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Arsenal to host Tottenham in Carabao Cup quarter-final

Eight ties will be drawn in round five of the Carabao Cup this evening - Tottenham Hotspur FC
Eight ties will be drawn in round five of the Carabao Cup this evening - Tottenham Hotspur FC

The reward for rivals Arsenal and Tottenham winning their Carabao Cup ties on Wednesday night is a north London derby in the quarter-finals.

Arsenal held on to beat Blackpool while Spurs won at West Ham, and they will now face each other at the Emirates twice in December, with a Premier League meeting scheduled for the start of the month.

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There will be two other all-Premier League ties, with Chelsea to host Bournemouth and Leicester or Southampton to play the winner of Man City versus Fulham, which will be played on Thursday night.

Finally the two non-top flight teams will face off, with League One Burton Albion travelling to Tony Pulis' Middlesbrough.

Ties will take place in the week commencing December 17.

Quarter-final draw in full

  • Arsenal vs Tottenham

  • Leicester or Southampton vs Man City or Fulham

  • Middlesbrough vs Burton

  • Chelsea vs Bournemouth

10:07PM

And that's it!

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10:07PM

And finally

Chelsea vs Bournemouth

10:06PM

The third tie

Middlesbrough vs Burton

10:06PM

Next up

Leicester or Southampton vs Man City or Fulham

10:05PM

First out the hat - north London derby!

Arsenal vs Tottenham

10:05PM

The magic numbers for the draw

  1. Bournemouth

  2. Burton

  3. Arsenal

  4. Chelsea

  5. Middlesbrough

  6. Tottenham

  7. Man City or Fulham

  8. Leicester or Southampton

10:00PM

Boro are through

And we're just a few minutes from the quarter-final draw... I think.

9:55PM

Into the 90th minute at the Riverside

Boro still lead 1-0. Once that finishes we'll have the draw for you.

9:42PM

Arsenal and Spurs are through

Both the north Londoners held on to win and go into the hat for the quarters. Boro still lead Palace 1-0.

9:37PM

The last eight

Chelsea have booked their place in the last eight by beating Derby, while Arsenal and Tottenham are close to joining them, Bournemouth and Burton in the hat for the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw. The Thai energy drink company are wasting no time in getting on with things. That's right, it's happening right now.

We are still waiting on a winner from the postponed game between Leicester and Southampton, while Manchester City face Fulham on Thursday night. Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace has not yet finished but they might be by the time the draw actually happens in the next 25 minutes.

We'll have the numbers to look out for in the draw shortly.