{"id":562448,"date":"2020-08-18T05:37:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T09:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=562448"},"modified":"2020-08-18T05:56:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T09:56:13","slug":"carabao-cup-first-round-draw-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/18\/carabao-cup-first-round-draw-full\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carabao Cup First Round Draw in Full"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Carabao Cup<\/a> is set to signal the beginning of a long-awaited new season as 70 teams battle it out in the first round. For the first time this year, in an enforced change due to scheduling, the first four rounds will take place in September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first-round games involving League One and Two clubs<\/a> will take place on September 5. However, if a fixture involves a Championship<\/a> club, it will be rearranged for a later date due to the international break.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another rule change ahead of the season, to help ease the tight scheduling throughout the season, is the scrapping of the second leg in the semi-final ties.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carabao Cup Draw\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

North Section Draw<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tranmere Rovers v Harrogate Town<\/span><\/p>\n

Crewe Alexandra v Lincoln City<\/span><\/p>\n

Walsall v Sheffield Wednesday\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rochdale v Huddersfield Town<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Preston North End v Mansfield Town<\/span><\/p>\n

Bolton Wanderers v Bradford City<\/span><\/p>\n

Blackburn Rovers v Doncaster Rovers<\/span><\/p>\n

Stoke City<\/a> v Blackpool\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic<\/span><\/p>\n

Grimsby Town v Morecambe\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Middlesborough v Shrewsbury\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Derby County v Barrow<\/span><\/p>\n

Scunthorpe United v Port Vale<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunderland<\/a> v Hull City<\/span><\/p>\n

Burton Albion v Accrington Stanley<\/span><\/p>\n

Salford City v Rotherham United<\/span><\/p>\n

Barnsley v Nottingham Forrest<\/span><\/p>\n

Oldham Athletic v Carlise United<\/span><\/p>\n

South Section Draw<\/span><\/h3>\n

Bristol City v Exeter City<\/span><\/p>\n

Plymouth Argyle v Queens Park Rangers<\/span><\/p>\n

Swindon Town v Charlton Athletic\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Forest Green Rovers v Leyton Orient\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MK Dons v Coventry City<\/span><\/p>\n

Crawley Town v Millwall<\/span><\/p>\n

Stevenage v Portsmouth<\/span><\/p>\n

Peterborough United v Cheltenham Town<\/span><\/p>\n

Brentford v Wycombe Wanderers<\/span><\/p>\n

Northampton Town v\u00a0Cardiff City<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Luton Town v\u00a0Norwich City<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Birmingham City v Cambridge United<\/span><\/p>\n

Newport County vs Swansea City<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Oxford United v AFC Wimbledon\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading v Colchester United<\/span><\/p>\n

Gillingham v Southend United<\/span><\/p>\n

Ipswich Town v Bristol Rovers\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Carabao Cup –\u00a0<\/span>Stand Out Games<\/h3>\n

With the draw complete, we can begin to take a look at some interesting games with a couple games, in particular, standing out. Those games, of course, Sunderland<\/a> v Hull City and Newport County v Swansea City, a Welsh derby. It will certainly be a Carabao Cup competition to keep an eye on this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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