Sky Sports has announced the two ties it will screen live as part of its coverage of the third round of the 2014/15 Capital One Cup in September.
Both matches picked for live television coverage on September 23-24 feature four teams who have won the League Cup a total of 17 times between them down the years.
First up on Tuesday, September 23, Liverpool host 2004 winners Middlesbrough in front of the Sky cameras, with the match scheduled to kick off at 7.45pm.
The eight-time champions will take on Boro at Anfield having entered the competition at this stage, while the Championship outfit reached the third round following victories over Oldham Athletic and Preston North End.
History suggests this could be a tricky trip across the country for Aitor Karanka’s men. In their past 15 meetings the team playing away has never won, while Middlesbrough haven’t won at Anfield in 25 visits, since a 2-0 success in March 1976.
The live action on Sky Sports continues 24 hours later, when Tottenham Hotspur welcome Nottingham Forest to White Hart Lane in another Premier League versus Sky Bet Championship encounter.
Although these clubs have come together 119 times previously, their last meeting was back in 2005 when Spurs came through in an FA Cup replay.
Another of those clashes was the 1991 FA Cup final, when Tottenham won 2-1 after extra-time, when the Forest goal that day was scored by their current boss Stuart Pearce.
Both teams have won this competition four times previously but one will be knocked out before the draw for round four, which will take place immediately after the conclusion of the second live fixture on Wednesday, September 24, which also kicks off at 7.45pm.
The draw for the fourth round of the Capital One Cup will take place live on Sky Sports immediately after the conclusion of the Tottenham Hotspur versus Nottingham Forest match.
Sky Sports will again screen 15 matches from this season’s Capital One Cup, including both legs of each semi-final and the final exclusively live, while terrestrial highlights of every round will be shown on BBC One.
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| CAPITAL ONE CUP 2014/15 – 3RD ROUND |
| TUESDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER |
| Liverpool v Middlesbrough Capital One Cup – 3rd Round | 19:45 |
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| WEDNESDAY 24th SEPTEMBER |
| Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest Capital One Cup – 3rd Round | 19:45 |
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| 4th ROUND DRAW NUMBERS |
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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
. AFC Bournemouth Derby County Fulham Liverpool MK Dons Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southampton |
. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 |
. Stoke City Swansea City Burton OR Brighton Chelsea OR Bolton Crystal Palace OR Newcastle Manchester City OR Sheffield Wed Tottenham OR Nott’m Forest West Brom OR Hull City |
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