League One strugglers MK Dons hosts Leicester City at Stadium MK on Tuesday, with the Premier League outfit coming in as strong favourites.
MK are currently 22nd in League One with 18 points from 21 matches, conceding 31 goals in the process. Meanwhile, Leicester’s form had picked up significantly before the World Cup, having beaten the likes of Wolves 4-0 and Everton 2-0 on either side of a 1-0 loss to Manchester City, before going on to defeat Newport County 3-0 and West Ham 2-0.
Southampton will be looking for their first win under Nathan Jones when they go up against League One side Lincoln City on Tuesday.
Jones has only taken charge of one match since being appointed as manager of the Saints, which resulted in a 3-1 loss at Anfield against Liverpool. However, the Saints have seen off League One outfits in the last round two rounds when managed by Ralph Hasenhuttl, having beaten Cambridge United 3-0 and Sheffield Wednesday on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
Lincoln are currently 14th in League One and lost 1-0 to Chippenham Town in their last away game in a domestic cup. As far as the form guide goes, Lincoln have won one of their last five league matches, while drawing three and losing one.
Wolves will be looking to get off to a perfect start under Julen Lopetegui when they face League Two side, Gillingham, at Molineux on Tuesday.
Lopetegui will likely line up a strong side as he looks to implement his tactics with Wolves in a competitive game for the first time. Recently, Wolves managed a 4-3 friendly win over La Liga outfit Cadiz and will hope to be in similar goalscoring form.
On the other hand, Gillingham are currently bottom of the Football League with just 14 points from 20 matches, conceding 24 times and scoring just six goals.
Charlton against Brighton is our first tip from Wednesday, with the Addicks coming into this match as underdogs.
The home side are currently managerless, with Anthony Hayes being their caretaker. At present, Charlton sits 18th in League One and go into this game off the back of a seven-game winless run.
Brighton will likely start a strong squad, as Roberto De Zerbi looks to get his key players some match fitness after the World Cup. In the last round of the League Cup, Brighton earned a memorable 3-1 away win at Arsenal thanks to goals by Danny Welbeck, Kaoru Mitoma and Tariq Lamptey.
The final game on this list sees Manchester United go up against Burnley at Old Trafford with the Red Devils knowing that this competition presents an excellent opportunity of ending their soon-to-be six-year trophy drought.
United are fifth in the Premier League, but, have shown promising signs under Erik ten Hag. Prior to the World Cup. The Red Devils had managed back-to-back 2-1 and 4-2 wins over Fulham and Aston Villa and will want to assert their authority against Championship opposition in Burnley. The last time these two faced at the Theatre of Dreams, United ran out as 3-1 victors under Ralf Rangnick.
Burnley are currently top of the Championship and have scored three goals in each of their last four games against Middlesbrough, QPR, Blackburn Rovers and Crawley, but, will be wary of their last loss in all competitions, which was a heavy 5-2 defeat to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane last month.
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