Arsenal will face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup semi-finals if they overcome Crystal Palace next Tuesday.
The first leg, at Stamford Bridge, will be played in the week commencing 12 January, falling between the FA Cup third-round trip to Portsmouth and a Premier League away day at Nottingham Forest. The return leg, at the Emirates in the week commencing 2 February, comes between a visit to Leeds and a home league fixture against Sunderland.
In the other semi-final, Newcastle will take on Manchester City after they beat Fulham and Brentford, respectively.
We’ll leave you to decide whether the draw – and the opponents potentially waiting in both the next round and the final – makes the extra fixtures worthwhile, given Arsenal’s ambitions for bigger prizes elsewhere.