Everton Host Doncaster In The EFL Cup Second Round

Everton face Doncaster Rovers at home in the second round of the Carabao Cup.

In the Carabao Cup, the majority of Premier League teams enter the tournament in the second round, but the clubs that compete in European tournaments, consisting of Man City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, and Tottenham, enter in the third round.

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Carabao Cup Second Round Fixtures:

Monday 26th August:

Middlesbrough 19:15 Stoke City

QPR 19:45 Luton Town

Barrow 19:45 Derby County

Grimsby Town 19:45 Sheffield Wednesday

Harrogate Town 19:45 Preston North End

Coventry 19:45 Oxford United

Brighton 19:45 Crawley Town

Walsall 19:45 Huddersfield

Everton 19:45 Doncaster Rovers

Fleetwood 19:45 Rotherham

Blackburn Rovers 19:45 Blackpool

Shrewsbury 19:45 Bolton

Millwall 19:45 Leyton Orient

Watford 19:45 Plymouth Argyle

Leicester City 19:45 Tranmere Rovers

Barnsley 19:45 Sheffield United

Birmingham 20:00 Fulham

Crystal Palace 20:00 Norwich City

Wednesday 29th August:

Wolves 19:30 Burnley

AFC Wimbledon 19:45 Ipswich Town

West Ham 19:45 Bournemouth

Colchester 19:45 Brentford

Cardiff City 19:45 Southampton

Swansea 19:45 Wycombe

Nottingham Forest 20:00 Newcastle

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Last season, Everton faced Doncaster in the second round of the Caraboa Cup too. The game finished 2-1 for the Toffees. Ironside opened the scoring late into the first half, giving Doncaster the lead going into the break. In the 73rd minute, Beto, on his debut, equalised, giving Everton the confidence boost they needed. In the 88th minute, Dutch winger Arnaut Danjuma scored and allowed the Toffees to progress into the third round of the cup!

In the third round of the cup, Everton travelled to Birmingham to face Aston Villa at Villa Park. Everton went into the game as underdogs, however, goals from James Garner and Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Everton and a late consolation goal from Kamara meant the game finished 2-1 and Everton progressed to the round of 16.

In the round of 16, it was Burnley at home. A fairly simple opposition as the Toffees put three past goalkeeper Muric, with goals from James Tarkoswki, now Aston Villa player Amadou Onana, and Ashley Young allowed the Blues to enter the hat for the quarterfinal of the competition, giving Everton fans hope of a possible trip to Wembley!

However, when Everton drew Fulham at Goodison, the run would soon end. A late goal from Beto meant the game went to penalties! Unfortunately, a key penalty miss by Amadou Onana meant the Toffees crashed out of the cup, and Fulham were on their way to Wembley.

Currently, Everton sit rock bottom of the Premier League table due to a 3-0 defeat at home against Brighton and a 4-0 battering away from home against Tottenham, where some fans’ reactions were strong and unacceptable. A video has emerged of some fans hurling abuse at some of the players, mainly Mason Holgate and Neal Maupay. It has come so far that the French striker has taken to X to react to the situation.

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Neal Maupay on X:

“Imagine another job where it’s normalised to get abuse like this.

Hanging around at a train station to scream at men who are trying their best…”

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Premier League Table

- 26th August:

Man City

Brighton

Arsenal

Liverpool

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Tottenham

Newcastle

Forest

Chelsea

West Ham

Fulham

Man United

Aston Villa

Brentford

Bournemouth

Leicester

Southampton

Crystal Palace

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Ipswich Town

Wolves

Everton

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Doncaster have opened their League Two season quite strongly though, with only three game weeks in they have managed to win 2 and only loosing 1.

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Football League Two Table

- 26th August:

Gillingham

Bradford City

Walsall

Barrow

Newport Town

Doncaster

Bromley

AFC Wimbledon

Chesterfield

Notts County

Fleetwood

Tranmere Rovers

Harrogate Town

Port Vale

MK Dons

Cheltenham

Colchester

Grimsby Town

Carlisle

Salford City

Swindon Town

Accrington Town

Crewe Alexander

Morecambe

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