Carabao Cup: Lincoln to host Premier League Everton in second round, home ties for Sheffield United and Leeds

Carabao Cup second round draw Credit: https://www.efl.com/

Lincoln City will host Premier League Everton in the second round of the Carabao Cup.

The Imps won away at Huddersfield in the first round on Tuesday night. Leeds, who won 3-0 at Salford will host fellow Championship side Stoke.

Sheffield United, our region's only Premier League team, will host Blackburn Rovers.

Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday will travel to Rotherham, if they can beat Bury in the first round. That tie was postponed due to financial problems at Bury FC.

The Carabao Cup second-round draw took place last night, with 13 Premier League teams thrown into the mix.

Below is a list of the northern section draw in full:

  • Crewe v Aston Villa

  • Lincoln v Everton

  • Leeds v Stoke

  • Sheffield United v Blackburn

  • Rotherham v Sheffield Wednesday or Bury

  • Newcastle v Leicester

  • Burton v Morecambe

  • Burnley v Sunderland

  • Nottingham Forest v Derby

  • Grimsby v Macclesfield

  • Preston v Hull

  • Rochdale v Carlisle

The southern section draw is as follows:

  • Plymouth v Reading

  • Crawley v Norwich

  • Newport v West Ham

  • Oxford United v Millwall

  • Watford v Coventry

  • Swansea v Cambridge United

  • Cardiff v Luton

  • Bristol Rovers v Brighton

  • Crystal Palace v Colchester

  • Fulham v Southampton

  • Bournemouth v Forest Green

  • Southend v MK Dons

  • QPR v Portsmouth