Liverpool will host West Ham United at Anfield in the round three (round of 32) of the 2024/25 Carabao Cup.
The draw was confirmed after the round two fixtures were concluded on Tuesday night.
The Reds are the current holders of the Carabao Cup after edging Chelsea 1-0 in the final last season.
Premier League champions Manchester City will face Championship club Watford with the tie taking place at the Etihad Stadium.
Last season’s league runners-up Arsenal will be home to Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United will welcome Barnsley to Old Trafford while Chelsea and Barrow will square off at Stamford Bridge.
Other fixtures will see Everton vs Southampton, QPP vs Crystal Palace, Preston North End vs Fulham, Brighton vs Wolves, Wimbledon vs Newcastle United, Coventry vs Tottenham Hotspur and Wycombe vs Aston Villa.
The games will take place in September.
First held in 1960–61 as the Football League Cup, it is one of the three top-tier domestic football competitions in England alongside the Premier League and FA Cup.
It was introduced by the league as a response to the increasing popularity of European football, and to also exert power over the FA. It also took advantage of the roll-out of floodlights, allowing the fixtures to be played as midweek evening games.
With the renaming of the Football League as the English Football League in 2016, the tournament was rebranded as the EFL Cup from the 2016–17 season onwards.
Winners not only receive the Cup but also qualify for European football: from 1966–67 until 1971–72 the winners received a place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, from 1972–1973 until the 2019–20 season in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) and starting with the 2020–21 season in the UEFA Conference League.
Liverpool is the most successful club when it comes to the Carabao Cup with 10 titles and are followed by Manchester City with eight.
Manchester United have won it six times, Chelsea and Aston Villa have five, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest have four titles, Leicester have been champions three times while Arsenal have been crowned winners two times.
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