Carabao Cup fourth-round draw simulated as Man Utd’s reward for 7-0 hammering is horror clash with rivals

MANCHESTER UNITED have been handed a horror draw against their huge rivals in our simulated Carabao Cup round four draw.

The Red Devils smashed Barnsley 7-0 in their first game in this season’s competition.

Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Christian Eriksen all got doubles while Anthony converted a penalty.

That put the 2023 winners into the last 16.

The final third-round ties are scheduled for this evening – including Bolton vs Arsenal and Liverpool vs West Ham.

And then the draw for the fourth round will take place immediately after the clash at Anfield.

It will be live on Sky Sports at approximately 10pm with Mark Chapman hosting and Jamie Redknapp and Kevin Nolan pulling out the teams.

However, ball No16 will be AFC Wimbledon or Newcastle after their match was postponed due to the flooding in South-West London that wreaked havoc at Plough Lane and caused a sinkhole to open up in the pitch.

The Magpies generously donated £15,000 to help with the repairs while the match has been moved to St James’ Park next Tuesday.

The fixtures for the fourth round will take place in the week beginning October 28 – and in our simulated draw, there is one standout fixture.

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That is because United’s reward for thrashing Barnsley is a home clash with Chelsea.

The two giants of English football have won the League Cup 11 times between them.

But the SunSport simulator pitted Erik ten Hag up against Enzo Maresca in a mouth-watering battle in the week before they take each other on in the Premier League.

Like United, Chelsea smashed lower-league opposition to reach round four.

The Blues – runners-up last season – crushed Barrow 5-0 at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, with Christopher Nkunku helping himself to a hat-trick.

The other top ties include Aston Villa hosting holders Liverpool or West Ham and Brighton taking on either Newcastle or AFC Wimbledon.

Should Arsenal make it past Bolton – with a 16-year-old possibly making his Gunners debut in goal – then they would face Preston at the Emirates.

Tottenham needed two late goals to scrape past Coventry and face another Championship outfit in Sheffield Wednesday.

Manchester City, six-time winners including in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, get an away trip to Stoke.

Leicester City vs Brentford and Southampton vs Crystal Palace complete the supercomputer’s fixtures with two all-Premier League ties.

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk