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Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool learn fourth-round opponents

Carabao Cup draw LIVE!

The draw for the fourth round of the Carabao Cup takes place tonight. Following the conclusion of the third-round ties, 16 teams will learn who they will play in October for a spot in the quarter-finals.

Chelsea and Liverpool secured their spot in the next round on Tuesday and have since been joined by Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City. Liverpool needed a late goal to get past Southampton, while Chelsea survived a scare as they came from behind to beat Lincoln. Arsenal beat Port Vale, Tottenham overcame Doncaster and Man City made light work of Huddersfield despite Pep Guardiola making a number of changes.

Crystal Palace, Brentford and Fulham have also booked a spot in the fourth round. Fourth-round ties will take place the week commencing October 27. Newcastle are the holders after they beat Liverpool at Wembley in the final last season. Follow live coverage below of the draw for the fourth round of the 2025-26 Carabao Cup!

Carabao Cup fourth round draw latest

  • Start time: 10.20pm BST
  • Carabao Cup draw ball numbers
  • How to watch: Sky Sports
  • Carabao Cup fourth round dates

Some tasty ties!

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Some real humdingers in there, with Newcastle vs Spurs perhaps the standout encounter!

Wrexham vs Cardiff will be a fiery all-Welsh classic, while Chelsea will travel to the Black Country.

Carabao Cup fourth round draw in full

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Arsenal vs Brighton

Grimsby vs Brentford

Swansea vs Man City

Newcastle vs Tottenham

Wrexham vs Cardiff

Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

Wolves vs Chelsea

Wycombe vs Fulham

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Wycombe Wanderers vs Fulham

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Wolves vs Chelsea

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Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

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Wrexham vs Cardiff City

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Newcastle United vs Tottenham

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Swansea City vs Manchester City

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Grimsby Town vs Brentford

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Arsenal vs Brighton

Here we go!

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The balls are out of the bag, and we are about to get underway!

Three things we learned from Spurs' comfortable victory

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It was a good performance from a strong Spurs side this evening.

Matt Verri was on hand at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to pick out three things we can take from their third-round victory.

Read the full story here!

Arsenal dominate Port Vale

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Mikel Arteta’s side had 81% possession in their encounter with League One Port Vale.

Eberechi Eze also notched his first goal for his new club.

Read the full report here!

Spurs swat Donny aside

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It’s a winning start for Thomas Frank in the domestic cups as they swept past Doncaster.

Read the full report here!

Start time

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The draw will get underway at 10.20pm BST, live on Sky Sports Main Event.

Third round final scores

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Huddersfield 0-2 Manchester City

Newcastle 4-1 Bradford

Tottenham 3-0 Doncaster

Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Liverpool in the fourth round

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Liverpool needed a late goal to see off Southampton last night.

Huge Ekitike scored a secure a 2-1 win at Anfield as last season’s beaten finalists look to go one better this season.

Read the full report here!

Clashes of the titans?

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A reminder: clubs in Europe were kept apart in the third round but there could be some heavyweight ties in the fourth round.

Chelsea in the hat

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Chelsea survived a scare to beat League One side Lincoln 2-1 last night and book their place in the fourth round.

Tyrique George scored and then set up Facundo Buonanotte as the Blues scored twice in three minutes at the start of the second half.

Read the full report here!

Carabao Cup fourth-round dates

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Fourth-round ties will take place the week commencing October 27.

Sky Sports’ presenter Simon Thomas will host tonight’s draw, alongside former England midfielders Jamie Redknapp and Michael Brown.

Carabao Cup fourth-round ball numbers

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1. Grimsby Town

2. Brentford

3. Crystal Palace

4. Swansea City

5. Brighton

6. Cardiff

7. Fulham

8. Chelsea

9. Wycombe Wanderers

10. Wolves

11. Wrexham

12. Liverpool

13. Huddersfield or Manchester City

14. Tottenham or Doncaster

15. Newcastle or Bradford City

16. Port Vale or Arsenal

How to watch

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TV channel: In the UK, the Carabao Cup draw will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports News.

Live stream: Subscribers can tune online in via the Sky Go app.

Good evening!

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Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage of the Carabao Cup fourth-round draw!

After tonight’s third-round ties, four teams will join the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool in the hat.

We’ll have all the latest updates and build-up ahead of the draw, which will take place following the conclusion of Port Vale vs Arsenal.

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