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West Brom 0-0 Harrogate Town
No real action yet. Harrogate aren't looking overawed.
Summary
FT: Everton 3-0 Salford City (Keane, Sigurdsson, Kean)
FT: West Brom 3-0 Harrogate (Harper, Robson-Kanu & Robinson), Ipswich 0-1 Fulham (Mitrovic)
FT: Leeds 1-1 Hull (Alioski; Malik) - Hull win 9-8 on penalties, Bristol City 4-0 Northampton (Martin, Palmer 2, Semenyo)
FT: Southampton 0-2 Brentford (Norgaard, Dasilva)
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What else is going on?published at 18:04 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
There is plenty of other football elsewhere tonight too.
Celtic are visiting St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership, while Welsh side TNS play B36 Torshavn in Europa League qualifying.
In France, PSG - who are having their worst start to a season since the 1970s - play Metz looking to avoid three league defeats in a row.
There are five Champions League qualifiers too, although no household names involved.
Postpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
There was the usual anti-racism knee at kick-off.
KICK-OFFpublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Brom 0-0 Harrogate Town
Game one of six begins.
'We have got a strong winning culture'published at 17:58 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Bromwich Albion v Harrogate Town (18:00)
Harrogate Town manager Simon Weaver to Sky Sports: "The outside world will perceive us to be outsiders tonight but we have to embrace playing at a Premier League ground.
"We don't want to turn up and not have a go.
"The players wanted the opportunity to play against a team like West Brom.
"We want to win everything. We've got a strong winning culture but we can't get ahead of ourselves - we've had one Football League game in our history."
'We are treating this game seriously'published at 17:56 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Brom v Harrogate Town (18:00 BST)
West Brom boss Slaven Bilic to Sky Sports: "We are treating this game seriously but want to try some players who did not play. We have a good team.
"We don't hide the fact the Premier League is the priority. These guys are absolutely first-team players who played for us last season.
"Harrogate are going to be aggressive. They will give everything. We have to respect them and the competition."
Postpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Brom v Harrogate (18:00 BST)
West Brom didn't have the best start to their Premier League return, losing 3-0 to Leicester.
The last time the Baggies were knocked out of the League Cup at home by a team below the second tier was 1996-97 (Colchester).
Harrogate living the dreampublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Brom v Harrogate (18:00 BST)
Image source, .Image caption, Simon Weaver (l) became manager in 2009 and his father Irving became owner two years later
Harrogate Town are in their first ever season in the Football League and having a dream start.
They beat Grimsby on penalties on their Carabao Cup debut and then slammed Southend 4-0 away on their EFL bow.
Today is the first time they have ever played a Premier League team - West Brom away.
Simon Weaver has been their manager for 11 years now, taking them up from the sixth tier. His father Irving later became their owner.
Postpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Brom v Harrogate Town (18:00 BST)
Lee Peltier signed for West Brom at the end of January. This is his first senior appearance for the club. The former Leeds United defender's last competitive game was for Cardiff on 12 January against Swansea. If he thinks that's a lively fixture, wait until he experiences a Black Country derby!
Harrogate unchangedpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Brom v Harrogate Town (18:00 BST)
This is something you don't see much in the Carabao Cup - an unchanged line-up.
English Football League newcomers Harrogate name the same XI that started the 4-0 win at Southend last weekend.
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End of twitter postTen changes & three debutspublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
West Brom v Harrogate Town (18:00 BST)
Defender Dara O'Shea is the only survivor from the West Brom side that started the 3-0 home defeat to Leicester on Sunday.
There are debuts for keeper David Button, who joined from Brighton in the summer, former Wigan defender Cedric Kipre and former Leeds and Cardiff defender Lee Peltier.
Hal Robson-Kanu captains the Baggies.
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We'll start our focus on the early game between EFL newcomers Harrogate Town and Premier League side West Brom.
And we'll bring you the team news from the other game and mini-previews nearer the time.
Sound good?
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
#bbcfootball or 81111 on text
They are really trying to cram the Carabao Cup in this year.
Rounds one to four are being played in four consecutive weeks. The third-round draw was done before the second-round and the fourth-round draw is being done tomorrow.
What do you think? Would you prefer to have seen the EFL Cup scrapped this season? Text or tweet in your thoughts.
Who's up next?published at 17:41 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
The draw for the third round has already been done. Here are the teams who await tonight's winners in the next round next week...
Bristol City/Northampton Town v Aston Villa
Ipswich Town/Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday
West Ham Utd v Leeds Utd/Hull City
West Brom/Harrogate Town v Southampton/Brentford
Fleetwood Town v Everton/Salford City
So what's going on?published at 17:38 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
These are tonight's six Carabao Cup second-round ties.
West Bromwich Albion v Harrogate Town - 18:00
Ipswich Town v Fulham - 19:00
Bristol City v Northampton Town - 19:45
Southampton v Brentford - 19:45
Leeds United v Hull City - 19:45
Everton v Salford City - 20:15
Postpublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
Sorry, what I meant to say was...
Six Carabao Cup games at four different times. What a world. Buzzing for this one.
Yeah?
Postpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
Six Carabao Cup ties at four different times, all behind closed doors.
What even is life?