Here are the match-ups for the CCC clubs that have advanced to the Second Round of the Carling Cup. Ties will be played on August 26th and 27th at 7:45 GMT unless otherwise changed.

August 26th 

Burnely v Oldham Athletic (League One)

Cardiff City v MK Dons (League One)

Coventry City v Newcastle United (EPL)

Crewe(League One) v Bristol City

Ipswich Town v Colchester United(League One)

Leeds United(League One) v Crystal Palace

Preston NE v Derby County

QPR v Carlisle United (League One)

Reading v Luton Town (League Two)

Rotherham United (League Two) v Wolves

Southampton v Birmingham

Swansea City v Hull City (EPL)

Watford v Darlington (League Two)

August 27th

Huddersfield Town (League One) v Sheffield Untied

Nottingham Forest v Sunderland (EPL)

One of the oldest rivalries (dating back to 1902) in the Championship is between Ipswich Town and Norwich City. Both clubs are based out of the East Anglia region, which includes the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The well-known football clubs in the region include Norwich, Ipswich, Cambridge, Peterborough and Colchester. The derby between Ipswich and Norwich is also sometimes referred to as the Old Farm Derby, a play on the Old Firm Derby that reflects the region’s agricultural history.

Both clubs have also had some major news in the past couple of days. Ipswich Town’s board has agreed to sell a majority stake in the club to businessman Marcus Evans. The investment will see Evans purchase the Championship club’s approximate £32m debt as well as invest a further £12m through the issue of new shares.

Ipswich are currently fourth in the Championship ahead of Sunday’s derby with Norwich, who will be lead by new gaffer Glenn Roeder. The former Newcastle United manager takes charge at Norwich City and his first goal will be to get the club out of the relegation zone. Norwich supporters will hope he can improve on a managerial record that can hardly be categorized as a success. Norwich are sitting at the bottom of the Championship four points away from safety and there appear to be problems at both ends of the pitch for Norwich as they have only created 7 goals in 13 games while conceding 18.

Between Ipswich and Norwich, the Tractor Boys have the more successful history having claimed an English championship, an FA Cup and even a UEFA Cup. Ipswich also have the slight edge in the derby matches having won 58, while Norwich have won 51, the remaining 25 being drawn. Their most recent meeting, last season at Carrow Road, ended in a 1-1 draw.

Going into this match, the only thing Norwich can look to as a sign of hope is that they are playing at home and that Ipswich have been pretty dreadful away from home so far. Ipswich are winless in six road matches (3 losses and 3 draws) and have a -8 goal differential. The Tractor Boys will need to use this match as a statement if they are to push for a promotion or playoff spot. They need to prove to themselves and others that they can win tough matches away from the friendly confines of Portman Road.

A massive win for Birmingham on Sunday in a tough Midlands derby with Wolverhampton sent the Blues back to the top of the Championship. On-loan striker Andy Cole opened the scoring, Nicolas Bendtner powered in a header and Cameron Jerome scored late on before Colin Doyle’s late penalty save sealed the points. You can catch some jittery video of the Blues supporters singing and dancing their hearts out over on YouTube.

Birmingham’s win takes their season total to 83 points just ahead of Sunderland who lost for the first time in 18 matches on Saturday. The Black Cats dropped points at Colchester, suffering a 3-1 defeat. The win keeps Colchester’s playoff hopes alive. Wayne Brown put Colchester ahead in first-half injury time, heading home from Kevin Watson’s free-kick. Dwight Yorke drew Sunderland level after 54 minutes, finding space to head home a cross from Daryl Murphy. Richard Garcia put Colchester back in front with eight minutes left and Jamie Cureton added a penalty in the 89th minute after he was fouled by Dean Whitehead.

The playoff race has tightened up significantly with Southampton, Stoke and Colchester all just 1 point back off West Brom and Wolverhampton and 2 back off Preston. Sheffield Wednesday are also in the mix, sitting 2 back of West Brom and Wolverhampton and 3 back of Preston.

At the other end of the table, Leeds scrapped for almost an hour with only 10 men but failed to salvage anything from their fixture. Alan Thompson saw red after 32 minutes after a clash with John Viafara, which saw angry players being kept apart by referee Tony Bates. It wasn’t until late on that Bradley Wright-Phillips was able to break through and score the winner that kept Southampton’s play-off hopes alive and leaves Leeds deep in relegation trouble. You can view a report including some buildup to the game. Near the end of the report you’ll see the brewing trouble between Southampton and Leeds fans. Southampton fans cheered when it was announced that Hull had snatched a point to push ahead of Leeds. That response did not sit well with Leeds supporters but luckily the stewards were in place.

Other results:

Stoke 1 – 1 Hull
QPR 1 – 0 Cardiff (post-game celebrations, more crowd atmosphere)
Preston 0 – 1 Leicster
Barnsley 2 – 0 Crystal Palace
Plymouth 2 – 1 Southend
Ipswich 1 – 1 Norwich
Sheffield Wednesday 2 – 1 Coventry