New Delhi, October 24: Indian fans can now watch The English Football League (EFL) Cup only on VEQTA.in.
The 8 matches will be spread across two days - Wednesday and Thursday, October 25 and 26, 2017; 12:15am onwards (IST).
Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Tottenham Hotspur along with 11 other teams will battle it out for qualification to the Quarter Finals.
The EFL cup also known as the Carabao Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football.
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Varun Mathur, Co-founder & Director, VEQTA said, "We are thrilled to be streaming the matches Live for the English Football League (Carabao Cup) in India.
"India has one of the largest fan bases in the world for top English football clubs, with the top six clubs having more than 50 million fans in the country. Carabao Cup is the premier knockout competition in English football and brings high octane football action to fans.
"VEQTA is excited to bring to the fans of top English Football teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham, all the action from all the rounds of the Carabao Cup (EFL) in 2017-18 only on VEQTA.
"We are committed to bringing the best of world football to fans in India through the platform."
This is the first time that a football tournament of this magnitude is being broadcast in India on the digital medium and not on television.
Tune-in: Wednesday and Thursday, October 25 and 26, 2017 - 12:15 AM onwards (IST)
EFL Cup Round of 16 Schedule (Timings in IST) Programme Date (In IST) Time (in IST)
25/10/17
Swansea City vs Man Utd 12:15 AM - 03:15 AM
Leicester City vs Leeds 12:15 AM - 03:15 AM
Arsenal vs Norwich City 12:15 AM - 03:15 AM
Man City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers 12:30 AM - 03:30 AM
26/10/17
Chelsea vs Everton 12:15 AM - 03:15 AM
Tottenham vs West Ham 12:30 AM - 03:30 AM
Some of the key games will be -
Swansea vs Manchester United
United are the current champions of the EFL Cup and will be looking to bounce back after their embarrassing defeat at Huddersfield Town at the weekend, which was their first league defeat this season - Swansea (15th in the PL table with 8 points in 9 games) face United (tied at 2nd in PL with 20 points in 9 games) in their second encounter this season. The last one was dominated by United as they beat Swansea 4-0 at the Liberty stadium - Swansea have proven to be tough opponents for United with their last 8 encounters giving the Swans 3 wins and a draw
Arsenal vs Norwich City
After a boisterous 5-2 thumping of Everton on Sunday (October 22), Arsenal looks to be back in form after what was a disappointing start to the league season - With chances of winning the Premier League looking bleak for the London giants, the Carabao Cup could be a key trophy for Wenger this season to justify his position at the helm of Arsenal - Last 8 games between Arsenal and Norwich - 5 wins for Arsenal, 2 draws, 1 win for Norwich
Chelsea vs Everton
Ronald Koeman (Everton's manager) looks to save his job after their team's 2-5 defeat at home at the hands of Arsenal on Sunday (October 22) saw them drop down to the relegation zone of the PL table - Last 3 games between the two have been all Chelsea victories with Chelsea scoring 10 goals and Everton scoring 0 - Just like Wenger, Koeman will also be looking at the EFL and the FA Cups for any silverware this season
All EFL matches including Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals will be available in India LIVE and Exclusive only on the VEQTA.in website and the VEQTA Sports Android application.