Carabao Cup third round statspack- part 2

Last week's nine League Cup ties produced 29 goals and the longest penalty shootout in EFL Cup history, a ridiculous 34 spot-kicks taken at Deepdale, so what does this mid-week's sextet of fixtures have in store, as round three continues?

Liverpool vs West Ham United: Wednesday 8pm

Having not previously met in this competition for 35 years, these two clubs will now clash in League Cup in back-to-back seasons; Liverpool smashed West Ham 5-1 in the quarter-finals last December, meaning they've advanced through four of the six EFL Cup ties between the pair, including all four played at Anfield.

Across all competitions, the Hammers have lost each of their last eight outings at Anfield, claiming just a solitary win in 59 visits there since 1963, this a famous 3-0 victory under Slaven Bilić in August 2015.

EFL Cup holders Liverpool have only exited this competition in round three, or earlier, on seven occasions since 1990, not doing so as holders since 2001.

At Anfield, the Reds are unbeaten in seven League Cup matches, losing just three of the last 18, with only Chelsea, Southampton and Stoke able to beat them in this tournament on Merseyside since 2012.

Chelsea vs Barrow: Tuesday 7:45pm

These two clubs have only ever met once before, with Chelsea running out 5-0 winners in an FA Cup all the way back in 1948.

In what is only their fourth season as an EFL club, Barrow have reached the League Cup third round for the very first time; their only previous encounter with a Premier League outfit in this tournament saw them smashed 6-0 by Aston Villa two seasons ago.

Chelsea have won each of their last 16 EFL Cup ties against lower-league opposition, with Burnley in 2008 the last such side to beat them, prevailing on penalties at Stamford Bridge; the most-recent team from outside the top-two tiers to defeat the Blues in this competition are Scarborough 35 years ago.

Manchester City vs Watford: Tuesday 7:45pm

Manchester City have won each of their last 15 meetings with Watford, scoring 58 goals across these fixtures, including a 6-0 demolition in the 2019 FA Cup Final, which remains the biggest margin of victory in an FA Cup Final since 1903.

Overall, the Hornets are winless in 20 encounters with the Sky Blues, their most-recent victory come in 1989, whole their last away win in this fixture came at Maine Road 37 years ago.

Across both domestic cup competitions, Man City have won each of their last 22 ties against lower-league opposition, their last such defeat coming at Wigan in 2018, with Middlesbrough the most-recent none top-flight team to win at the Etihad nine years ago.

Arsenal vs Bolton Wanderers: Wednesday 7:45pm

This will be Arsenal and Bolton's first clash for 12 years, despite having gone head-to-head on 27 occasions in the first 12 years of this century.

The Gunners have prevailed each of the last seven times they've welcomed the Trotters to North London, including in the only previous EFL Cup tie between the pair, a 2-1 win in 2011, with Andrey Arshavin and Park Chu-young the scorers that night.

Ian Evatt's team have already overcome Mansfield on penalties and then Shrewsbury to get this far, with Bolton aiming to reach round four of this competition for the first time since 2011/12, which is the last time they competed in the Premier League.

Arsenal meantime have won each of their last 10 League Cup ties against opponents from lower divisions, their most-recent such defeat coming at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday in 2015, last losing at home in this competition to non-Premier League opposition in 1983, defeated by Walsall back then.

Wycombe Wanderers vs Aston Villa: Tuesday 8pm

Aston Villa have won all three previous cup ties between these two clubs, advancing through League Cup clashes 5-0 in 2003 and then 8-3 two seasons later, before requiring a replay to prevail when the pair most-recently met in the FA Cup in 2016.

That aforementioned 8-3 victory Villa enjoyed at Adams Park 19 years ago is one of only ten occasions they've ever scored 8+ in a single match, eight of which came prior to WWII, while it is the only occasions Wycombe have shipped eight in a game.

Victory for the Chairboys would see them reach the fourth round for only the second time in their entire history, actually getting all the way to the semi-finals back in 2006/07.

Walsall vs Leicester City: Tuesday 7:45pm

Leicester won 1-0 the last time these two Midlands rivals met in an FA Cup tie in January 2023, unbeaten in seven encounters overall, winning six of them, their most-recent defeat in this fixture coming all the way back in 1978.

This is the Saddlers' first appearance in round three since 2015, most-recently getting beyond this stage all the way back in 1997.

Leicester City meantime have reached, at least, the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup in five of the last six seasons they've been a Premier League outfit.

AFC Wimbledon vs Newcastle United

It was confirmed on Monday morning that AFC Wimbledon vs Newcastle United has been postponed due to flooding at the Cherry Red Records Stadium and will take place at a later date.