Yeovil seek M'boro scalp

Famed giant-killers Yeovil Town will seek to add Middlesbrough to their long list of victims after being drawn to play the Premier League club in the League Cup second round. Yeovil, who now play in League One, beat a record 20 League teams in the FA...

Famed giant-killers Yeovil Town will seek to add Middlesbrough to their long list of victims after being drawn to play the Premier League club in the League Cup second round.

Yeovil, who now play in League One, beat a record 20 League teams in the FA Cup as a non-League club and recalled those heroics with a 1-0 win at Championship (second division) side Charlton Athletic in the first round on Tuesday.

N. Forest, four-times League Cup winners and just promoted back to the Championship, host Premier League Sunderland, managed by their former player Roy Keane.

The second round will be played in the week beginning Aug. 25.

The draw

Ipswich vs Colchester; Coventry vs Newcastle; Hartlepool vs West Brom; West Ham vs Macclesfield; Huddersfield v Sheffield United; Cardiff vs MK Dons; Swansea vs Hull; Rotherham vs Wolves; Brighton vs Manchester City; Reading vs Luton; Blackburn vs Grimsby; Wigan vs Notts County; Leeds vs Crystal Palace; Crewe vs Bristol City; M'boro vs Yeovil; Fulham vs Leicester; QPR vs Carlisle; N. Forest vs Sunderland; Burnley vs Oldham; Southampton vs Birmingham; Bolton vs Northampton; Watford vs Darlington; Preston v Derby; Cheltenham vs Stoke.

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