LONDON, Sporting Alert – Arsenal and Tottenham will meet in the pick of the Capital One Cup third round draw, while there will be three other all Premier League clashes.
Sunderland will host Manchester City, Leicester will take on West Ham United at home and Norwich City entertain West Bromwich.
Champions Chelsea will travel to face Walsall and Manchester United entertain Ipswich Town at Old Trafford in their third round fixture.
While Man United are entering the competition in this round, Ipswich hammered Doncaster 4-1 in the second round.
The highlighted battle of the round though is expected to come from White Hart Lane where Tottenham and Arsenal face-off in the London cup derby.
Both teams will be reluctant to exit the competition at this stage and could field strong lineups for this contest.
Liverpool will take on Carlisle United, who dumped Championships side Queens Park Rangers from the cup on Tuesday night.
English Premier League newcomers Bournemouth, who hammered Hartlepool 4-0 on Tuesday on the road, will next face Preston North End in the third round.
Crystal Palace, Newcastle United, Leicester City and Charlton Athletic all scored 4-1 victories in their respective second-round action.
In the third round, Crystal Palace will host Charlton Athletic and Newcastle are at home against Sheffield Wednesday.
Elsewhere in the Capital One Cup third round draw, Stoke City, who needed penalties to see off Luton in the second round, will travel to face Fulham, it’s Hull City v Swansea City, Aston Villa v Birmingham City and MK Dons against Southampton.
These third round ties will be played on the week commencing September 21.
Capital One Cup Third Round Draw
MK Dons v Southampton at Stadium:mk
Preston v Bournemouth at Deepdale
Walsall v Chelsea at Bescot Stadium
Aston Villa v Birmingham at Villa Park
Crystal Palace v Charlton at Selhurst Park
Fulham v Stoke at Craven Cottage
Hull v Swansea at The KC Stadium
Leicester v West Ham King at Power Stadium
Liverpool v Carlisle at Anfield
Manchester United v Ipswich at Old Trafford
Middlesbrough v Wolves at Riverside Stadium
Newcastle v Sheffield Wednesday at St. James’ Park
Norwich v West Brom at Carrow Road
Reading v Barnsley OR Everton at Madejski Stadium
Sunderland v Manchester City at Stadium of Light
Tottenham v Arsenal at White Hart Lane
