Pre-Match EFL Cup v Sunderland (A) (1 Viewer)

[Judio1999]

Most likely on Weds Oct 28

 

[COYB25]

7th cup game in a row to be away

That’s like flipping coin 7 times and getting tails each time

0.78% chance

Getting annoying now. Last home cup game was carabao against villa September last year.

 

[SpiderBee]

Awful draw. How many tickets will we sell?

 

[Bridge Bee]

Dire draw

 

[Ashford Bees]

For those with kids at school, this will be played in half term week. What better than taking the family away to South Shields beach for the week !

 

[Windmill Rd Bee]

Bad draw in terms of convenience and chance of sending a decent number of fans. But in terms of progress? Great draw. Sunderland in Europe, surely this won’t be a priority for them, plus some other big all-PL ties to whittle away potential threats.

 

[ChrisSmith1992]

Genuinely don’t know what the club are going to do to tempt people into this one. Hull away on a Sunday the week before and then that, brutal

 

[super J]

See you in Popworld Newcastle

 

[Hippobee]

Would have liked a home draw but no point whining. The odds were well in favour of getting a PL team. Could have been much worse. Decent chance to win.

Full strength team required though. Then beat Posh in the next round!

 

[Banana]

Genuinely don’t know what the club are going to do to tempt people into this one. Hull away on a Sunday the week before and then that, brutal

Tour of the North East?

 

[Jay Bee]

You know how other teams hate drawing us?
Sunderland are surely the same. A pretty decent team with little glamour factor.

I really did want a home draw this time but never mind. I'd rather do the irritating long midweek trip in October than in December (where's it been the last two seasons).

 

[Windmill Rd Bee]

Would have liked a home draw but no point whining. The odds were well in favour of getting a PL team. Could have been much worse. Decent chance to win.

Full strength team required though. Then beat Posh in the next round!

Tbf if Collins, VdB and Jensen are back then we could easily make 9/10 changes and field a very strong PL-level team. No need for Rico at centre half

 

[shepperton bee]

Will we ever get another home draw ?

 

[Bigbee]

FFS !

 

[TW3Bee]

Will we ever get another home draw ?

Is the Semi-Final Two Legs?

 

[jlove]

For those with kids at school, this will be played in half term week. What better than taking the family away to South Shields beach for the week !

Ocean Beach Pleasure Park will still be open in October!

 

[Banana]

Is the Semi-Final Two Legs?

nope

 

[ppobee]

Most likely on Weds Oct 28

What a great time to be visiting Whitby!

 

[malkay]

Is the Semi-Final Two Legs?

Just don't plan a holiday around 21st March

 

[Guildford Bee]

7th cup game in a row to be away

That’s like flipping coin 7 times and getting tails each time

0.78% chance

Getting annoying now. Last home cup game was carabao against villa September last year.

I make it eight?

Grimsby, Man City, Sheffield Wednesday, Macclesfield, West Ham, Birmingham, Reading, Sunderland

 

[up the bees]

Will the forest game be pushed back to Sunday if this is a Wednesday?

 

[Banana]

Will the forest game be pushed back to Sunday if this is a Wednesday?

Not necessarily. It may move for other reasons. But Wed then Sat is 3 days and therefore perfectly legit.

 

[Guildford Bee]

Not necessarily. It may move for other reasons. But Wed then Sat is 3 days and therefore perfectly legit.

Yes, no different from the Saturday, Tuesday, Friday we’re doing this week.

 

[mhead bee]

Crap draw. Another game in the arse end of nowhere, midweek and against the biggest bunch of cheating, fouling diving scum in the league at the moment. Send the kids up there.

 

[thejabez]

On the bright side, Sunderland have a brutal return after the international break:

10 Oct - Brighton
15 Oct - Torreense (A)
18 Oct - Bournemouth (A)
22 Oct - Lech Poznan (A)
25 Oct - Leeds
28 Oct - Brentford
31 Oct - Coventry (A)

We will be their 6th match in 18 days. Unless they are rotating heavily, they will be gassed.

 

[Banana]

On the bright side, Sunderland have a brutal return after the international break:

10 Oct - Brighton
15 Oct - Torreense (A)
18 Oct - Bournemouth (A)
22 Oct - Lech Poznan (A)
25 Oct - Leeds
28 Oct - Brentford
31 Oct - Coventry (A)

We will be their 6th match in 18 days. Unless they are rotating heavily, they will be gassed.

They won't need to much effort to get past their game in Europe. Or Coventry of course.

 

[COYB25]

I make it eight?

Grimsby, Man City, Sheffield Wednesday, Macclesfield, West Ham, Birmingham, Reading, Sunderland

You’re right!

 

[BigMarv]

Carabao gods definitely don’t want me to go to a match this season in the other cup

 

[EastBilneyBee]

Crap draw. Another game in the arse end of nowhere, midweek and against the biggest bunch of cheating, fouling diving scum in the league at the moment. Send the kids up there.

....let's face it, you'd probably have used that same description (that you've used to describe the Sunderland team) if it had been any one of Arsenal, Brighton, Everton, Newcastle, Liverpool, Chelsea, Fulham, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Fleetwood, Bradford City & Peterborough; as well as whichever one comes through out of Manchester City & Norwich in today's tie, admit it

 

[EastBilneyBee]

nope

....not according to post #19 just below yours?

Have the Football League/Carabao changed things?

 

[Banana]

....not according to post #19 just below yours?

Have the Football League/Carabao changed things?

Yes they are correct
Dates for the rest of the Rounds throughout the season are as follows:

• Round Two: w/c 24 August 2026
• Round Three: w/c 7 September and w/c 14 September 2026
• Round Four: w/c 26 October 2026
• Round Five: w/c 14 December 2026
• Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 11 January 2027
• Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 1 February 2027
• Final: Sunday 21 March 2027

This was in the fixture wiki post, but I read the FA Cup ties rather than the LC ties. DOH!

 

[Sweet VA Bees]

Brentford has had 3 home draws out of their last 11 matches in the Carabao Cup over the last three seasons. Please rebalance the balls. The result is starting to look improbably.

 

[Baubaul]

Will we ever get another home draw ?

*voice of Marvin from Hitchhiker’s Guide”:

It will never happen…

 

[EGHAM_BEE]

Bad draw for the loyal band of travelling away fans but if we are serious about winning a trophy it has to be a decent draw considering their fixtures. Bournemouth away, Poznan away and Leeds home in (10 days?) before we meet. We have Liverpool home and Hull away + an extra day.
Win this and surely we get a home tie in last 8.

 

[whyteleafebee76]

Will we ever get another home draw ?

Yes.

 

[badgerbee]

I make it eight?

Grimsby, Man City, Sheffield Wednesday, Macclesfield, West Ham, Birmingham, Reading, Sunderland

Yep.
Eight away draws in a row now. And 10 out of the last 12 have been away.

Since 2024/25 season we've had 15 cup games, and been drawn away in 11 of them:

28/08/24: Colchester CC Cup Away

17/09/24: Orient CC Cup Home

29/10/24: Sheff Weds CC Home

18/12/24: Newcastle CC Away

11/01/25: Plymouth FA Cup Home

26/08/25: Bournemouth CC Away

16/09/25: Villa CC Home

28/10/25: Grimsby CC Away

17/12/25: Man City CC Away

10/01/26: Sheff Weds FA Cup Away

16/02/26: Macclesfield FA Cup Away

09/03/26: West Ham FA Cup Away

25/08/26: Birmingham CC Away

15/09/26: Reading CC Away

28/10/26: Sunderland CC Away

 

[Guildford Bee]

I suppose technically we did have a home draw in the QF of the FA Cup last season.

 

[nick logan]

nope

Yes

 

[BURFORD BEE]

....let's face it, you'd probably have used that same description (that you've used to describe the Sunderland team) if it had been any one of Arsenal, Brighton, Everton, Newcastle, Liverpool, Chelsea, Fulham, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Fleetwood, Bradford City & Peterborough; as well as whichever one comes through out of Manchester City & Norwich in today's tie, admit it

Did you actually see the home game. Dark arts? Even Professor Snape would have been surprised by it!

 

[HMDBFC]

AI tells me the probability of getting 10 away draws from 12 ties including 8 consecutive aways is 0.4 %.
That's pretty crap

 

[CTBee]

If we think this is a crap draw imagine how Peterborough feel!

 

[Oldboy TW8 0AW]

This is a winnable tie.
6 weeks until the game.Those not on international break duty, hopefully thry recover from injury and slight knocks.
When the match is played, we go travel with the strongest possible squad.
quarter final draw at the Gtech.
COYB's

 

[VML87]

Great opportunity to match the 5000 at Reading

 

[TorbayBee]

Well that’s changed our plans, 3 nights in Hull increases by 3 nights in Whitby or somewhere near but nicer than Sunderland. Expensive but hey ho

 

[Gazza Bee]

Another away draw, yawn. I dont think it is terrible with Sunderland in the middle of European fixtures so likely to rest players.

 

[BournemouthBee]

When I retired in May one of my goals was attend every Bees game in a season for the first time. Family and shift work meant it had never been possible with me getting close on several occasions since 1980. The Carabao Cup Gods are pushing me in my first attempt!!

 

[Untouchable]

Another away draw, yawn. I dont think it is terrible with Sunderland in the middle of European fixtures so likely to rest players.

Sunderland play 5 games in 15 days before they play us. Much higher risk of injury and fatigue.

A very real possibility they will need to rest players and rotate their squad.

 

[hanworthbee]

Crap draw but they have a busy week before 22nd away to Poznan, then home on the Sunday then us

 

[grepo]

7th cup game in a row to be away

That’s like flipping coin 7 times and getting tails each time

0.78% chance

Getting annoying now. Last home cup game was carabao against villa September last year.

Not quite the famous Monte Carlo 1916 run of 26 consecutive blacks, but we're on our way. What were the odds for that?

 

[guilly]

....let's face it, you'd probably have used that same description (that you've used to describe the Sunderland team) if it had been any one of Arsenal, Brighton, Everton, Newcastle, Liverpool, Chelsea, Fulham, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Fleetwood, Bradford City & Peterborough; as well as whichever one comes through out of Manchester City & Norwich in today's tie, admit it

Or any South American, North American, continental European, Saudi, South East Asian side, either club or national.