Following Villa’s emphatic 6-1 victory at Crewe on Tuesday evening, our opponents in the Third Round have been confirmed as fellow Premier League side Brighton and Hove Albion.
The tie will take place at the Amex Stadium in the week commencing 23rd September, subject to TV scheduling for that particular round. But with Villa away to Arsenal on Sunday 22nd, the likelihood is that the match will be played on Wednesday 25th September.
Our #CarabaoCup Third Round tie has been confirmed. 🏆#AVFC pic.twitter.com/afyyKklQjj
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) August 28, 2019
We’ve faced The Seagulls before in the FA Cup back in 1955, but this will be the first time the two sides have met in this cup competition. The last time we played Brighton in any competition was back in May 2017 as they celebrated their promotion to the Premier League, while our last trip to the Amex was in November 2016, with Glenn Murray cancelling out Nathan Baker’s opening goal in a 1-1 draw.
One Brighton fan took to Twitter to express relief at having drawn Villa, while another looked forward to welcoming the Claret and Blue Army to whip up some atmosphere:
https://twitter.com/LEANDROTROSSARD/status/1166826937093959682?s=20
https://twitter.com/unluckyhgg/status/1166825084520148993?s=20
Villa fans weren’t overly concerned by the draw, although one did speculate on some sleight of hand by Andy Hinchcliffe and Don Goodman in picking the only all-Premier League tie:
Brighton away on a school night 🙄 Ah go on then 😂🦁🔵🔴 #avfc #avfcaway #avfcawaydays @AVFCOfficial @MackenzieDeery
— Steve Deery (@SteveDeery) August 28, 2019
As a villa fan living in Brighton that has to be the best draw, at least villa get a nice easy away draw against a lower club#avfc #utv #bhafc
— Aston 🦁 (@astonmc01) August 28, 2019
Love how all the Premier League teams have been separated except us v Brighton 🙄 #avfc #CarabaoCup
— Ryan Grosvenor (@RyGrosvenor) August 28, 2019
The full Third Round draw is as follows:
Wolves vs. Reading
Oxford vs. West Ham
Watford vs. Swansea
Brighton vs. Aston Villa
Sheffield United vs. Sunderland
Colchester vs. Tottenham
Portsmouth vs. Southampton
Burton vs. Bournemouth
Preston vs. Man City
MK Dons vs. Liverpool
Man Utd vs. Rochdale
Luton vs. Leicester
Chelsea vs. Macclesfield/Grimsby
Sheffield Wednesday vs. Everton
Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest
Crawley vs. Stoke
For anyone looking to book coach travel down to the Amex…
BRIGHTON V VILLA
WEDNESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2019
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— steve gough 💜❤️ (@premtravel_avfc) August 28, 2019
Extended highlights of Villa’s win at Gresty Road, ICYMI:
