There you have it. Some tasty ties there, including a renewal of friendships on the south coast as Southampton travel to Pompey, plus some smaller clubs having a crack at giants: Rochdale travelling to Old Trafford; Macclesfield or Grimsby going to Chelsea; Colchester hosting Spurs; MK Dons hosting Liverpool; and Man City heading to the 1889 double-winners Preston North End.
The ties will be played in the week beginning September 23.
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Crawley Town v Stoke
Arsenal v Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday v Everton
Chelsea v Macclesfield or Grimsby
Luton v Leicester
Manchester United v Rochdale
MK Dons v Liverpool
Preston v Manchester City
Burton v Bournemouth
Portsmouth v Southampton
Colchester Utd v Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Utd v Sunderland
Brighton v Aston Villa
Watford v Swansea
Oxford Utd v West Ham
The first tie out of the jar is:
Wolves v Reading
The draw for the third round is coming up shortly ...
Carabao Cup: Round 2 results
Burnley 1-3 Sunderland
Lincoln 2-4 Everton
Newcastle 1-1 Leicester (2-4 on pens)
Rotherham 0-1 Sheff Wednesday
Swansea 6-0 Cambridge
Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green (3-0 on pens)
QPR 0-2 Portsmouth
Champions League results:
Ajax 2-0 Apoel Nicosia (agg: 2-0)
Club Brugge 2-1 Linz (agg: 3-1)
Slavia Prague 1- Clug (agg: 2-0)
Vardy clinches it from the spot! Newcastle 1-1 Leicester (2-4 pen)
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Hayden makes his intentions too obvious and Schmeichel dives to his right and saves! Newcastle 2-3 Leicester
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Barnes weak low shot is saved by Darlow! Newcastle 2-3 Leicester
Schär does a hazard, waiting for Schmeichel to commit and then rolling it into the net. Newcastle 2-3 Leicester
Tielemans bangs it into the top corner, Newcastle 1-3 Leicester
Shelvey’s shot is saved by Schmeichel! Newcastle 1-2 Leicester
Maddison, undeterred by boos from the home crowd, dinks in a Panenka Newcastle 1-2 Leicester
Mutu makes no mistake. Newcastle 1-1 Leicester
Fuchs converts the first penalty. Newcastle 0-1 Leicester
Newcastle 1-1 Leicester. Shootout coming up ...
GOAL! Rotherham 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Nuhi 90+6) Wednesday avert a shootout by scrambling in a winning goal after a last-gasp corner!
Mark Travers is the hero for Bournemouth, the young Irish keeper saving Forest Green’s first three penalties to give the Premier League team a 3-0 win in the shootout. A sickening way for Forest Green to go out after such a valiant performance. Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green (3-0 pens)
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Mark Travers has saved Forest Green’s first penalty in the shootout, keeping out Mills’ effort after King scored Bournemouth’s first. Solanke then rolls in their second ...
GOAL! Ajax 2-0 Apoel (Tadic 80) (agg: 2-0)
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Full-time: QPR 0-2 Portsmouth
Full-time: Swansea 6-0 Cambridge
Full-time: Burnley 1-3 Sunderland
Forest Green have taken Bournemouth to a penalty shootout after holding out for a 0-0 draw
GOAL! Lincoln 2-4 Everton (Richarlison 88) Digne hares down the left and sends over a decent cross. Richarlison meets with a splendid header from near the penalty spot, and the Premier League team have sealed victory. They started awfully - conceding after 21 seconds - but they came back strongly and deserve the win they are about to claim.
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GOAL! Club Brugge 1-1 Linz (Klauss pen 74) (Agg: 2-1) That place in the group stages is looking precarious for the Belgians now: another away goal would send the Austrian first-timers through instead...
Wollacott makes a nice close-range save to thwart Josh King, who seemed set to score when he met a header six yards out. Forest Green continue to defy their Premier League hosts! Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green
GOAL! Lincoln 2-3 Everton (Iwobi 81) The Premier League side are back in front thanks to a brave close-range header by the impressive Iwobi, who nodded in from five yards after Tosun met a cross beyond the far post and headed the ball across goal.
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GOAL! Club Brugge 1-0 Linz (Vanaken 70) (agg: 2-0) The Belgians seems to be headed for the group stages, too.
GOAL! QPR 0-2 Portsmouth (Harness 81) A simple tap-in from the forward following a break down the let by Kenny Jackett’s men, who are on course to be included in the third round draw, which, by the way, will be coming up right here after the final whistles.
GOAL! Slavia Prague 1-0 Cluj (Boril 66) (agg: 2-0) Celtic fans can only dream about what might have been.
GOAL! Swansea 6-0 Cambridge (Routledge 76) Thanks to Wayne Routledge, Swansea are now leading by one more goal than they beat Bradford City by in the 2013 League Cup final.
GOAL! QPR 0-1 Portsmouth (Marquis pen 77) Marquis sends the keeper the wrong way before rolling the ball into the opposite corner from the spot.
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GOAL! Lincoln 2-2 Everton (Andrade 64) Did you Harvey Barnes’ goal for Leicester against Sheffield United last weekend? Well this one is much better! Andrade struck it with similar pace but on the volley, from 16 yards. Pickford dived but was never going to stop it - in fact, I’m not convinced he even saw it. Lincoln 2-2 Everton
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An incredible, inadvertent goalmouth clearance at Bournemouth, where a shot by Jack Stacey hits the post and is then scooped off the line by Josh King, who had fallen and knew nothing about Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green
NO GOAL! Ajax 1-0 Apoel (agg: 1-0) After a lengthy VAR review, Huntelaar’s goal is chalked off, as replays show his foot was fractionally offside.
Iwobi, who’s had a fine game, comes close to making things more comfortable for Everton at Sincil Bank, but his swerving shot from the edge of the box goes a yard wide. Lincoln 1-2 Everton
GOAL! Ajax 2-0 Apoel (Huntelaar 50) (agg: 2-0) It looks like the Dutch will be back in the Champions League group stages.
Shelvey does very well to track back and block a shot by Perez after Leicester launched a rapid counter-attack following a Newcastle corner. Newcastle 1-1 Leicester
GOAL! Lincoln 1-2 Everton (Sigurdsson pen 59) The Icelander curls an unstoppable shot into the top-corner. Then he jogs into the net to retrieve the ball for some reason. Lincoln players take grievous exception and lots of pushing and shoving ensues.
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Penalty to Everton as Sigurdsson goes down between two defenders.
GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Leicester (Muto 53) A long diagonal freekick from halfway finds Willems burst down the left and, despite a challenge from a defender he manages to bundle it through to Muto, who converts from close range.
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Down at Loftus Road, Pugh almost gives the home side the lead but heads straight at the keeper after doing well to outjump a defender. QPR 0-0 Portsmouth
GOAL! Burnley 1-3 Sunderland (Dobson 50) The Mackems are having a party! They increase their lead with a canny cornerkick routine, pulling the ball to Dobson at the edge of the box and he guides a low drive beyond Hart and into the net.
GOAL! Burnley 1-2 Sunderland (Flanagan 47) Burnley have won one match in six years in this competition and they’re in danger of mucking this one up here: after leading 1-0 and missing an open goal, they’ve now trailing at home to League One visitors. Tom Flanagan nodded in from close range after Hart made a save but batted the ball straight out to him.
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The first goal of the day in the Champions League has gone to last season’s semi-finalists, Ajax, who have finally managed to edge in front of Apoel thanks to Edson Alvares. Ajax 1-0 Apoel (agg: 1-0)
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Half-time scores
Burnley 1-1 Sunderland
Lincoln 1-1 Everton
Newcastle 0-1 Leicester
Rotherham 0-0 Sheffield Wed
Swansea 5-0 Cambridge
QPR 0-0 Portsmouth
Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green
Half-time: Lincoln 1-1 Everton. After falling being in the 21st second, Everton took control and should really be in front by now. They equalised through a wonderful goal by Digne but then missed a couple of good chances.
Matt Ritchie has had to be replaced at St James’s Park after being hurt in a challenge by Hamza Choudhury. The Leicester midfielder won the ball cleanly but seemed to catch Ritchie accidentally on the follow-through - Choudhury shouldn’t have slid in - it wasn’t necessary - but the tackle didn’t seem malicious. Newcastle 0-1 Leicester
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GOAL! Swansea 5-0 Cambridge (Surridge 44) A snappy one-two concludes with a smart finish at the near post from the striker, who bags his second of the evening ... so far.
Half-time: Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green
Iwobi canters down the right before picking out Richarlsion with a nice pass. The Brazilian lets fly first time but it flashes wide of the near post. Richarlison tries again moment later, but with the same result. Lincoln are clinging on. Lincoln 1-1 Everton
Kean sends on defender falling backwards in confusion as he scampers down the right and into the box and then blems a powerful shot ... against the post! Lincoln 1-1 Everton
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GOAL! Lincoln 1-1 Everton (Digne 36) Wow! That’s helluva way to equalise! Digne curls a sumptuous freekick into the top corner from 30 yards. He could not have struck it any better.
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GOAL! Burnley 1- Sunderland (Grigg 35) Yes, yes, he’s on fire.
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GOAL! Newcastle 0-1 Leicester (Maddison 34) A long-range freekick by Maddison takes a decisive deflection off Ritchie and bamboozles the keeper and flies into the net. That’s jammy but Leicester don’t care.
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GOAL! Swansea 4-0 Cambridge (Garrick 30) Moments after Cambridge hit the bar, Swansea take the game further away from them. Garrick, who created the first goal, gets his name on the scoresheet by slamming home after Routledge’s shot is parried.
Lennon cracks a low shot against the post from the edge of the box. The rebound fall to Vydra near the penalty spot. He has an open goal but little time ... and he bashes his rushed shot off the other post! Burnley 1-0 Sunderland
Wollacott turns away a low effort by Ibe. Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green
Smith makes a decent save from Kean as Lincoln continue to fend off Everton and hold on to the lead they claimed in the 21st second. Only another hour or so to hang on ... Lincoln 1-0 Everton
GOAL! Swansea 3-0 Cambridge (Surridge 24) Fair to say this contest looks to be over. The goal originated in an attack down the left again and then, after some ropey defending, Surridge poked a loose ball into the net from six yard.
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In their first ever match against a top-flight team, Forest Green are holding their own. But they were nearly undone by Surman, who wriggled his way past two defenders at the edge of the area before firing just wide of the upright. Bournemouth 0-0 Forest Green
GOAL! Swansea 2-0 Cambridge (Byers 20) A handy close-range finish after a sharp break down the left.
Delph flights a fine diagonal pass to Digne, who takes it down near the left-hand corner flag and then pulls it back to Iwobi, who wraps his foot around a lovely curler from the edge of the box. Smith palms the shot over the bar. Still Lincoln 1-0 Everton
Lincoln thresten on the counter-attack, as Andrada scurries down the left wing and tries to pick out Akinde at the far post. But he overhits his cross.
Delighted cheers at Sincil Bank as Sigurdsson tonk a shot over the bar from the edge of the area. Everton are dominating but haven’t really looked like scoring yet.
GOAL! Burnley 1-0 Sunderland (Rodriguez 11) Dainty work by Vydra, who then sets up his strike partner for a tidy finish from 12 yards. That’s Rodriguez’s first goal since rejoining Burnley.
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Down at Bournemouth, Harry Wilson was almost up to his usual tricks, but a well-hit freekick from 25 yards flew just over the top corner.
Everton are having a lot of possession at Sincil Bank, as you’d expect, but the hosts are working fiercely to protect their lead. Everton haven’t been able to work any kind of opening yet.
There was nearly an early goal at St James’ Park, too, but Darlow made a good save to prevent Ayoze Perez from celebrating his return with a quickfire goal for Leicester.
GOAL! Lincoln 1-0 Everton (Anderson 1) Oh dear Everton! Payne drives to the byline on the left and cuts the ball back to Anderson, who slots it into the net from 10 yards! Everton held out for a grand total of 21 seconds!
GOAL! Swansea 1-0 Cambridge (Peterson 1) Swansea have changed their whole side but no matter, they take the lead with their first attack. Garrick did brilliantly down the right before teeing up Peterson, who slammed it hom.
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Let’s not forget there are three big Champions qualifiers today, kicking off imminently. They are:
Ajax v Apoel Nicosia (0-0 after first leg)
Club Brugge - Linz ASK (1-0)
Slavia Prague v Cluj (1-0)
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QPR: Kelly, Kane, Leistner, Barbet, Manning, Smith, Owens, Osayi-Samuel, Chair, Pugh, Mlakar
Portsmouth: MacGillivray, McCrorie, Downing, Burgess, Haunstrup, Close, Naylor, Evans, Harness, Marquis, Curtis
Rotherham: Iversen; Olosunde, Ihiekwe, Wood, Robertson; Wiles, Barlaser, Crooks, Ladapo; Smith, Vassell
Sheffield Wednesday: Dawson; Iorfa, Thorniley, Bates, Fox, Murphy, Pelupessy, Luongo, Winnall, Rhodes, Nuhiu
Danny Drinkwater a notable inclusion in a much-changed Burnley lineup.
Burnley: Hart; Bardsley, Long, Gibson, Taylor; Lennon, Hendrick, Drinkwater, McNeil; Rodriguez, Vydra
Sunderland: Burge; McLaughlin, Flanagan, Baldwin, Hume; Dobson, McGeouch, O’Nien, Embleton; Gooch, Grigg
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Eddie Howe had made nine changes to his team, including bringing in Irish youth internationals Gavin Kilkenny and goalkeeper Mark Travers. Full-back Jack Stacey also makes his first starting since joining this summer from Luton. Forest Green makes severn changes.
Bournemouth: Travers; Stacey, Mepham, Simpson, Rico; Wilson, Kilkenny, Surman, Ibe; Solanke, C Wilson
Forest Green: Wollacott; Bernard, Rawson, Grubb, Stevens, Morton, Dawson, McGinley, Kitching, Godwin-Malife, Mondal
Swansea have changed their entire starting lineup from their last Championship game.
Swansea City: Nordfeldt, Naughton (c), Cabango, Wilmot, John, Byers, Carroll, Garrick, Routledge, Peterson, Surridge.
Cambridge boss Colin Calderwood also shuffled his pack in the previous round and, like Cooper, he does the same again.
Sidibe, Delph, Iwobi and Kean all make their first starts for Everton. After making a big difference when they came on in the pitiful defeat to Aston Villa, Iwobi and Keane have a strong chance to stake a claim for regular action.
Lincoln: Smith; Lewis, Bolger, Shackell, Toffold; O’Connell, Morrell, Payne, Andersson, Andrade; Akinde
Everton: Pickford; Sidibe, Keane, Holgate, Digne; Schneiderlin, Delph; Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Iwobi; Kean
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Newcastle v Leicester
The team news is starting to tumble in. First up, Brendan Rodgers wasn’t messing when he said he would take this tournament seriously: that’s a fine team he’s sending out at Newcastle, who’ve made seven alterations but look pretty strong themselves.
Newcastle: Darlow; Schär, Clark, Fernandez, Ritchie; Krafth, Shelvey, Willems Longstaff, Hayden; Ritchie; Muto
Leicester: Schmeichel; Pereira, Morgan, Soyuncu, Fuchs; Choudhury, Tielemans; Perez, Maddison, Barnes; Vardy
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Preamble
Just the seven ties to follow today but there’s no lack of intrigue in prospect. Lincoln City gave Everton a fright at Goodison Park in last season’s FA Cup so, despite an iffy run in League One, they’ll fancy their chances of toppling the Premier Leaguers at a sold-out Sincil Bank today. That would leave Marco Silva in a heap of bother after Everton’s unconvincing start to the season. And how about Forest Green at Bournemouth, or Sunderland at Burnley? Could Cambridge upset the odds at Swansea? Can Portsmouth do any better at QPR than they did in the FA Cup last season even though QPR are playing even better now?
And who will prevail in the Yorkshire derby between Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday, who drew 2-2 in each of their meetings last season before Rotherham were relegated from the Championship? Meanwhile in today’s only all-Premier League encounter, Brendan Rodgers, who says he is trying to establish a winning culture at Leicester, will be hoping his team dispose of Newcastle, who could do Steve Bruce a power of good by following up their victory at Tottenham by winning at St James’ Park – but how many will be there to see it?
The answers to those and other questions are about to be revealed. Stay tuned!
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