Fleetwood Town to host Arsenal in EFL Cup fourth round — SkimNews
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- Fleetwood Town will host Arsenal in the Carabao Cup fourth round, their first time reaching this stage in club history after beating Sheffield United 1-0 on Wednesday night.
- Arsenal advanced with a 4-2 win over Ipswich Town on Tuesday to set up the trip to Lancashire.
- Holders Manchester City will welcome Brighton to the Etihad if they beat Norwich in Thursday's remaining third-round tie.
- Liverpool were drawn at home to Chelsea, while the remaining matchups are all Premier League affairs: Fulham v Crystal Palace, Bournemouth v Aston Villa, Sunderland v Brentford, and Everton v Newcastle.
- League One sides Bradford and Peterborough will meet in the only all-non-Premier League tie of the round after defeating Leyton Orient and Barnsley respectively.
- The Carabao Cup fourth round is scheduled for the week commencing 26 October.
Why it matters: The gap between the Premier League and the lower divisions is laid bare by this draw: Fleetwood Town, reaching the fourth round for the first time in club history, are rewarded with a home tie against defending champions Arsenal, while only one of the other seven ties features a club outside the top flight. Cup-set fixtures during the week commencing 26 October give lower-league sides a rare chance to compete against — and financially benefit from — elite opposition.
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