sky Sports, with host Mark Chapman being joined by England’s Euro 2022-winning goalkeeper Mary Earps and Newcastle legend Shay Given.
When do the quarter-final fixtures take place?
The Carabao Cup quarter-final fixtures will take place in the week commencing 9 January 2023, with two of the four games scheduled to be shown live on Sky Sports.
Carabao Cup schedule:
- Quarter-finals: w/c 9 January 2023
- Semi-final 1st leg: w/c 23 January 2023
- Semi Final 2nd leg: w/c 30 January 2023
- Final: Sunday 26 February 2023
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Fourth round ties:
- Wolves 2-0 Gillingham
- Southampton 2-1 Lincoln
- Newcastle 1-0 Bournemouth
- MK Dons 0-3 Leicester
- Blackburn vs Nottingham Forest
- Charlton vs Brighton
- Man Utd vs Burnley
- Man City vs Liverpool
Analysis: Newcastle mean business in this season’s Carabao Cup
By Mark Douglas, i‘s northern football correspondent
If the Carabao Cup felt like a comedown after Sunday’s World Cup final for the ages, no one told Eddie Howe or Newcastle United.
A full-strength side on Tuesday night that included five of his World Cup warriors was a vivid illustration of just how important this competition remains to Howe. And in that, he captures the mood pretty succinctly on Tyneside.
Newcastle have gone 67 years without lifting a domestic trophy and their passage into the last eight of the competition will inevitably get supporters dreaming. They are still four games from glory but with this remodelled team and new ownership there is belief that something special can be achieved in short order.
They will have to improve on a hard-fought victory over Bournemouth, but the sense of slowly cranking the whirring engine of intensity that had secured six straight wins before the mid-season break might be foreboding for the rest of the teams left in the competition. They will get better and the general standard of football surely will too.
Read Mark’s full analysis from St James’ Park here
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