Carabao Cup draw LIVE!

The draw for the third round of the Carabao Cup takes place tonight, with 32 teams set to learn their assignments for the next stage of the competition. The Premier League clubs playing in European matches this season all enter the fray at this stage, but aside from Chelsea, they will play separately to avoid unwanted chaos in the fixture list, as UEFA has made significant overhauls to both the Champions League and Europa League.

None of Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham or Manchester United can meet in round three as those clubs have already taken part in a preliminary draw tonight to determine who plays home or away. Last night’s winners and the winners of Wednesday night’s remaining seven second round matches will, as usual, take part in the main part of the draw, which takes place after the televised Premier League clash between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle at the City Ground.

The northern and southern sections of the draw will no longer apply in round three and there will be no geographical restrictions on the matches. Follow live coverage of the 2024/25 Carabao Cup third round draw below!

Latest news on the Carabao Cup draw

• Start: approx. 22:15 BST, City Ground

• How to watch: Sky Sports

• Ball numbers

• Dates of the third round of the Carabao Cup

• Explanation of the new drawing process

Dates of the third round of the Carabao Cup

20:42 , Georg Flood

Due to the new, revised European schedule, the third round matches will be spread over two weeks in September.

The first will begin on Monday, September 16, 2024 and the second will begin on Monday, September 23, 2024.

Carabao Cup: Ball numbers for the draw

20:40 , Georg Flood

Here are the latest ball numbers for the Carabao Cup Third Round draw. Tonight’s seven Second Round matches are now almost all at half-time.

1 Arsenal

2 Aston Villa

3. Barnsley

4 Wheelbarrow

5. Blackpool

6 Bolton Wanderers

7 Brighton & Hove Albion

8 Chelsea

9 City of Coventry

10 Crystal Palace

11 Everton

12 Fleetwood Town

13 Fulham

14 Leicester City

15 Leyton Orient

16 Liverpool

17 Manchester City

18 Manchester United

19 Preston North End

20 Queens Park Rangers

21 Sheffield Wednesday

22 Stoke City

23 Tottenham Hotspur

24 Walsall

25 Watford

26 AFC Wimbledon or Ipswich Town

27 Cardiff City or Southampton

28 Colchester United or Brentford

29 Nottingham Forest or Newcastle United

30 Swansea City or Wycombe Wanderers

31 West Ham United or AFC Bournemouth

32 Wolverhampton Wanderers or Burnley

How to watch the Carabao Cup draw

20:38 , Georg Flood

TV channels: Today’s Carabao Cup third round draw will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football, hosted by Mark Chapman.

Live stream: Subscribers can also watch via the Sky Go app and for free on the Sky Sports YouTube page.

Carabao Cup third round draw live

20:36 , Georg Flood

Good evening and welcome to Standard Sport’s live coverage of the 2024/25 Carabao Cup Third Round draw.

All Premier League teams participating in European football this season will enter the competition at this time, but the top six teams from last season will be separated to avoid a clumping of dates following the drastic changes made to both the Champions League and Europa League this season.

All of these clubs took part in a preliminary draw tonight to find out who will play home or away in the third round… more on that in a moment.

A total of 32 teams are involved in today’s games. 18 second round games were decided yesterday evening, and another seven are currently underway this evening.

The draw – hosted by Mark Chapman – is expected to take place at around 10.15pm (BST), following the conclusion of the televised Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle at the City Ground.

Stay tuned for the latest news, updates and draw live.