Carabao Cup: Arsenal, Chelsea Know Rd Of 16 Opponents

Carabao Cup: Arsenal, Chelsea Know Rd Of 16 Opponents


Premier League champions Liverpool will play FA Cup winners Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup round of 16, BBC Sport reports.

Carabao Cup holders Newcastle United host Tottenham and Wolves will entertain Chelsea in an all-Premier League ties while Arsenal, who have not won the competition since 1993, face Brighton.

Grimsby Town, the only League Two side still standing and conquerors of Manchester United, get another home tie against Premier League Brentford.

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And with three Welsh sides in the last 16 for the first time, it was perhaps inevitable there would be an all-Welsh clash as Wrexham host Cardiff City, with 2013 winners Swansea handed a tie against Manchester City.

It will be the first meeting between Wrexham and Cardiff since 2002.

The fixtures will be played in the week of 27 October.

Carabao Cup round of 16 draw:

Arsenal v Brighton

Grimsby Town v Brentford

Swansea City v Manchester City

Newcastle United v Tottenham

Wrexham v Cardiff City

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Wolves v Chelsea

Wycombe v Fulham



Source: Completesports

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