Chelsea and Tottenham will learn their opponents for the Carabao Cup second round in tonight's draw, which takes place during the build-up to the Devon derby between Plymouth and Exeter at Home Park.
The draw is scheduled for approximately 7.20pm BST on Monday, August 10, 2026, and will be hosted by Sky Sports presenter David Prutton, with pundits Jobi McAnuff and Jamie Mackie conducting the draw.
How to watch the Carabao Cup draw
The draw will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football, and Sky Sports Ultra HDR. Sky Sports subscribers can also stream it live via the Sky Go app. Standard Sport will provide a live blog covering the draw as it happens.
Which clubs are in the second round?
Eleven Premier League clubs join the 35 first-round winners in the second round. Alongside Chelsea and Tottenham, Brentford, Fulham, Newcastle, Everton, Leeds, and Nottingham Forest are involved, as are newly-promoted trio Coventry, Ipswich, and Hull.
The three teams relegated from the Premier League last season — West Ham, Burnley, and Wolves — enter in the first round. Holders Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Aston Villa, and Liverpool are competing in the Champions League, while Bournemouth, Sunderland, and Crystal Palace are in the Europa League, and Brighton in the Conference League. Those nine clubs in Europe join in the third round next month.
The Carabao Cup remains regionalised through the first and second rounds, before opening up thereafter.
First round results
Northern Section: Middlesbrough 1-0 Wrexham; Wolves 3-0 Port Vale; Barnsley 1-1 Wigan (6-5 pens); Stockport 1-1 Doncaster (4-5 pens); Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bolton; Fleetwood 1-0 Chesterfield; Crewe 2-1 Accrington Stanley; Stoke 2-0 Oldham; Burnley 1-1 Notts County (4-3 pens); Derby 1-2 Lincoln; Bradford 2-0 Rochdale; Burton 1-2 Blackburn; Salford 1-1 Shrewsbury (3-4 pens); Grimsby 1-3 Blackpool; Preston 1-1 Huddersfield (4-3 pens); Rotherham 1-4 West Brom; Mansfield 0-3 Sheffield United.
Southern Section: Bristol City 0-1 Walsall; Wycombe 1-2 Stevenage; Cambridge 2-1 Barnet; QPR 1-1 Millwall (0-2 pens); Gillingham 0-3 Luton; Cardiff 3-2 Swindon; Bristol Rovers 0-1 Peterborough; Watford 1-0 Crawley; Norwich 4-1 MK Dons; Leyton Orient 2-0 Oxford; Bromley 1-1 Reading (4-5 pens); Swansea 0-1 Birmingham; West Ham 3-1 Portsmouth; AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Newport (5-4 pens); Leicester 1-0 Northampton; Cheltenham 1-3 Charlton; Colchester 0-2 Southampton; Plymouth vs Exeter.
Ball numbers and tie dates
Ball numbers for the second-round draw will be confirmed after the bulk of the first-round ties have been played this weekend. The second-round games will be played during the week commencing August 24, returning to a more familiar midweek slot.
