Sentences with phrase «of league cup»

The draw for the third round of League cup will be made on Wednesday night and we will have the live updates right here.

Robinson was then promoted to the Southampton first team at the beginning of the 2012 - 13 season, and made his debut for them on 25 September 2012 in a 2 - 0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the League Cup, coming on as an 81st - minute substitute for Jack Cork.

By the end of the month we'd gone out of the League Cup at Accrington and been hammered by Chelsea.

City have been an unpredictable sort on the road so far, winning just one of their opening three away fixtures in the league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up till now.

They face Watford away from home next before facing Northampton in the Third Round of the League Cup next week.

66 ′ 1 — 1 Paul Pogba scores from close range midway through second half to put the game and tie to bed as United book their place in the final of League Cup.

What we didn't know was that throughout the rest of September, and the first half of October we would play seven league games without winning a single one (although we did draw five of them), and also get dumped out of the League Cup by Coventry after a replay.

When West Ham play Accrington Stanley in the next round of the League Cup (or whatever it's called these days) it will be the first encounter between the two clubs.

The Blackpool - born defender also came within touching distance of the League Cup in 1977, but his own goal in the first replay ensured the game went to another replay where the Blues eventually lost out 3 - 2 to Aston Villa.

But this Blues side had already proved themselves capable of second - leg comebacks having done just that in the semi-final of the League Cup against Arsenal, thanks to another memorable evening at the Bridge.

Blackburn were our opponents in Round Four of the League Cup and on a wet and windy night in the North - West Chelsea eventually emerged victorious.

September also sees the early rounds of the League Cup and a fair share of those potential banana skins.

Jose Mourinho will be hoping to do well in this competition but we can safely assume FA Cup is not the priority for United this season as they are in semifinals of League Cup, playing knockouts of Europa League and back in contention as far as top four finish is concerned.

Arsenal host Championship club Norwich City in the fourth round of the League Cup on Tuesday night.

Swansea (a), Fulham (a), Leeds (a), Chelsea (h), Brentford (a), Spurs (a), Blackburn (a)-- those are the teams that have knocked us out of the League Cup competitions in the last few seasons.

As I was lucky enough to attend the second leg of the League Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Chelsea, I thought I'd post a few thoughts on the match, the tie overall, and of course throw in a few stats.

Well, we could have already been knocked out of the League Cup by Norwich, had Eddie's late heroics not salvaged a cup run for us.

Everton's Under 23 coach David Unsworth has been tipped to take charge of their League Cup tie at Chelsea on Wednesday.

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Holders Chelsea crashed out of the League Cup in the fourth round after losing to 10 - man Stoke on penalties.

Goals from Kurt Zouma and Oscar helped Chelsea to beat Bolton and claim a place in the last 16 of the League Cup, where they'll face League Two side Shrewsbury.

The Reds bowed out of the League Cup in midweek and must now focus their attentions back on their Premier League form

Goalscorer was in the final of the League Cup and FA Community Shield.

The Chavs are still in CL and FA Cup, so will they have the same intensity and desire for the small potatoes of the League Cup.

Arsenal topped the table for much of the season regardless, but faded to finish third, while losing to rivals Tottenham in the semi-finals of the League Cup.

Moses was on the Chelsea scoresheet for the first time in over three years as we progressed into the third round of the League Cup thanks to a 3 - 2 win, with Michy Batshuayi converting twice, and the Nigeria international explained afterwards how he is enjoying being back in the fold following three season - long loan spells away from Stamford Bridge.

He was also on for the entire 120 minutes as the Blues eliminated Leicester City 4 - 2 at the Kings Power Stadium on Tuesday, to qualify to the fourth round of the League Cup, where they will face West Ham.

Goals from Tonge, Diouf and Becchio help Leeds beat Southampton 3 - 0 and progress to the next round of the League Cup.

With the Blues already out of the League Cup and yet to ensure their qualification to the last sixteen of the Champion's League, rumours have emerged that the Portuguese boss is set to lose his job if Chelsea fail to win their next two games.

Chelsea are looking to claim a place in the semi finals of the League Cup with a win at Championship side Derby this week.

United will be confident of getting the result required to earn a place in the fourth round of the league cup after winning both home matches over the past week or so; a 3 - 0 victory over FC Basel and a 4 - 0 victory over Everton.

Liverpool suffered a damaging 2 - 0 defeat against Leicester City in the third round of the League Cup on Tuesday night, and this has extended their recent winless streak to four games.

Like FA Cup, Spurs won eight titles of the tournament and four titles of League Cup.

Despite early promise, Lupoli was only given two more senior appearances in the 04/05 season, the first coming against Man.United in the next round of the League Cup and the last in a FA Cup Fifth - round replay versus Sheffield United.

Liverpool booked themselves a place in the 4th round of the League Cup after beating Derby County 3 - 0 at the iPro Stadium (Pride Park).

They had managed to get to the final of the League Cup in the 2015 - 16 season and they had lost against Manchester City in the tie breaker.

A win against United, followed up by a win on Sunday against Stoke will get Saints to 51 points and most possibly eighth position, which to be fair to Puel is not terribly bad for a team that has its stars regularly plucked out by bigger teams in the league and that reached the final of the League Cup earlier in the season.

That was Liverpool's first win of the League Cup trophy, but they have gone on to dominate since, and have won it the most times (8).

The English media often treat this competition with disdain as though it's the European equivalent of the League Cup.

Talking of the League Cup this week also hosted the replayed 5th round encounter against Aston Villa in January 2000.

League Two Bradford will take a two - goal lead into the second leg of their League Cup semi-final after beating top - flight opponents Aston Villa 3 - 1 at Valley Parade.

They slumped to a 1 - 0 defeat at Southampton on the weekend which has left them winless in their last three games since their 3 - 1 win at Peterborough in the last round of the League Cup.

This year also saw the Blues acquire their most recent piece of silverware in the form of the League Cup.

Aston Villa pulled off major upset in the third of League Cup on Tuesday as they defeated Manchester City 4 - 2 (after extra time) at Etihad Stadium.

Crystal Palace won the last meeting between these two sides in the League Cup in November 2011, winning 2 - 1 after Extra-time during the Fifth Round of the League Cup

The home support will be a big twelfth man for them here and with Liverpool treading on shaky ground having picked up just one win in their last matches in all competitions, a place in the fourth round of the league cup could be beckoning.

First knocked out early out of the League Cup and then from the FA Cup as well...

Chelsea play host to Arsenal in the first - leg of the League Cup semi-final on Wednesday night.

Chelsea will look to maintain their recent momentum when they take on Everton in the fourth round of the League Cup.

I played with the U-23s, got on the bench for the first team a couple of times for a few of the League Cup games.