https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/08/25/carabao-cup-third-round-draw
Chelsea handed home draw in the Carabao Cup
25 Aug 2021
Chelsea have been drawn to play Aston Villa at home in the third round of
the Carabao Cup.
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Both clubs have won the competition five times, with our most recent
meeting with the Villans in the League Cup back in 2006, when the Blues
prevailed 4-0 at Stamford Bridge en route to winning the trophy. Frank
Lampard, Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba got the goals
in that fourth round tie.
We also won the trophy having beaten Villa in 1965, our first triumph in
this competition. That was a two-legged semi-final in which Bobby
Tambling's winner at Villa Park and then a George Graham goal in the
second leg proved decisive.
In 1998, we met Villa at the third round stage in a game best remembered
because it was the evening John Terry made his Chelsea debut, in what
proved a comfortable 4-1 victory. More recently, we lost 2-1 up at Villa
in the 2003/04 quarter-final.
Ties are due to be played the week commencing Monday 20 September, not
long after Dean Smith's side visit Stamford Bridge in a league fixture.
Third round draw in full:
QPR v Everton
Preston v Cheltenham
Manchester United v West Ham United
Fulham v Leeds United
Brentford v Oldham Athletic
Watford v Stoke City
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Wigan Athletic v Sunderland
Norwich City v Liverpool
Burnley v Rochdale
Arsenal v AFC Wimbledon
Sheffield United v Southampton
Manchester City v Wycombe Wanderers
Millwall v Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur
Brighton & Hove Albion v Swansea City