The Everton v Newcastle United Carabao Cup match seems set to be on this date due to other fixtures

The draw for the Carabao Cup fourth round draw was made on Wednesday night.

This came after the conclusion of the match at Old Trafford, Brighton beating Man U 3-2.

Last night also saw Fleetwood Town, Everton and Aston Villa progress.

For some reason Man City v Norwich City isn’t getting played until tonight.

So that meant 17 clubs were in last night’s draw.

The full Carabao Cup fourth round draw:

Fleetwood v Arsenal
Man City or Norwich v Brighton
Everton v Newcastle United
Sunderland v Brentford
Liverpool v Chelsea
Bradford v Peterborough
Fulham v Palace
Bournemouth v Villa

So Newcastle United getting an away draw at Everton.

United having the joy of facing the scouse mackems two matches in a row, this Carabao Cup away one against Everton to be played in the midweek of week commencing Monday 26 October, then at St James’ Park on Monday 2 November the Toffees are the visitors in the Premier League.

As for the timing of the Hill Dickinson fourth round tie, the fact that Liverpool have also got a home draw (against Chelsea) appears to point to a very strong prediction of when the Everton v Newcastle match will take place.

Here is a run of relevant fixtures:

Saturday 24 October – Arsenal v Everton, Chelsea v Spurs
Sunday 25 October – Palace v Newcastle, Liverpool v Brighton
Week commencing Monday 26 October – Liverpool v Chelsea, Everton v Newcastle
Saturday 31 October – Chelsea v Man U
Sunday 1 November – Liverpool v Arsenal
Monday 2 November – Newcastle v Everton

I know you can never underestimate the capacity of the football authorities to surprise us, usually not in a good way, there appears to be very obvious dates when the Carabao Cup matches featuring Liverpool v Chelsea and Everton v Newcastle have to be scheduled.

For none of the four clubs to have to play another match within 48 hours that week, it would mean Liverpool v Chelsea on Wednesday 28 October and Everton v Newcastle on Thursday 29 October.

These are the Premier League matches for Newcastle United until early November.

Saturday 19 September – Newcastle v Hull (3pm) No live TV
Monday 12 October – Coventry v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 17 October – Newcastle v Aston Villa (5.30pm) Sky Sports
Sunday 25 October – Crystal Palace v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports
Week commencing Monday 26 October – Everton v Newcastle (TBC) Sky Sports
Monday 2 November – Newcastle v Everton (8pm) Sky Sports

The complete list of the remaining Carabao Cup dates when matches will be played after the third round:

Round Four: w/c 26 October 2026
Round Five: w/c 14 December 2026
Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 11 January 2027
Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 1 February 2027
Final: Sunday 21 March 2027