Eight Carabao Cup matches this week.

The winners going into the quarter-final draw.

The Carabao Cup schedule has two ties on Tuesday, five on Wednesday, then the eighth and final one on Thursday.

Bradford v Peterborough kick things off on Tuesday at 7.45pm.

Then Everton v Newcastle United finish the fourth round off on Thursday with a 7.45pm kick-off.

A huge bonus was the surprise decision to give United fans an allocation of 7,732 tickets for the game. The Carabao Cup rules state that away clubs should get at least 10% of the stadium capacity and that meant at least 5,200 tickets in the 52k Hill Dickinson stadium.

For whatever reason though, the Merseyside club infuriating the Everton fans by handing Newcastle United supporters around 15% of capacity, some 50% more away tickets than they were obliged to give.

By playing on the Thursday, it puts Everton and Newcastle United in a unique position. As the quarter-final draw is set to  be made on Wednesday night after the conclusion of the Liverpool v Chelsea match, Everton and Newcastle United will therefore know the identity of their last eight opponent before they play (it was the same in this fourth round draw for Manchester City and Norwich, their match on the Thursday night and the fourth round draw made on the Wednesday night, so they knew they’d have Brighton at home in the last 16 before they played their third round game).

Eddie Howe did an incredible job at Newcastle United and especially when it came to the League Cup. In the 60+ years of the competition, Newcastle United had somehow managed to only reach the semi-final stage on one previous occasion, when defeating Tottenham on the way to losing to Man City in the 1976 final.

Then in four attempts at the competition, Eddie Howe made Newcastle United finalists, quarter-finalists, winners, then finally semi-finalists last season.

Matthias Jaissle has continued the Howe legacy with two League Cup wins so far.

The full Carabao Cup fourth round schedule:

Tuesday 27 October – Bradford v Peterborough (7.45pm) Sky Sports+
Tuesday 27 October – Fleetwood v Arsenal (8pm) Sky Sports Football
Wednesday 28 October – Man City v Brighton (7.30pm) Sky Sports+
Wednesday 28 October – Sunderland v Brentford (7.45pm) Sky Sports+
Wednesday 28 October – Fulham v Palace (7.45pm) Sky Sports+
Wednesday 28 October – Bournemouth v Villa (7.45pm) Sky Sports+
Wednesday 28 October – Liverpool v Chelsea (8pm) Sky Sports Football and ITV
Thursday 29 October – Everton v Newcastle United (7.45pm) Sky Sports+