Time to check out the 2025/26 Carabao Cup Second Round draw live and in full as 11 Premier League enter this stage of the competition.
This draw takes place live during the build-up to Birmingham City’s Round One tie against Sheffield United on Sky Sports Football on Wednesday the 13th August.
Sky Sports presenter Mark Chapman will host the draw at approximately 7:20pm, which includes the introduction of the 11 Premier League Clubs not taking part in European competitions.
The Carabao Cup remains regionalised in the early rounds, with the draw split into a Southern and Northern Section until Round Three.
Round Two ties will take place on the week commencing 25 August.
BALL NUMBERS:
North Section
1 – Accrington Stanley
2 – Bradford City
3 – Burnley
4 – Derby County
5 – Doncaster Rovers
6 – Everton
7 – Grimsby Town
8 – Leeds United
9 – Lincoln City
10 – Manchester United
11 – Mansfield Town
12 – Port Vale
13 – Preston North End
14 – Rotherham United
15 – Stockport County
16 – Stoke City
17 – Sunderland
18 – Wigan Athletic
19 – Wrexham
20 – Barnsley or Fleetwood Town
21 – Birmingham City or Sheffield United
22 – Bolton Wanderers or Sheffield Wednesday
23 – Huddersfield Town or Leicester City
24 – Tranmere Rovers or Burton Albion
South Section
1 – AFC Bournemouth
2 – AFC Wimbledon
3 – Brentford
4 – Brighton & Hove Albion
5 – Bristol City
6 – Bromley
7 – Cambridge United
8 – Cardiff City
9 – Charlton Athletic
10 – Coventry City
11 – Fulham
12 – Millwall
13 – Norwich City
14 – Oxford United
15 – Plymouth Argyle
16 – Reading
17 – Southampton
18 – Swansea City
19 – West Ham United
20 – Wolverhampton Wanderers
21 – Wycombe Wanderers
22 – Cheltenham Town or Exeter City
👇 CARABAO CUP SECOND ROUND DRAW LIVE AND IN FULL 👇
Northern section
Tranmere or Burton vs Lincoln
Accrington vs Doncaster
Wigan vs Stockport
Stoke vs Bradford
Burnley vs Derby
Sunderland vs Huddersfield
Birmingham vs Port Vale
Preston vs Wrexham
Barnsley vs Rotherham
Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds
Everton vs Mansfield
Grimsby vs Man Utd
Southern section
Fulham vs Bristol City
Norwich vs Southampton
Oxford vs Brighton
Reading vs AFC Wimbledon
Bournemouth vs Brentford
Millwall vs Coventry
Wolves vs West Ham
Swansea vs Plymouth
Bromley vs Wycombe
Cardiff vs Cheltenham
Cambridge vs Charlton
Preliminary Round – Northern section
Accrington Stanley (4) 3–1 Oldham Athletic (4)
Preliminary Round – Southern section
Barnet (4) 2–2 (2–4 p) Newport County (4)
First round – Northern section
Barrow (4) 0–1 Preston North End (2)
Middlesbrough (2) 0–4 Doncaster Rovers (3)
Stockport County (3) 3–1 Crewe Alexandra (4)
Accrington Stanley (4) 2–1 Peterborough United (3)
Blackburn Rovers (2) 1–2 Bradford City (3)
Blackpool (3) 0–1 Port Vale (3)
Chesterfield (4) 0–2 Mansfield Town (3)
Grimsby Town (4) 3–1 Shrewsbury Town (4)
Harrogate Town (4) 1–3 Lincoln City (3)
Salford City (4) 0–0 (2–3 p) Rotherham United (3)
Stoke City (2) 0–0 (4–3 p) Walsall (4)
West Bromwich Albion (2) 1–1 (2–3 p) Derby County (2)
Wigan Athletic (3) 1–0 Notts County (4)
Wrexham (2) 3–3 (5–3 p) Hull City (2)
Barnsley (3) 2-2 (5-4p) Fleetwood Town (4)
Bolton Wanderers (3) 3-3 (2-4p) Sheffield Wednesday (2)
Huddersfield Town (3) 2-2 (2-3p) Leicester City (2)
Birmingham City (2) 2-1 Sheffield United (2)
Tranmere Rovers (4) v Burton Albion (3)
First round – Southern section
Swansea City (2) 3–1 Crawley Town (4)
Newport County (4) 0–1 Millwall (2)
Bristol City (2) 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons (4)
Bristol Rovers (4) 0–2 Cambridge United (4)
Cardiff City (3) 2–1 Swindon Town (4)
Charlton Athletic (2) 3–1 Stevenage (3)
Coventry City (2) 1–0 Luton Town (3)
Gillingham (4) 1–1 (2–4 p) AFC Wimbledon (3)
Leyton Orient (3) 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers (3)
Northampton Town (3) 0–1 Southampton (2)
Oxford United (2) 1–0 Colchester United (4)
Plymouth Argyle (3) 3–2 Queens Park Rangers (2)
Portsmouth (2) 1–2 Reading (3)
Watford (2) 1–2 Norwich City (2)
Bromley (4) 1–1 (5–4 p) Ipswich Town (2)
Cheltenham Town (4) 2-0 Exeter City (3)
Carabao Cup 2025/26 Round Dates
The round dates for the Carabao Cup have been confirmed as the following:
Preliminary Round: w/c 4 August 2025
Round One: w/c 11 August 2025
Round Two: w/c 25 August 2025
Round Three: w/c 15 September and w/c 22 September 2025*
Round Four: w/c 27 October 2025
Round Five: w/c 15 December 2025
Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 12 January 2026
Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 2 February 2026
Final: Sunday 22 March 2026
*Round Three will take place on the same basis as 2024/25, with split weeks for those Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
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LIST OF LEAGUE CUP FINALS
Final played over 2 legs between 1961 and 1966
1961
Rotherham United 2 ASTON VILLA 0
ASTON VILLA 3 Rotherham United 0 aet, VILLA won 3-2 on aggregate
1962
Rochdale 0 NORWICH CITY 3
NORWICH CITY 1 Rochdale 0
NORWICH won 4-0 on aggregate
1963
BIRMINGHAM CITY 3 Aston Villa 1
Aston Villa 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY 0
BIRMINGHAM won 3-1 on aggregate
1964
Stoke City 1 LEICESTER CITY 1
LEICESTER CITY 3 Stoke City 2
LEICESTER won 4-3 on aggregate
1965 CHELSEA 3 Leicester City 2
Leicester City 0 Chelsea 0
CHELSEA won 3-2 on aggregate
1966
West Ham United 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4 West Ham United 1
WBA won 5-3 on aggregate
Final played as single game at Wembley 1967-2000 and since 2008; at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2001-2007
1967 Queen’s Park Rangers 3 West Bromwich Albion 2
1968 Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0
1969 Swindon Town 3 Arsenal 1 (aet)
1970 Manchester City 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 (aet)
1971 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Aston Villa 0
1972 Stoke City 2 Chelsea 1
1973 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Norwich City 0
1974 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Manchester City 1
1975 Aston Villa 1 Norwich City 0
1976 Manchester City 2 Newcastle United 1
1977 Aston Villa 3 Everton 2 (aet, after 0-0, 1-1 draws)
1978 Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 (after 0-0 draw)
1979 Nottingham Forest 3 Southampton 2
1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Nottingham Forest 0
1981 Liverpool 2 West Ham United 1 (after 1-1 draw)
1982 Liverpool 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (aet)
1983 Liverpool 2 Manchester United 1 (aet)
1984 Liverpool 1 Everton 0 (after 0-0 draw)
1985 Norwich City 1 Sunderland 0
1986 Oxford United 3 Queen’s Park Rangers 0
1987 Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1
1988 Luton Town 3 Arsenal 2
1989 Nottingham Forest 3 Luton Town 1
1990 Nottingham Forest 1 Oldham Athletic 0
1991 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Manchester United 0
1992 Manchester United 1 Nottingham Forest 0
1993 Arsenal 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1
1994 Aston Villa 3 Manchester United 1
1995 Liverpool 2 Bolton Wanderers 1
1996 Aston Villa 3 Leeds United 0
1997 Leicester City 1 Middlesbrough 0 (aet, after 1-1 draw)
1998 Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 (aet)
1999 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Leicester City 0
2000 Leicester City 2 Tranmere Rovers 1
2001 Liverpool 1 Birmingham City 1 (aet, 5-4 pen)
2002 Blackburn Rovers 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
2003 Liverpool 2 Manchester United 0
2004 Middlesbrough 2 Bolton Wanderers 1
2005 Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2 (aet)
2006 Manchester United 4 Wigan Athletic 0
2007 Chelsea 2 Arsenal 1
2008 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Chelsea 1
2009 Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (aet, 4-1 pen)
2010 Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 1
2011 Birmingham City 2 Arsenal 1
2012 Liverpool 2 Cardiff City 2 (aet, 3-2 pen)
2013 Swansea City 5 Bradford City 0
2014 Manchester City 3 Sunderland 1
2015 Chelsea 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0
2016 Manchester City 1 Liverpool 1 (aet, 3-1 pen)
2017 Manchester United 3 Southampton 2
2018 Manchester City 3 Arsenal 0
2019 Manchester City 0 Chelsea 0 (aet, 4-3 pen)
2020 Manchester City 2 Aston Villa 1
2021 Manchester City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0
2022 Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0 (aet, 11-10 pen)
2023 Manchester United 2 Newcastle United 0
2024 Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0 (aet)
2025 Newcastle United 2 Liverpool 1
Competition known as Milk Cup from 1982-83 to 1985-86
Competition known as Littlewoods Challenge Cup from 1986-87 to 1989-90
Competition known as Rumbelows Cup from 1990-91 to 1992-93
Competition known as Coca-Cola Cup from 1993-94 to 1997-98
Competition known as Worthington Cup from 1998-99 to 2002-03
Competition known as Carling Cup from 2003-04 to 2011-12
Competition known as Capital One Cup from 2012-13 to 2015-16
Competition known as EFL Cup in 2016-17
Competition known as Carabao Cup from 2017-18
Winners
10 – Liverpool
8 – Man City
6 – Man Utd
5 – Aston Villa, Chelsea
4 – Nott’m Forest, Tottenham
3 – Leicester City
2 – Wolves, Norwich City, Arsenal, Birmingham
1 – West Brom, QPR, Leeds, Swindon, Stoke, Oxford, Luton, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Swansea, Newcastle
Finalists
15 – Liverpool
10 – Man Utd, Chelsea
9 – Aston Villa, Man City, Tottenham
8 – Arsenal
6 – Nottingham Forest
5 – Leicester City
4 – Norwich City
3 – West Brom, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Newcastle
2 – Stoke, Wolves, West Ham, Everton, QPR, Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds, Bolton, Sunderland, Southampton
1 – Rotherham, Rochdale, Swindon, Oxford, Oldham, Tranmere, Blackburn, Wigan, Cardiff, Swansea, Bradford
