VAR to be used in six Carabao cup ties including this glamour tie

Six Carabao Cup third round ties will use Video Assistant Referees (VAR) as part of the technology's ongoing trial in English football.

The fixtures on Tuesday September 25 between Manchester United and Derby County at Old Trafford and Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Leicester City at Molineux will use VAR.

And on Wednesday September 26, the Arsenal vs Brentford, West Ham vs Macclesfield Town and Liverpool vs Chelsea ties will also utilise the video replays.

In addition, the third round match between Everton and Southampton, at Goodison Park on Tuesday October 2, will have VAR in operation.

It comes after VAR was trialled in four of the Carabao Cup second round fixtures last month, all at Premier League stadiums.

VAR technology allows the match referee to be alerted to contentious incidents he may have missed or called incorrectly by video officials based remotely at Stockley Park in west London.

The referee can then choose to review video replays of the incidents on a pitchside monitor and alter his original decision if necessary.

VAR checks can be used in four match-changing situations: whether a goal should be allowed to stand, whether a penalty should be awarded or not, whether a direct red card should be awarded, and in cases of mistaken identity.