Tuesday night will see nine Premier League sides in action in the third round of the Capital One Cup, while Crawley and MK Dons target scalps.
Lower league sides eyeing upsets as cup resumes
Tuesday night will see nine Premier League sides in action in the third round of the Capital One Cup, while Crawley and MK Dons are among those in search of scalps.
In-form
Everton are among the top-flight clubs involved in Tuesday's action and they will be keen to continue their impressive start to the season when they travel to Elland Road to take on
Leeds, live on
Sky Sports 2HD.
Reigning Premier League champions
Manchester City host
Aston Villa, who have struggled to get a grip on the season so far and will be looking to turn that around with an upset at the Etihad Stadium.
Two other top-flight clubs who are set to collide are
West Ham and
Wigan, with the Latics out to end the Hammers' unbeaten home record at Upton Park this season.
Crawley have carried the momentum of their promotion-winning campaign last season into League One but suffered defeat at the weekend and will be keen to bounce back by claiming a scalp of Premier League side
Swansea at home.
Another third tier side looking to cause upset are
MK Dons, who host top-flight opponents
Sunderland.
Leaders
Current league leaders
Chelsea entertain Championship visitors
Wolves at Stamford Bridge fresh from their last-gasp victory over Stoke at the weekend.
Sheffield Wednesday have struggled on their return to the Championship and will be looking to recover from four defeats on the bounce when they travel to St Mary's stadium to take on
Southampton, who claimed their first Premier League win of the season against Villa on Saturday.
League One
Swindon also take on higher-league opposition in second-tier
Burnley after knocking Stoke out of the tournament in the previous round.
Another third tier side taking on a club in the division above are
Preston North End, who will bid to upset
Middlesbrough at Deepdale.
Bradford and
Burton Albion will battle to become the only League Two side left standing in the competition as they go head-to-head after both making promising starts to the season.
