After a mixed performance by teams in the English Premier League over the weekend, attention has now shifted to the EFL cup where five matches are slated for today as four of the team from English premier league will match up to see who will move into the next round of the competition. The likes of Everton will be hosting premier league opponent in Watford. Everton is still leaking the wound of their last premiere league lost over the weekend. Today's match will be a total redemption for the Toffees as the manager is under serious pressure to delivered after strings of poor performance and results.
Manchester City will host Southampton who has been so poor so far in the league both at home and away, today's match against Manchester City will further mount another pressure on the manager after a poor run of results, especially after conceding nine goals against Leicester City in the Premier League over the weekend. Ordinarily,this is a match Manchester city is expected to win convincingly without switching into gear. As expected, manager of Manchester city will use the opportunity to rotate his team and give playing time to those players that have not been featuring regularly in the league.
In another match build for today is Burton Albion versus Leicester City. With current form of the Leicester city, this match make be too much for the Burton Albion to come by. In recent weeks Leicester city have grown from strength to strength winning convincingly in both away and home in the league. The very few matches they had lost thus season were narrowly lost.
