Super Eagles Stars Get Tricky Carabao Cup Draw With English Clubs
Super Eagles stars; Kelechi Iheanacho, Wilfred Ndidi, Leon Balogun, Isaac Success and Oghenekaro Etebo will be looking to progress to the next round of the Carabao Cup after their respective teams were handed tricky ties in the Second Round of the competition.
The draw which took place on Thursday kept 11 of the 13 participating top flight teams apart. The other seven clubs who are involved in European competition this season joined the Carabao Cup in the Third Round.
Leon Balogun’s Brighton Hove Albion will face Southampton at the Amex Stadium. Balogun is yet to make an official appearance for Brighton since he joined the club on a free this summer.
Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi’s Leicester City were drawn against Fleetwood Town. The draw will also see Jamie Vardy face his former club. Vardy left Fleetwood Town for Leicester City in 2012.
Isaac Success is expected to be in action for Watford when they travel to the Madjeski Stadium to face Reading. Oghenekaro Etebo could also make his debut in the competition when his English Championship side Stoke City host Huddersfield Town.
Everton will host Rotherham, while Newcastle step on a potential banana peel as they travel to face Nottingham Forest.
The Second Round matches will take place in the week commencing Monday 27 August.
The Full Draw
Brighton vs Southampton
QPR vs Bristol Rovers
Wimbledon vs West Ham
Fulham vs Exeter City
Wycombe Wanderers vs Forest Green Rovers
Cardiff vs Norwich
Millwall vs Plymouth Argyle
Brentford vs Cheltenham Town
Swansea vs Crystal Palace
Newport County vs Oxford United
Bournemouth vs MK Dons
Reading vs Watford
Northern section
Leicester vs Fleetwood Town
Leeds vs Preston
Sunderland or Sheff Wed vs Wolves
Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle
Doncaster Rovers vs Blackpool
Burton vs Aston Villa
Hull vs Derby
Middlesbrough vs Rochdale
Everton vs Rotherham
Blackburn vs Lincoln City
West Brom vs Mansfield
Walsall vs Macclesfield
Stoke vs Huddersfield
