Ipswich Town will host Arsenal at Portman Road in the Carabao Cup (Image: PA)
Ipswich Town will host Arsenal at Portman Road in the Carabao Cup (Image: PA)
Ipswich Town will host Premier League champions Arsenal in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
The Blues reached this stage of the competition by beating Leicester City 3-1 at Portman Road last night, thanks to a strike from Sindre Walle Egeli and a stunning brace from Marcelino Nunez.
They will now face the Gunners at Portman Road with a place in the fourth round on the line.
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With Mikel Arteta's side participating in the UEFA Champions League, the fixture will be played in the week commencing Monday, October 14th.
The two teams last met in the competition in the 2011 semi-finals, where Tamas Priskin's strike handed Town a 1-0 victory on Suffolk soil before Arsenal secured a 3-0 win at the Emirates Stadium to reach the final.