Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Quarter-finalists to learn opponents after tonight’s ties

All quarter-final ties will take place during the week commencing 14 December.

1. Bournemouth or Aston Villa

5. Fulham or Crystal Palace

8. Sunderland or Brentford

Bradford City 2-0 Peterborough United

Fleetwood Town 1-1 Arsenal (Fleetwood won 5-3 on pens)

Manchester City vs Brighton and Hove Albion

Bournemouth vs Aston Villa

Proceedings will be aired live on Sky Sports. Presenter Dave Jones will host the programme, with Conor Coady and Graeme Le Saux on hand to conduct the draw.

The draw will follow the conclusion of the Round Four tie between Liverpool and Chelsea.

That encounter kicks off at 8pm BST on Wednesday 28 October, so the draw can be expected at some time after 10pm BST.

Fleetwood Town have become the story of the Carabao Cup as the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition knocked out Premier League champions Arsenal to reach the quarter-finals.

There are still plenty of big hitters in the mix, after all, with Liverpool’s heavyweight clash with Chelsea headlining the remainder of the fourth-round matches to be played this week.

Holders Manchester City remain top contenders but face a stern test against high-flying Brighton in another intriguing tie as we approach the business end of the tournament.

Fleetwood could yet face Bradford Town for a semi-final place, however, after the 2012 runners-up defeated Peterborough United to secure their progress on Tuesday.

Welcome to The Independent’s coverage of tonight’s Carabao Cup quarter-final draw.

The competition is quickly drawing towards it’s conclusion with only eight teams remaining in the league cup following this week’s fourth round ties.

The biggest shock is League Two’s Fleetwood Town dumping out the Premier League champions Arsenal via a penalty shootout on Tuesday evening and with several Premier League teams facing off against each other there us potential for more upsets.

We’ll have all the latest updates throughout the evening so stick with us.