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Carabao Cup news conferences: Guardiola on Haaland's fitness, Frank on Kulusevski & Solanke, Howe on Wissa plus Madueke may not return until north London derby
The third round sees eight fixtures on Tuesday including Liverpool v Southampton and Lincoln City v Chelsea, with Brentford, Palace, Grimsby & Swansea already through - when is the Carabao Cup fourth round draw?
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When is the Carabao Cup fourth-round draw?published at 08:50 BST 23 September

Grimsby, Swansea, Brentford and Crystal Palace will have to wait until after Wednesday's ties to find out who they will be playing in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.
The draw is scheduled to be made at around 22:00 BST on Wednesday (24 September), or after the end of the main televised tie, should it go to penalties.
Fourth-round ties will be played in the week commencing Monday, 27 October.
Carabao Cup resultspublished at 08:46 BST 23 September

As mentioned earlier, the third round of the EFL Cup actually started last week, when League Two Grimsby Town, Championship side Swansea and the Premier League's Brentford and Crystal Palace all booked their place in the last 16.
Last week's results:
- Swansea 3-2 Nottm Forest
- Sheff Wed 0-1 Grimsby
- Brentford 1-1 Aston Villa - Brentford won 4-2 on pens
- Crystal Palace 1-1 Millwall - Crystal Palace won 4-2 on pens
Third-round Carabao Cup tiespublished at 08:41 BST 23 September
All kick-off times 19:45 BST unless stated

Newcastle v Bradford is one of 12 ties to be taking place over the next two days:
Tuesday, 23 September
- Barnsley v Brighton
- Burnley v Cardiff
- Fulham v Cambridge
- Lincoln v Chelsea
- Wigan v Wycombe
- Wolves v Everton
- Wrexham v Reading
- Liverpool v Southampton (20:00)
Wednesday, 24 September
- Huddersfield v Man City
- Newcastle v Bradford
- Tottenham v Doncaster
- Port Vale v Arsenal (20:00)
Defending champions enter the fraypublished at 08:37 BST 23 September
Newcastle v Bradford (Wed, 19:45 BST)

For the early part of this morning, we will be focusing on defending champions Newcastle United.
Manager Eddie Howe will be hoping that domestic trophies are like London buses for the Magpies - you wait 70 years and then two come along at once?
Newcastle will be kicking off their defence at home to League One table-toppers Bradford City on Wednesday.
We will be hearing from Howe in his pre-match news conference from around 09:30 BST.
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Good morningpublished at 08:29 BST 23 September

It's that time of the season when we seem to be hopping from one competition to another, from one week to the next.
This week the Premier League's heavyweights join the Carabao Cup at the third-round stage.
Ties have been split, with those top-tier sides involved in the Europa League and Conference League playing last week.
Of those, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa, who kick off their European campaigns later this week, made an early exit from the EFL Cup.
Meanwhile, Manchester United's conquerors Grimsby Town marched on into the last 16.
But who will join them in the draw?
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