Town Draw Stevenage at Home Again in First Round of EFL Cup - Ipswich Town News

Town have drawn Stevenage at home in the first round of the EFL Cup, the competition previously known as the League Cup.

The sides met at the same stage of the competition last year, also at Portman Road, when the Blues ran out 2-1 winners with Josh Yorwerth and Jay Tabb netting for Town, and Boro replying via a Christophe Berra own goal.

Prior to that the teams also faced one another in the first round at Broadhall Way in August 2013 when the home side won 2-0 with Filipe Morais (pen) and Jordan Burrow on target.

Those two ties are the only occasions on which the teams have played one another competitively.

The Blues were one of the seeded clubs in the draw, which was regionalised on a north/south basis with the ties taking place in the week commencing August 8th.

EFL Cup First Round Draw (South)

Peterborough United v AFC Wimbledon
Bristol Rovers v Cardiff City
Coventry City v Portsmouth
Luton Town v Aston Villa
Brighton v Colchester
Cheltenham v Charlton Athletic
Birmingham City v Oxford United
Southend v Gillingham
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crawley
Leyton Orient v Fulham
Ipswich Town v Stevenage
Wycombe Wanderers v Bristol City
Walsall v Yeovil
Exeter v Brentford
Queens Park Rangers v Swindon Town
Barnet v Millwall
Reading v Plymouth
Newport County v Milton Keynes Dons

EFL Cup First Round Draw (North)

Carlisle v Port Vale
Rotherham v Morecambe
Accrington v Bradford City
Rochdale v Chesterfield
Mansfield v Blackburn Rovers
Barnsley v Northampton Town
Cambridge v Sheffield Wednesday
Derby County v Grimsby
Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic
Scunthorpe United v Notts County
Doncaster v Nottingham Forest
Burton Albion v Bury
Fleetwood v Leeds
Sheffield United v Crewe
Shrewsbury v Huddersfield Town
Preston v Hartlepool
Blackpool v Bolton

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