Carabao Cup draw explained as Liverpool fans catch glimpse of new system

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The third round draw of the Carabao Cup is set to take place on Wednesday, but organizers have been compelled to conduct it in two stages in a brand-new system.

Cambridge, Port Vale, and Bradford are among the clubs eagerly awaiting their fate after claiming victories over higher league opponents on Tuesday.

But it's not the incomplete previous round that complicates the draw.

Rather, it's the Champions League and Europa League schedules overlapping with the Carabao Cup that has necessitated changes in the draw procedure.

UEFA's top two club competitions take precedence over the domestic cup competition.

To prevent any scheduling conflicts, teams participating in the Champions League or Europa League will be segregated in the third round.

This season, nine Premier League sides are competing in Europe, with eight of them in the Champions League and Europa League – a significant portion of the Carabao Cup's participants.

To ensure feasibility and avoid match clashes, the EFL has decided to conduct a pre-draw before the Grimsby vs

This will determine whether the eight teams involved in the Champions League or Europa League will play their third round matches at home or away.

The eight teams, namely Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle, Tottenham, Nottingham Forest, and Aston Villa, will be drawn against eight teams not participating in Europe

Here are the numbers to watch for in the Carabao Cup third round draw...

Arsenal Aston Villa Barnsley Bradford Brentford Burnley Cambridge Cardiff Chelsea Crystal Palace Doncaster Huddersfield Lincoln City Liverpool Manchester City Millwall Newcastle Nottingham Forest Port Vale Reading Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swansea Tottenham Wigan Wolves Wrexham Wycombe Everton or Mansfield Fulham or Bristol City Grimsby or Manchester United Oxford or Brighton