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Goal! Fleetwood Town 2-1 Rotherham (Ryan Graydon 29)

Transfer news, Liverpool sign someone….a goalie.

At the Amex, the word is that the better team from Sussex is Crawley. That’s what 11 changes can do to a team. Has anyone mentioned that Brighton’s manager is 31?

Goal! Birmingham 0-1 Fulham (Raul Jimenez, 9 pen)

Jordan Pickford has just been asked to make his first save as Doncaster build up a head of steam. Gibson’s free-kick asked the England man to make the save.

Goal! Blackburn 1-0 Blackpool (Makhtar Gueye, 21 pen)

Goal! Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich (Daichi Kamada 2)

Goal! Grimsby 1-0 Sheff Wed (Cameron McJannett 18)

Goal! Watford 1-0 Plymouth (Mileta Rajovic 17)

Goal! Walsall 0-1 Huddersfield (Josh Koroma, 16)

Goal! Fleetwood Town 1-1 (Ryan Graydon 16)

Goal! QPR 1-1 Luton (Zack Nelson 16)

Goal! Harrogate Town 0-1 Preston (Sam Greenwood 14)

Goal! Millwall 0-1 Leyton Orient (Dan Agyei 14)

Goal! QPR 1-0 Luton (Hevertton Santos 11)

Sadly, that’s it for O’Riley, he’s lasted four minutes, and been carried from the field by the physio. His ankle is the problem. Mark O’Mahony is on in his stead.

Bad news from Brighton: new signing Matt O’Riley has gone down on a heavy challenge. It looks as though he may have to go off, just a few minutes into his debut since his £30m move from Celtic.

Around the grounds, there’s been tributes paid to Sven Goran Eriksson, another name to conjure the year 2000. At Brighton, Enciso has gone close. just one of their hugely talented players that Fabian Hurzeler has to hand.

And an early goal, with Rotherham taking the lead at Fleetwood. Jamie McCart got it.

The 7.45 kick-offs get underway in the Carabao Cup

Joe Pearson gets in touch as those 7.45 kick-offs approach: “I don’t know if prog metal is in your wheelhouse, but whenever I see the words ‘here we are’, I get an immediate earworm of Fates Warning’s ‘A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Part VI’. The song also includes a lyric that may be running through Sean Dyche’s head right now: ‘But I often wonder what else could be. And I still dream of running away’”

That early Stoke goal was set up by Lewis Koumas, son of Jason, who was a Tranmere player at the time of that 2000 final but missed out on the final. In football, it’s all connected.

Brighton, top of the Premier League, are also unveiling a new signing, Ferdi Kadioglu, who you may recall from the Euros, ahead of their game with Crawley.

Watford, who face Plymouth, have made a big signing in the Italian veteran, Angelo Ogbonna.

Birmingham, who have made a great start to their League One campaign, eye a shock at St Andrews. Chris Davies may well be a manager going places at Blues, who have recovered well from last season’s Wayne Rooney folly.

The first goal of the night! That early game between Boro and Stoke is still 0-1, Stoke’s Emre Tezgel got it.

The major team news: Fulham make 11 changes, Leicester make eight changes, with no Vardy. Tranmere’s goalie is Joe Murphy – he played in that 2000 final linked below – he’s 43 now. Sean Dyche names a strong Everton team, and Palace name Marc Guehi despite all that transfer speculation.

Crystal Palace v Norwich teams

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Mitchell, Guehi, Riad, Munoz, Doucoure, Hughes, Clyne, Kamada, Eze, Mateta. Subs: Johnstone, Ward, Sarr, Lerma, Schlupp, Wharton, Edouard, Richards, Ahamada.

Norwich: Long, Fisher, Hanley, Cordoba, Chrisene, Nunez, Gibbs, Forsyth, Amankwah, Hernandez, Crnac. Subs: Mair, Stacey, Duffy, Doyle, Hills, McLean, Schwartau, Sargent, Sainz.

Leicester v Tranmere teams

Leicester: Ward, Ricardo Pereira, Okoli, Faes, Thomas, Skipp, Winks, Ndidi, Mavididi, Ayew, McAteer. Subs: Iversen, Justin, Coady, Nelson, Choudhury, Fatawu, De Cordova-Reid, Alves, Popov.

Tranmere: Murphy, Norman, Davies, Walker, Turnbull, Jennings, O’Connor, Merrie, Patrick, Saunders, Davison. Subs: McGee, Bradshaw, Morris, Dennis, Solomon, Wood, Williams.

Birmingham v Fulham teams

Birmingham: Allsop, Laird, Klarer, Bielik, Cochrane, Paik, Leonard, Anderson, Willumsson, Hansson, May. Subs: Peacock-Farrell, Sampsted, Davies, Khela, Roberts, Hall, Miyoshi, Yokoyama, Jutkiewicz.

Fulham: Benda, Castagne, Cuenca, Andersen, Sessegnon, Berge, Reed, Wilson, Cairney, Stansfield, Jimenez. Subs: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Lukic, King, Smith Rowe, Traore, Iwobi, Rodrigo Muniz.

Brighton v Crawley teams

Brighton: Verbruggen, Lamptey, Webster, Igor, Samuels, O’Riley, Baleba, Adingra, Ayari, Sarmiento, Enciso. Subs: Steele, Ferguson, Estupinan, Weir, Cozier-Duberry, Yalcouye, Offiah, O’Mahony, Peupion.

Crawley Town: Wollacott, Mullarkey, Mukena, Flint, Williams, Bragg, Anderson, Kelly, Quitirna, Darcy, Hepburn-Murphy. Subs: Beach, Adeyemo, Barker, Roles, Camara, Papadopoulos, Khaleel.

The early game is at Middlesbrough, who welcome Stoke. The 2004 and 1972 winners will be looking to the Championship rather than the only competition they have won even if Boro did smash Leeds in the previous round. That one kicks off at 7.15pm.

Everton v Doncaster teams:

Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Lindstrom, Ndiaye, Garner, McNeil, Beto. Subs: Virginia, Holgate, Calvert-Lewin, Harrison, Doucoure, Young, Gueye, Armstrong, Dixon.

Doncaster: Lawlor, Nixon, Olowu, McGrath, Senior, Bailey, Kelly, Molyneux, Westbrooke, Gibson, Ironside. Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Sterry, Anderson, Broadbent, Sbarra, Sharp, Yeboah, Hurst, Close.

There’s five Premier League teams involved, including a Sussex derby and a rerun of the 2000 final. Clint Hill, Dave Challinor, Matt Elliott and Steve Guppy: ah, memories. The Old Wembley, too.

• Brighton v Crawley

• Everton v Doncaster

• Leicester v Tranmere

• Birmingham v Fulham

• Palace v Norwich

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