Carabao Cup third round draw details confirmed

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·27 de agosto de 2025

Carabao Cup third round draw details confirmed

The Magpies - holders of the trophy, having won the competition thanks to March's unforgettable 2-1 win over Liverpool in last season's final at Wembley - enter along with the eight other Premier League clubs currently competing in UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League).

Eddie Howe's side are one of 32 sides in the draw, with 23 of those having secured their place with victories in the second round.

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The EFL have implemented a number of additional conditions for the third round draw, as a result of the expansion of the European competition calendar.

Fixtures will take place across two weeks (beginning Monday 15th and Monday 22nd September), with fixtures in the Champions League (week beginning Monday 15th September) and Europa League (week beginning Monday 22nd September) also scheduled during this period.

With UEFA competition fixtures unable to be rescheduled, the additional conditions mean that clubs participating in the Champions League or Europa League meet each other in the third round and therefore both teams drawn in each tie will be able to fulfil the fixture in one of the allocated weeks. Crystal Palace's potential Conference League participation would start in October and as such have no scheduling impact on the third round.

The EFL have confirmed that two separate bowls will be utilised for Wednesday evening's draw, which will take place on Sky Sports after to Grimsby Town's tie with Manchester United. One bowl consists of the eight Champions League and Europa League clubs, and one consisting of the remaining 24 clubs.

As the balls will be split across two pots, a pre-draw - which will take place in the build-up to the Mariners' clash with the Red Devils - will be required to determine whether each of the eight teams competing in European competition will be playing at home or away.

Once the first eight ties featuring the eight teams in European competition have been drawn, the remaining eight ties will then be drawn from the second bowl only.

The full list of ball numbers is as follows:

1 Arsenal

2 Aston Villa

3 Barnsley

4 Bradford City

5 Brentford

6 Burnley

7 Cambridge United

8 Cardiff City

9 Chelsea

10 Crystal Palace

11 Doncaster Rovers