Carabao Cup extra-time, substitute and VAR rules for Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal games

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Search The third round of the Carabao Cup resumes on Tuesday night as the Premier League clubs involved in Europe enter the fray.

The Carabao Cup's third round is set to continue on Tuesday night, with Premier League clubs involved in European competition joining the action.



The third round kicked off last week with four matches, but due to the commencement of the Champions League, most of the ties are scheduled for this week.

If a match ends in a draw after 90 minutes, it goes directly to penalties.

Extra-time will only be implemented in the semi-finals and the final if required.

What are the substitution rules in the Carabao Cup?

Each club can list up to nine players on the bench for a tie, but only five of them can be utilised.

Each team is allowed a maximum of three opportunities to make substitutions during the match, although changes at half-time do not count towards this limit.

Is VAR used in the Carabao Cup?

Unless every home club in the round has access to the system, it will not be deployed.

With a number of lower league clubs still in the competition, that clearly isn't viable.

This means there will be no VAR in the third round, which will come as a relief to many supporters.

It could be used in the semi-finals, although that is dependent on whether all four clubs can accommodate the technology.

The EFL deemed it unfair for the other semi-final match to use VAR.

Last season, VAR was used in the semi-finals, which featured four Premier League clubs.

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