What time is Carabao Cup draw? Round three ball numbers, TV channel and start time
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The draw for the third round of the Carabao Cup takes place tonight(Image: Eddie Keogh, Getty Images)The Carabao Cup is set to welcome the remaining Premier League clubs into the competition when the third round draw is made tonight.
Everton face Mansfield Town on Wednesday bidding to book their place in the third round, while Liverpool enter at the third round stage due to their European commitments.
Elsewhere, Manchester United take on Grimsby on Wednesday night while Fulham face Bristol City and Brighton play Oxford.
Here, the ECHO provides everything you need to know about the Carabao Cup third round draw:
The Carabao Cup third-round draw is scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
With Sky Sports broadcasting Manchester United's second-round clash at Grimsby on the same evening, which kicks off at 8pm, the draw will be held after the game.
An estimated start time of 10.15pm has been pencilled in, though this could be delayed if the fixture requires a penalty shootout.
There will be no extra time.
A 'pre-draw' will be held before the main draw to decide whether the nine clubs in the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League will play their matches at home or away - these clubs cannot play each other in round three.
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In the UK, the Carabao Cup draw will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports News.
Subscribers can also tune into a live stream online via the Sky Go app.
Now TV customers who have a Sports Membership can also watch the draw.
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
12 Huddersfield Town
13 Lincoln City
14 Liverpool
15 Manchester City
16 Millwall
17 Newcastle United
18 Nottingham Forest
19 Port Vale
20 Reading
21 Sheffield Wednesday
22 Southampton
23 Swansea City
24 Tottenham Hotspur
25 Wigan Athletic
26 Wolverhampton Wanderers
27 Wrexham
28 Wycombe Wanderers
29 Everton or Mansfield Town
30 Fulham or Bristol City
31 Grimsby Town or Manchester United
32 Oxford United or Brighton & Hove Albion
The Carabao Cup third round will be played with fixtures spread across two weeks due to clashes with Champions League and Europa League matches.
The first set of games will kick off in the week commencing 15 September 2025, followed by the rest in the week starting 22 September 2025.
Norwich 0-3 Southampton.
Reading 2-1 AFC Wimbledon.
Bournemouth 0-2 Brentford.
Millwall 2-1 Coventry.
Wolves 3-2 West Ham.
Swansea 1-1 Plymouth (Swansea win 5-3 on penalties).
Bromley 1-1 Wycombe (Wycombe win 5-4 on penalties).
Cardiff 3-0 Cheltenham.
Cambridge Utd 3-1 Charlton.
Burton 0-1 Lincoln.
Accrington 0-2 Doncaster.
Wigan 1-0 Stockport.
Stoke 0-3 Bradford.
Burnley 2-1 Derby.
Sunderland 1-1 Huddersfield (Huddersfield win 6-5 on penalties).
Birmingham 0-1 Port Vale.
Preston 2-3 Wrexham.
Barnsley 2-1 Rotherham.
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Leeds (Sheffield Wednesday win 3-0 on penalties).
The remaining second-round ties are as follows:
Everton vs Mansfield.
Fulham vs Bristol City.
Oxford vs Brighton.
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Grimsby vs Man Utd.
These matches are being played on Wednesday, 27 August.