Key events
Newcastle 0-0 West Brom
New signing Nico Gonzalez was shown off to the St James’ Park squad before the game.
Newcastle 0-0 West Brom
No Dan Burn, Joelinton or Osula for the Toon. Lewis Hall has an early effort, a player who has been in the news, and gave away that penalty against Liverpool last weekend.
Tottenham 0-0 Charlton
We’re already being treated to the Nathan Jones show on the sidelines. He’s got his guns out.
Tottenham 0-0 Charlton
It’s a loud crowd at Tottenham, with Charlton fans loud despite Nathan Jones playing an under-strength team. And despite beating the Hammers at the weekend.
Carabao kick-off is here
The 7.45pm games are underway.
Here’s the first part, for the teams in Europe, though not Brighton in the Europa Conference League. Essentially, it’s whether they are home and away.
Crystal Palace v TBC
Manchester United v TBC
Manchester City v TBC
Sunderland v TBC
TBC v Arsenal
TBC v Aston Villa
Bournemouth v TBC
Liverpool v TBC
Half the third-round draw is taking place. Yes, half. The rest will follow after the Preston v Everton game. It’s split over two weeks, as the Champions League and Europa League is being played on the week of 7 September.
Soccer, it’s just bloody relentless, isn’t it?
Preston v Everton teams
Preston: Nicholls, Valentin, Storey, Gibson, Vukcevic, Thompson, Leroy, Small, Moran, Burgzorg, Erabi. Subs: Iversen, Clarke, Lindsay, Devine, McCann, Lang, Hughes, Gryba, Nolan.
Everton: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Armstrong, Garner, Dibling, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Barry. Subs: Travers, Patterson, Beto, O’Brien, George, Johnson, Alcaraz, Aznou, Foster.
Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)
Newcastle v West Brom teams
Newcastle: Jaouen, Dedic, Thiaw, Botman, Hall, Steur, Ramsey, Murphy, Willock, Toure, Woltemade. Subs: Hornicek, Schar, Bamba, Wissa, Barnes, Elanga, Shahar, Neave, Miley.
West Brom: Ingram, Williams, Mepham, Campbell, Townsend, Whitwell, Nzingoula, Diakite, Price, Stewart, Morgan. Subs: O’Leary, Phillips, Styles, Myhre, Molumby, Bany, Galves, Crowther, Bostock.
Referee: Robert Madley (West Yorkshire)
Looks like Spurs fans will get to see some of Savio(inho), he’s on the bench. Maybe a last look at Mikey Moore before he goes on loan to Köln for the season.
Tottenham v Charlton teams
Tottenham: Kinsky, Gray, van Hecke, Davies, Udogie, Fernandes, Bentancur, Tel, Bergvall, Moore, Solanke. Subs: Dubravka, Robertson, Danso, Gallagher, Richarlison, Savio, Porro, van de Ven, Williams-Barnet.
Charlton: Brooks, Sichenje, Koumetio, Mesik, Asiimwe, Knibbs, Ouma, Apter, Docherty, Alli, Mbick. Subs: Okonkwo, Jones, Coventry, Leaburn, Carey, McNamara, Rankin-Costello, Nwamba, Tagoe.
Referee: Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)
Bradford v Burnley teams
Bradford: McCracken, Pennington, Welch, Gillesphey, Phillips, Lapslie, Cartwright, Touray, Jackson, Swan, Beesley. Subs: Dawson, Joe Wright, Connolly, Neufville, Sarcevic, Pointon, Powell, Ibbitson, Lunn.
Burnley: Coudert, Roberts, Ekdal, Ahmedhodzic, Lucas Pires, Raghouber, Laurent, Amdouni, Satpaev, Ndayishimiye, Broja. Subs: Weiss, Walker, Alleyne, Bruun Larsen, Edwards, Flemming, Ramsey, Sonne, Mejbri.
Referee: Martin Coy (County Durham)
And last night’s was a settling win for Coventry.
A midweek jaunt to Devon always had the makings of a tricky trip for a Coventry team focused on Premier League survival. Such feelings quickly evaporated when Frank Lampard’s side raced into a two-goal lead with just four minutes and six seconds on the clock, Taiwo Awoniyi opening his account for his new club before Jack Rudoni doubled Coventry’s advantage. But, ultimately, Coventry were made to toil before chalking up a welcome first victory of the season.
Plymouth have form for a cup upset and another was brewing when Xavier Amaechi pulled Tom Cleverley’s side level nine minutes into the second half. Coventry, to their credit, roused once more, the substitute Ephron Mason-Clark regaining the lead before Victor Torp sealed progress to the Carabao Cup third round from the penalty spot. “You’ve got to enjoy a win, always,” Lampard said. “A win is a big deal because it’s a nice feeling to take back on the bus for four hours.”
Big wins for Leeds and Brentford last night in the competition.
Preamble
The season has fizzed into life already and the Carabao Cup always offers some fizz at this stage. It’s a year to the day on Thursday that Ruben Amorim reached for the tactics board at Grimsby. So what awaits this evening? Tottenham have their weekend wobbles to ride out, while Newcastle hope to build on their weekend promise. Preston v Everton is a fixture dating back to 1888-89, and is rhe David Moyes derby, though not even Moyesthesulah was around back then, and there’s a reassuring trans-Pennine feel to Bradford v Burnley.
All kick-offs 7.45pm UK time unless stated.