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Talking points ahead of this week’s Carabao Cup second-round fixtures

Salford travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton in the second round.

The 2020-21 Carabao Cup will be whittled down to 32 teams this week as the second round takes place across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the talking points surrounding the action that lies ahead.

Harrogate on a high

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Harrogate travel to West Brom having beaten Southend 4-0 in their first ever English Football League match (Steven Paston/PA)

Salford surprise?

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Graham Alexander’s Salford take on Everton at Goodison Park (Martin Rickett/PA)

Big guns lie in wait

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Liverpool will face the winners of Bradford v Lincoln in round three (Phil Noble/PA)

Burton-Villa rematch

Aston Villa travel to League One Burton on Tuesday and the Premier League outfit, last year’s beaten finalists, will be mindful of the clubs’ last meeting. That was at the same stage of the competition, at the same venue, in 2018-19 when the Brewers won 1-0, part of a remarkable run that took them all the way to the semi-finals.

Bowyer faces Hammers

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Lee Bowyer had two stints as a West Ham player (Owen Humphreys/PA)