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29 March 2024

Liverpool face Exeter City in League Cup

Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool will hope to avoid an early exit. (FILE)

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Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool travel to League One side Exeter City in the second round of the League Cup in the pick of the games, according to reports.

Dalglish’s men start their domestic cup campaign away at St James’ Park and the boss will hope to avoid another giant-killing, as they were knocked out of the competition by Northampton Town last season.

Liverpool, who won the last of their seven League Cups in 2003, will make a midweek trip to Devon to face Paul Tisdale’s League One outfit at St James Park while Leeds’ last meeting with Doncaster ended in a 5-2 win for Simon Grayson’s team.

Newcastle will hope to avoid an embarrassing defeat of their own after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Stevenage last season and are away to Scunthorpe.

Everton will host Sheffield United, while two of the three Barclays Premier League newcomers were given home ties with Norwich playing MK Dons at Carrow Road and Neil Warnock’s Queen Park Rangers facing Rochdale to Loftus Road.

Fellow top-flight newboys Swansea were handed a trip to Shrewsbury with five-time winners Aston Villa drawn out at home against Hereford.

The unseeded teams were drawn earlier in the day and West Brom and Sunderland both face trips to the south coast to face Bournemouth and Brighton respectively.

Elsewhere Sheffield Wednesday were rewarded for Thursday night’s penalty shoot-out victory over Blackpool with a trip to Blackburn, while Macclesfield will make the short trip to Bolton

Wigan will travel to the winner of the rearranged tie between Crystal Palace and Crawley while Scunthorpe take on Newcastle and Wolves travel to Northampton.

In the other ties, League Two Crawley Town could host Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic if they get past Crystal Palace - the fixture having been postponed due to the recent riots around the country.

All games will be played in the week commencing August 22.

Second Round Draw:

Millwall v Morecambe, Blackburn v Sheffield Wednesday, Bury v Leicester, West Ham or Aldershot v Carlisle, Bournemouth v West Brom, Crystal Palace or Crawley Town v Wigan, Peterborough v Middlesbrough, Aston Villa v Hereford, Bristol City or Swindon v Southampton, Exeter v Liverpool, Everton v Sheffield United, Brighton v Sunderland, Shrewsbury v Swansea, Reading or Charlton v Preston, Norwich v MK Dons, Northampton v Wolverhampton, Wycombe v Nottingham Forest, Bolton v Macclesfield, Burnley v Barnet, Sc

Also See:

English Premier Leagueunthorpe v Newcastle, Leyton Orient v Watford or Bristol Rovers, Doncaster v Leeds, Cardiff v Huddersfield, QPR v Rochdale