The draw for the Carabao Cup fourth round draw was made on Wednesday night.
This came after the conclusion of the match at Old Trafford, Brighton beating Man U 3-2.
Last night also saw Fleetwood Town, Everton and Aston Villa progress.
For some reason Man City v Norwich City isn’t getting played until tonight.
So that meant 17 clubs were in last night’s draw.
The full Carabao Cup fourth round draw:
Fleetwood v Arsenal
Man City or Norwich v Brighton
Everton v Newcastle United
Sunderland v Brentford
Liverpool v Chelsea
Bradford v Peterborough
Fulham v Palace
Bournemouth v Villa
So Newcastle United getting an away draw at Everton.
United having the joy of facing the scouse mackems two matches in a row, this Carabao Cup away one against Everton to be played in the midweek of week commencing Monday 26 October, then at St James’ Park on Monday 2 November the Toffees are the visitors in the Premier League.
As for the timing of the Hill Dickinson fourth round tie, the fact that Liverpool have also got a home draw (against Chelsea) appears to point to a very strong prediction of when the Everton v Newcastle match will take place.
Here is a run of relevant fixtures:
Saturday 24 October – Arsenal v Everton, Chelsea v Spurs
Sunday 25 October – Palace v Newcastle, Liverpool v Brighton
Week commencing Monday 26 October – Liverpool v Chelsea, Everton v Newcastle
Saturday 31 October – Chelsea v Man U
Sunday 1 November – Liverpool v Arsenal
Monday 2 November – Newcastle v Everton
I know you can never underestimate the capacity of the football authorities to surprise us, usually not in a good way, there appears to be very obvious dates when the Carabao Cup matches featuring Liverpool v Chelsea and Everton v Newcastle have to be scheduled.
For none of the four clubs to have to play another match within 48 hours that week, it would mean Liverpool v Chelsea on Wednesday 28 October and Everton v Newcastle on Thursday 29 October.
These are the Premier League matches for Newcastle United until early November.
Saturday 19 September – Newcastle v Hull (3pm) No live TV
Monday 12 October – Coventry v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 17 October – Newcastle v Aston Villa (5.30pm) Sky Sports
Sunday 25 October – Crystal Palace v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports
Week commencing Monday 26 October – Everton v Newcastle (TBC) Sky Sports
Monday 2 November – Newcastle v Everton (8pm) Sky Sports
The complete list of the remaining Carabao Cup dates when matches will be played after the third round:
Round Four: w/c 26 October 2026
Round Five: w/c 14 December 2026
Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 11 January 2027
Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 1 February 2027
Final: Sunday 21 March 2027