Barclays Premier Trophy 2013-14!!!!

Who Has Who?

The Madridista: Swansea City & Hull City
edu1878: Everton & Fulham
LFC: Manchester United & Cardiff City
Louis O.: West Bromwich Albion & Arsenal
lwalter66: Sunderland & Tottenham Hotspur
Blue: Manchester City & Aston Villa
Akash: Stoke City & West Ham United
FM LD: Chelsea & Liverpool
BaggiesJames: Norwich City & Newcastle United
TheFMProject: Southampton & Crystal Palace

Cardiff VS Hull

Hull City face a Cardiff side who have never been in the Premier League before. Can Cardiff get off to a good start on home turf? Or will the more experienced team in Hull take the win? Here are the teams

CARDIFF CITY (4-4-2)
David Marshall
John Brayford
Mark Hudson
Matthew Connolly
Nicky Shorey
Craig Conway
Peter Whittingham
Filip Kiss
Tommy Smith
Fraizer Campbell
Andreas Cornelius

HULL CITY (3-2-3-2)
Allan McGregor
Abdoulaye Faye
James Chester
Curtis Davies
Ahmed Elmohamady
Maynor Figueroa
Corry Evans
Robert Koren
David Meyler
Matty Fryatt
Danny Graham

CARDIFF CITY 2 - 1 HULL CITY

Cardiff dominated the game, but a mistake from captain Mark Hudson just 2 minutes after they sealed the deal let Danny Graham grab a consolation for The Tigers.

Southampton VS Crystal Palace

The final newly promoted club in Crystal Palace face a tricky task away to Southampton, who impressed last season. Can Palace cause a shock? Or will the Saints go marching through?

SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-3-1)
Artur Boruc
Nathaniel Clyne
Jos Hooiveld
Dejan Lovren
Danny Fox
Morgan Schneiderlin
Victor Wanyama
Nathan Dyer
Gaston Ramirez
Adam Lallana
Rickie Lambert


CRYSTAL PALACE (4-2-3-1)
Julian Speroni
Joel Ward
Daniel Gabbidon
Paddy McCarthy
Jonathon Parr
Mile Jedinak
Owen Garvan
Yannick Bolasie
Stephen Dobbie
Jerome Thomas
Glenn Murray

SOUTHAMPTON 3 - 0 CRYSTAL PALACE

Sunderland VS Aston Villa

The toughest tie of the first round is at the Stadium Of Light, where a Sunderland side face a Benteke-less Aston Villa team. It's bound to be a tough tie for the 2 clubs, but 1 of the two will be knocked out of the trophy, and therefore relegated to the Championship.

SUNDERLAND (4-4-2)
Keiren Westwood
Phil Bardsley
Modibo Diakite
Wes Brown
John O'Shea
Stephane Sessegnon
Sebastian Larsson
David Vaughan
Emanuele Giaccherini
Jozy Altidore
Steven Fletcher

ASTON VILLA (4-1-2-1-2)
Brad Guzan
Matt Lowton
Ron Vlaar
Ciaran Clark
Antonio Luna
Karim El Ahmadi
Barry Bannan
Stephen Ireland
Charles N'Zogbia
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Andi Weimann

SUNDERLAND 0 - 1 ASTON VILLA

A stunning 89th minute goal from Andi Weimann sent Aston Villa into the second round, and Sunderland crashing out. Admittedly, Villa were lacking the skill they had with Benteke, and were the worse side, but managed to snatch a victory from right under the Black Cats' noses.

Stoke VS West Ham

A tense tie played at the Britannia Stadium between Stoke and West Ham United, neither teams making any team changes just yet. For one, it'll be too late, but which one will it be? Can the Hammers nail the game? Or will the Potters make some magic on the pitch?

Stoke Starting XI
Asmir Begovic
Ryan Shotton
Ryan Shawcross
Robert Huth
Erik Pieters
Michael Kightly
Steven N'Zonzi
Wilson Palacios
Matthew Etherington
Peter Crouch
Cameron Jerome

West Ham Starting XI
Jussi Jaaskelainen
Guy Demel
James Tomkins
Winston Reid
Razvan Rat
Alou Diarra
Jack Collison
Kevin Nolan
Joe Cole
Matt Jarvis
Andy Carroll

STOKE CITY 0 - 2 WEST HAM UNITED

A tougher game than the scoreline says, but 2 of a few of West Ham's chances transformed into goals, from Joe Cole and Andy Carroll both scoring decent, but simple, goals from the 12-yard box. A poor performance from Asmir Begovic lead to Stoke's defeat.