トッテナムがホームでチャールトンと対戦決定
The draw just completed, and Spurs drew a peach — home to Charlton Athletic. That’s a good draw. You’d like to avoid Championship and Premier League clubs in the early rounds of the League Cup, but Charlton finished 19th out of 24 teams in the table last season. They weren’t very good — their leading scorer, midfielder Sonny Carey, had just eight goals last season, and they’ll be going up against a Spurs team with something to prove at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Can’t ask for much more than that — Spurs get a low-finishing second division team at home and avoid clubs like Chelsea, West Ham, or any number of tiny giant-killers in waiting at their minuscule home grounds. It’s good. This is the first time Tottenham has played Charlton since a 3-0 win for Spurs in the FA Cup back in 2011.
ロンドン勢の顔触れと地域別の抽選方式
Like the Carabao Cup first round, the second round is regionalised. This means those representing the capital – Brentford, Fulham, Charlton, Leyton Orient, Millwall, West Ham and AFC Wimbledon – will avoid long trips up north for a midweek fixture later this month and therefore, the possibility of at least one London derby is significantly high. Chelsea will host Jack Wilshere’s Luton Town in the Carabao Cup second round, while Tottenham Hotspur host Charlton Athletic in a London derby. Former Arsenal midfielder Wilshere will take his League One outfit to Stamford Bridge, as the 11 Premier League sides not involved in European competition this season joined the winners of the first-round ties in the hat. Among the other tasty ties are League One AFC Wimbledon visiting Alvaro Arbeloa’s Fulham at Craven Cottage, while Keith Andrews’ Brentford face a potentially tricky tie against Birmingham at St Andrew’s. The winner of the Devon derby between Plymouth and Exeter, live on Sky Sports on Monday night, will get Premier League side Coventry City at home, while West Ham face an all-Championship tie away to Southampton. In the north draw, Newcastle have been given Championship side West Brom at home, while Leeds were given an all-Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest. David Moyes’ Everton go to second tier club Preston – as the Toffees boss reunites with the club where he began his managerial career. Like the first round, the second round draw was also regionalised and split into Southern and Northern section ties. The remaining Premier League teams will join in the third round, which will be split over the week commencing September 7 and the week commencing September 14. The teams competing in the Champions League will start in the later week.
日程の過密化と放映権にともなう課題
After Sky Sports chose Fulham v Chelsea for live Premier League broadcast on Monday, 24 August, the potential for a knock-on impact was clear. With the two teams not in Europe, and thus entering the Carabao Cup in the second round, both faced playing two games in the midweek. Ordinarily, that should mean the EFL Cup ties would be played on the Thursday, with 72 hours’ rest. That, too, would impact the Premier League’s weekend schedule. Fulham’s match at Sunderland, which was not selected for TV broadcast, was switched to the Sunday. Chelsea v Brighton, meanwhile, was chosen by Sky for the Sunday. All good so far. That was until both Fulham and Chelsea were drawn at home in the Carabao Cup – and they are not supposed to play at home on the same day. The police will have to make a concession, or the EFL will have to get creative. But there is another knock-on effect – at very short notice for eight EFL clubs. The opponents of Fulham and Chelsea – Wimbledon and Luton respectively – are in League One action on the Saturday after the ties. If one or both Carabao Cup ties are scheduled for the Thursday, then the Saturday games would ordinarily move to the Sunday. And there’s another complication. The following Tuesday there is a full programme of League One games – and that could impact a further four matches with the potential they might have to move to Wednesday. Either teams will have to play two games within 48 hours, or supporters who have made travel arrangements are going to find games displaced. The games potentially impacted are as follows. Saturday, 29 August: Wimbledon v Wigan, Mansfield v Luton. Tuesday, 1 September: Burton v Wimbledon, Wigan v MK Dons, Luton v Stockport, Reading v Mansfield.
さらに、対戦相手であるウィンブルドンやルートン・タウンが週末にリーグ戦を控えているため、試合日程の変更はクラブやサポーターの移動計画にも短期間での影響を及ぼしている。2回戦の各試合は、8月24日の週に開催される予定となっており、正確な日時はまだ確認されていない。