Everton to visit Sheffield Wednesday in Carabao Cup Third Round

Everton have been handed an away tie against Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

After a 4-2 victory away at Lincoln City on Wednesday night, the Toffees will now visit Lee Bullen’s men, who are currently seventh in the Championship. The match will take place during the week commencing September 23.

Last time they met, Everton knocked the Owls out of the same competition in the same round, beating them 3-0 at Hillsborough in September 2007 with a James McFadden brace and Ayegbeni Yakubu leading the way.

Wednesday were handed a bye against Bury and then beat Rotherham United to make it to the third round.

Everton have never won this competition, and were knocked out at this stage last year when Southampton beat them on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park in October.

There’s some interesting ties that popped up from the draw done today immediately after the conclusion of the second round (home teams first) -

Wolverhampton vs. Reading
Oxford United vs. West Ham United
Watford FC vs. Swansea City
Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Aston Villa
Sheffield United vs. Sunderland
Colchester vs. Tottenham Hotspur
Portsmouth vs. Southampton
Burton Albion vs. AFC Bournemouth
Preston North End vs. Manchester City
MK Dons vs. Liverpool
Manchester United vs. Rochdale
Luton vs. Leicester City
Chelsea vs. Macclesfield / Grimsby Town
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Everton
Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest
Crawley vs. Stoke City