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Everton's Capital One Cup second round clash with Barnsley will be shown live on Sky Sports.

The Blues will travel to Oakwell to face the League One outfit on Wednesday, August 26 (kick off 7.45pm).

It is a fixture which will have significance for defenders John Stones, who moved to Goodison from the Tykes in 2013, and new signing Mason Holgate, who followed him this week.

Everton last faced Barnsley in a competitive game back in February 1998, drawing 2-2 with Duncan Ferguson and Tony Grant on target at Oakwell. Earlier that season, they beat the Tykes 4-2 at Goodison.

Roberto Martinez has already suggested his side are ready to give the League Cup their full attention this season. Everton have never won the competition, and have not advanced beyond the fourth round since the 2007/08 season.

“We were heavily tested with European campaign last season and feel ready to be tested again,” Martinez said.

“We want to embrace the cup competitions and are going to use those to see how far we can go, knowing that the past has not worked in our favour.

“But it is an interesting target for us to overturn that and find some success in a competition that over the years, for one reason or another, has turned its back on us.

“As a group we are ready to be tested, this is not a season we just want to concentrate on the league, it’s a season that every competition we go into, we show what we learnt from last season.”