Carabao Cup third round draw LIVE - Everton and Liverpool ball numbers, start time, rule change

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Good evening and welcome to the Liverpool ECHO's live coverage of the Carabao Cup third round draw.

Everton are to play Mansfield Town of League One at their new Hill Dickinson Stadium before the draw takes place.

The winner of that second round clash will take their place in the pot for the third round.

Meanwhile Liverpool only enter the competition at the third round stage due to their European commitments.

Arne Slot's also side qualified for this season's Champions League.

The Reds will be hoping to go one better than last season and win the competition, as they lost the 2024/25 final at Wembley Stadium to Newcastle United.

That is if the Blues don't have anything to say about it, and go on a cup run to end their 30-year trophy drought.

In total, there will be 32 teams in the third round of the draw once all matches in the current stage have taken place.

The third round draw is scheduled to take place after Manchester United's meeting with League Two outfit Grimsby Town on Wednesday night.

Here, the ECHO will have all of the updates from the upcoming draw.