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Newcastle will host Man City in the standout tie in the third round of the Carabao Cup.
Holders Manchester United will host Crystal Palace while record nine-time winners Liverpool face a home tie against Championship side Leicester and Arsenal will cross London to face Brentford.
Other intriguing ties in the draw include Chelsea against Brighton and Salford against Burnley.
Steve Cooper non committal on Brennan Johnson’s future at Nottingham Forest
By John Percy, at the City Ground
Nottingham Forest 0 Burnley 1
Brennan Johnson’s future at Nottingham Forest will dominate the next 48 hours as Tottenham ramp up their £50 million pursuit.
Johnson could have played his last game for his hometown club here as Burnley snatched a late victory after substitute Zeki Amdouni’s 90th minute strike.
Forest are now facing an anxious few days as Tottenham prepare to make their move for Johnson, who was a second-half substitute at the City Ground.
Tottenham are planning another late deal under chairman Daniel Levy and talks are expected to accelerate between the two clubs before Friday’s deadline.
Forest head coach Steve Cooper said: “There is a lot of speculation about Brennan but it’s not really affected us at the moment.
“Until we’re told differently it is business as normal. I’ve not been told if there has been any progress. We are hoping it will be a busy few days and everyone will be working hard.”
Everton just avoid embarrassing exit at Doncaster
By Ian Whittell, at the Eco-Power Stadium
Doncaster Rovers 1 Everton 2
Sean Dyche may have been offered a glimpse of Everton’s short-term future with the second-half display of new £26 million signing Beto but the difficulty with which his side dealt with League Two’s last-placed club offered a measure of the difficulties ahead.
Arnaut Danjuma, another summer arrival, won this Carabao Cup second round-tie two minutes from time but it was Beto, thrown on in desperation at the interval, who shifted the momentum even before he equalised after 71 minutes.
Seconds earlier, the Portuguese striker had missed with an attempt so laughable that it almost struck the corner flag, rather than threaten the Doncaster goal.
But within seconds, Abdoulaye Doucoure sent him racing through, holding off defender Jospeh Olowu and scoring with the neatest of first-time flicks of his right boot.
Having been outplayed for the previous 70 minutes, the Premier League side finally burst into life with Beto, again, heading against the post and Danjuma clipping the cross-bar with a skilful attempt.
Danjuma finally settled matters as he cut in front the left, skilfully exchanged passes with Neal Maupay and scored with a well-placed effort into the bottom corner.
For a team that might be, understandably, low on confidence given their status as the last-ranked team in English football, Doncaster made a dynamic start that illustrated Everton nerves – and they were rewarded a minute before the interval with a deserved lead from one of many well-worked set-pieces.
A short corner, involving Luke Molyneux and Zain Westbrooke, ended with Tommy Rowe lifting over a perfect cross that Joe Ironside headed in despite a strong suspicion of offside.
Not that Everton had not been warned. Inside the opening minute, a poor back-pass by Michael Keane allowed Westbrooke to steal the ball from goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, who was caught out of position and rescued by a desperate James Garner clearance.
The resulting corner allowed Rowe to sweep in a perfect cross that found defender Joseph Olowu unmarked only for the defender to head directly into the night sky, instead of towards goal.
It was a start that summed up the general malaise afflicting Everton: without a point or goal in the league, with yet more lingering uncertainty over ownership and coming towards the end of what has been a seemingly unproductive transfer window.
But they will be grateful at least for leaving the Eco-Power Stadium having avoided, just, an embarrassing exit.