Newcastle are looking to reach the last four of the competition for the first time since losing the 1976 final.

Eddie Howe's high-flying Magpies will be looking to bounce back from their shock FA Cup third-round defeat at Sheffield Wednesday, having previously only lost once this season, to Liverpool at Anfield in August.

Bruno Guimaraes, Miguel Almiron, Kieran Trippier and Allan Saint-Maximin could all feature for the hosts after a number of the club's fringe players failed to impress on Saturday at Hillsborough.

Brendan Rodgers' Leicester side are on a mixed run of form with their narrow win over Gillingham in the FA Cup at the weekend ending a run of three consecutive Premier League losses that included a 3-0 home defeat by Newcastle.

The Foxes are still without James Maddison, who Newcastle tried to sign last summer. They are also likely to rotate several first-team regulars back into their side with Harvey Barnes, Wout Faes and Timothy Castagne all rested against the Gills.

In case you may have forgotten (although it wasn't that long ago since we last saw any EFL Cup action), the competition began back in August with clubs from the Championship, League One and League Two.

We've had four rounds so far, whittling the clubs down to eight, seven of which ply their trade in the top-flight. Kudos to Charlton for being the only Football League club to make it this far.

Holders Liverpool are out, beaten in the last round by Manchester City in those shoehorned games between the end of the World Cup and Christmas. City have won this competition in five of the six seasons prior to 2021-22, with Manchester United the other side within that sequence to claim the trophy.

It means within the remaining eight, there are clubs for whom victory in this tournament would be a very big deal indeed.

We'll have live text commentary coverage of both via this very page. You'll also be able to listen to radio commentary of the game from Old Trafford on BBC Radio 5 Live by pressing the relevant play button at the top. Or, you know, by tuning your radio into it.

If you want the Newcastle-Leicester game then get on BBC local radio.

To remove any doubt, here are the two ties in question, both played at 20:00 GMT...

Manchester United v Charlton Athletic

Newcastle United v Leicester City

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These cup competitions come at you thick and fast, eh? No sooner have we seen off a load of FA Cup third-round games, along comes the EFL Cup with a bunch of quarter-final ties to try and trump it.

Tonight, we have two games to bring you. One of them is an all Premier League affair between one side that has surpassed expectation so far this season and another that continues to fall short of its own recent high standards. The other sees a proper big dog host a League One team looking to remind everyone they once used to be able to hold their own against the very best.