Hammers get home draw in third round

Nothing’s easy but you can ask for no more than a home draw against lower division opposition in Cup competitions.

And that’s exactly what the Hammers got when they were pulled out of the “hat” first to meet  newly promoted Championship outfit, Bolton Wanderers.

The draw was made at 4.15am this morning (Thursday) in Beijing and there will be few complaints at the Carabao Cup.

It fell in line with Slaven Bilic’s post match comments after the victory over Cheltenham when he said that this was an interesting competition for the Hammers and that you hoped the third round  for this sort of draw.

Here’s the full draw:

West Brom v Manchester City

Everton v Sunderland

Leicester City v Liverpool

Manchester United v Burton Albion

Brentford v Norwich City

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bristol Rovers

Burnley v Leeds United

Arsenal v Doncaster Rovers

Bristol City v Stoke City

Reading v Swansea City

Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest

West Ham United v Bolton Wanderers

Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town

Tottenham Hotspur v Barnsley or Derby County

AFC Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion