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EFL Cup Fourth Round Tonight: Fleetwood Host Arsenal

The League Cup fourth round opens Tuesday with Bradford City against Peterborough at 7:45 p.m. GMT and Fleetwood Town against Arsenal at 8 p.m. GMT, with Liverpool against Chelsea on Wednesday.

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EFL Cup Fourth Round Tonight: Fleetwood Host Arsenal

Key points

  • The EFL Cup fourth round starts tonight, Tuesday, October 27, with two ties in England.
  • In the United Kingdom, Bradford against Peterborough is on Sky Sports Plus and Fleetwood against Arsenal is on Sky Sports Football.
  • Fleetwood reached the fourth round by beating Sheffield United 1-0 at home in the third round in September.

The EFL Cup fourth round starts tonight, Tuesday, October 27, with two ties in England. Bradford City host Peterborough United at 7:45 p.m. GMT, and Fleetwood Town host Arsenal at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood at 8 p.m. GMT.

In the United Kingdom, Bradford against Peterborough is on Sky Sports Plus and Fleetwood against Arsenal is on Sky Sports Football. In the United States, the League Cup streams on Paramount Plus, according to NBC Sports. TalkSPORT carries live radio commentary of the Fleetwood match.

How Fleetwood and Arsenal got here

Fleetwood reached the fourth round by beating Sheffield United 1-0 at home in the third round in September. Arsenal won 4-2 at Ipswich Town in the third round. A win tonight puts Fleetwood in the quarter finals of the competition, a stage the club has to earn against a Premier League side at home, in front of a full small ground on the Lancashire coast.

Ties that are level after 90 minutes go straight to penalties in this round, with no replay and no extra time. The quarter finals are set for the week of December 14, and the final is on March 21, 2027 at Wembley Stadium.

The rest of the round

Five ties follow on Wednesday, October 28. Manchester City host Brighton and Hove Albion at 7:30 p.m. GMT. Bournemouth host Aston Villa, Fulham host Crystal Palace and Sunderland host Brentford at 7:45 p.m. GMT. Liverpool host Chelsea at Anfield at 8 p.m. GMT, on Sky Sports Football and ITV1. The round closes on Thursday, October 29, when Everton host Newcastle United at 7:45 p.m. GMT.

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola said his team would make changes for the Chelsea tie but wanted to win it. In comments reported by talkSPORT, Iraola said every competition is important and that there will definitely be changes, while the team wants to be competitive and stay in the draw.

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both went out in the third round, United losing to Brighton and Spurs losing at Liverpool, which is why the draw has no meeting of those two clubs at this stage. The eight winners this week go into the quarter final draw, with ball numbers to be published on Wednesday morning, according to the EFL schedule reporting.

Timeline

  1. Oct 27, 2026EFL Cup fourth round opens with Bradford City against Peterborough United and Fleetwood Town against Arsenal.
  2. Oct 28, 2026Five more fourth round ties, including Manchester City against Brighton and Liverpool against Chelsea at Anfield.
  3. Oct 29, 2026Everton host Newcastle United in the last tie of the fourth round.

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