Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Updates as Leeds, Sheffield United and more learn first-round fate

The draw for the first round of the League Cup takes place ahead of the competition beginning in early August

The Carabao Cup first-round draw helps mark the start of the new domestic football season (PA)

With the country in the grip of international competition fever over Euro 2024, we may feel like the start of the 2024/25 season is something in the distant future.

However, this morning sees the draw for the first round of the Carabao Cup, with teams from the Championship to League Two learning their opponents at the start of what they hope will be a dream cup run.

The draw takes place at 11.30am, with a regionalised system meaning that teams are drawn against other sides from their respective region – either the 32-team southern section or 38-team northern section.

The majority of Premier League sides enter the competition at the second round, with the seven that are competing in European competition – Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United – entering at the third-round stage.

Follow all the updates below as the ties are drawn from 11.30am onwards:

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

• The draw for the first round of the Carabao Cup has been made
• First-round draw in full
• Ties will be played on the week commencing 12 August
• Premier League sides enter the competition at the second round

[27 June 2024 11:38 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

That concludes the southern draw, and we’ll have the northern section any minute now.

[27 June 2024 11:36 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

11. Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City

12. Watford v MK Dons

13. Swansea City v Gillingham

14. Plymouth Argyle v Cheltenham

15. Leyton Orient v Newport County

16. Colchester United v Reading

[27 June 2024 11:35 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

6. Bromley v AFC Wimbledon

7 . Portsmouth v Millwall

8. Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers

9. Bristol City v Coventry

10. Cardiff City v Bristol Rovers

[27 June 2024 11:33 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

1 . Cambridge v QPR

2. Walsall v Exeter

3. Crawley Town v Swindon Town

4. Oxford United v Peterborough

5. Norwich City v Stevenage

[27 June 2024 11:32 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

The teams will be drawn by two-time League Cup winner Frank Sinclair – who won with Chelsea and Leicester – and Gary McAllister, who won as part of a treble of sorts with Liverpool in 2001.

We start with the southern draw.

[27 June 2024 11:28 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

The road to Wembley starts in less than five minutes time.

Every game of this season’s competition will be shown on Sky Sports.

[27 June 2024 11:20 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

Just 10 minutes until the draw now. Who are you hoping to see your team draw?

A reminder that the draw will take place live on Sky Sports News.

[27 June 2024 11:15 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

There are certainly some interesting potential ties in the first round, with the regionalised system offering the potential for many local rivalries to be played out.

Up north, Stoke City and Port Vale could be a tasty fixture, as could Blackpool v Preston North End. Sheffield United vs Sheffield Wednesday would be a real stand-out fixture.

In the south, a Bristol derby would stand out, as would AFC Wimbledon v MK Dons. Cardiff v Swanses is always an interesting one, though we see plenty of that fixture nowadays.

[27 June 2024 11:08 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

Between 2005 and 2013, the competition was against dominated by what is now the ‘Big 6’, with Spurs winning their fourth trophy in 2008 with a 2-1 victory over Chelsea.

In 2011, Birmingham beat Arsenal 2-1 courtesy of an 89th-minute goal from Obafemi Martins.

Though the winners often come from the top Premier League sides, there’s plenty of variation in the other sides who make the final.

Since 2000, teams including Tranmere Rovers, Bolton, Wigan, Cardiff, Sunderland and Southampton have all made the final.

[27 June 2024 10:58 · Chris Wilson]

Carabao Cup first-round draw LIVE

The first round fixtures will take place in the week commencing 12 August – the same week the lower leagues begin their league campaigns.

The competition has been dominated by the bigger sides of late, with Swansea City the last team outside of the Premier League ‘Big 6’ to win the competition. That victory came in 2012/13, when they beat an overachieving Bradford City side who were in League Two at the time!