New process for Carabao Cup third round draw | News

Wednesday evening will see our Carabao Cup marketing campaign start as we be taught our opponents within the third spherical – however this yr the draw will probably be barely completely different.

As a result of enlargement of each the Champions League and the Europa League, two further European matchweeks have been added to the calendar, which coincide with the Carabao Cup third spherical dates, which be staggered the weeks commencing sixteenth and twenty third September.

To make sure there isn’t any conflict of fixture dates for groups taking part in in these competitions, two bowls will probably be used for the draw – bowl one will comprise the six groups who’ve reached the Champions League and Europa League – together with ourselves – whereas bowl two has the opposite 26 golf equipment. Which means that Manchester Metropolis, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Tottenham and ourselves can’t face one another within the third spherical.

These six groups will probably be pre-drawn to find out whether or not they’ll be at house or away for the third spherical, and slotted individually into the primary six ties. Then when the principle draw will get underway, groups from pot 2 will probably be paired with one European group to finish the primary six ties, after which the remaining 10 will probably be drawn from the remainder of the groups in pot 2.

This may solely be the case for the third spherical – the remainder of the competitors will observe the standard free-draw format.

The draw will happen on Wednesday evening following the conclusion of the Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United tie on the Metropolis Floor, and be proven dwell on Sky Sports activities.