[1]From the official Chelsea FC website: [2]
“Chelsea will host Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup third round.
It is a home draw for the Blues, who lifted the trophy two years ago. We last met Forest in the FA Cup back in 2007, when goals from Andriy Shevchenko, Didier Drogba and a young John Mikel Obi earned us a 3-0 win.
Third round matches will be played in the week commencing 18 September. Ticket News [3] will follow”
The draw in full is:
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City
Everton v Sunderland
Leicester City v Liverpool
Manchester United v Burton Albion
Brentford v Norwich City
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bristol Rovers
Burnley v Leeds United
Arsenal v Doncaster Rovers
Bristol City v Stoke City
Reading v Swansea City
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
Chelsea v Nottingham Forest
West Ham United v Bolton Wanderers
Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town
Tottenham v Barnsley or Derby County
Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion
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