The Carabao Cup's third round is being held in Beijing, China - yes, China - in the wee hours of this morning.

The truly bizarre timing of the event is tempered by the fact that we'll be finding out which teams have landed last year's seven best teams in the UK.

The brave and bleary-eyed can follow all the updates here as the 25 winners from round two, plus the sides who qualified for European football last season, go into the hat.

Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton and Manchester United are all in the draw from 11.15am (Beijing time), which is 4.15am.

Follow it live here.

Back to bed...

Round three draw in full

There you have it. Now, how do we get that hour of our lives back...?

And that's a wrap!

Phew... that draw has aged us.

All of the ties are in and we can finally go back to bed.

See the full draw here.

South coast clash as AFC Bournemouth take on Brighton and Hove Albion

We're still going.... Spurs v Barnsley or Derby County

Crystal Palace host Huddersfield Town

West Ham v Bolton Wanderers

Chelsea face Nottingham Forest at home

Villa at home to Boro

Reading to take on Swansea

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Bristol City v Stoke City

Anyone else glad they waited up for this? No, us neither.

Arsenal at home to Doncaster Rovers

Burnley v Leeds United

Wolves to welcome Bristol Rovers

Brentford take on Norwich City

And.... the conspiracy theories have already begun

Manchester United at home to Burton Albion

Leicester will take on Liverpool

Everton to host Sunderland

FINALLY! First up - West Brom v Man City

Still waiting...

The irony’s not lost that an energy drink brand is keeping us all awake waiting for this draw.

The draw is "approaching"

We WANT to believe them. Really, we do...

This pretty much sums it up

We feel your pain, mate...

Twitter is getting restless...

Well, the draw should have started 10 minutes ago and still nothing.

Come on guys, we’re on the edge of our seats here...

It's almost time...

Only 15 minutes to go...

Newcastle beaten in extra-time!

It’s three defeats out of three for Newcastle – after Tyler Walker’s winner stunned Rafa Benitez.

The Toon boss made 10 changes playing a virtual ­second-string side who are mostly up for sale.

And Forest cashed in with a deserved win after some ­aggressive, positive attacking play capped by sub Walker’s extra-time winner.

It has been a miserable start to the new campaign by Benitez’s side.

Any other manager in ­recent times would be under the cosh, especially after not targeting the cup – their only realistic chance of winning anything. But he has credit in the bank with the Geordie fans.

A four-goal first half started with Aleksandar Mitrovic getting United’s opening goal of the season.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

Tyler Walker celebrates the extra-time winner for Nottingham Forest (
Image:
Steve Drew)

Ugly scenes as Burnley's Ashley Westwood grapples with a Blackburn fan

Jack Cork was attacked by an invading Blackburn fan in the Lancashire derby grudge match at Ewood Park.

The Burnley midfielder was celebrating his opener in Burnley’s 2-0 win over their bitter local rivals when the thug raced onto the pitch and grabbed him by the throat.

But the pitch invader got a shock when players from both teams turned on him and wrestled him to the ground.

The stewards were initially quite slow to react, but pictures showed a steward wrestling the man to the ground moments later before escorting him off the pitch.

There was an increased police presence ahead of the game at Ewood Park due to the two sides’ close geographical location and strong rivalry.

A Burnley supporters’ bus was hit with bricks as it made its way to Blackburn, and some away fans were seen setting off flares inside the stadium

Southampton ousted by Wolves

Southampton were knocked out the Carabao Cup by Wolves on Wednesday night.

The Premier League Saints were soundly beaten 2-0 by the Championship high-flyers with Danny Batth and Donovan Wilson getting on the scoresheet in the second round fixture.

Wolverhampton Wanderers' Donovan Wilson celebrates scoring their second goal (
Image:
Action Images via Reuters)