League One Leicester will play Northampton at home in the first round of the Carabao Cup while relegated West Ham welcome Portsmouth to the London Stadium.
The two sides discovered their opponents in Thursday’s round one draw, with all the fixtures played across August 9, 10 and 11 set to be shown live on Sky Sports.
There were other mouth-watering ties in the Southern section too as Millwall were drawn away to QPR, Plymouth at home to Exeter in a Devon derby while Championship sides Swansea and Birmingham face off.
In the Northern section, Middlesbrough were drawn at home to Wrexham while Wolves and Burnley were also handed home draws against Port Vale and Notts County respectively.
The Carabao Cup remains regionalised until the third round, with the 11 Premier League sides not in Europe entering at the second-round stage.
The nine Premier League sides in Europe – Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Brighton, Sunderland and Crystal Palace – come in for the third round.
Manchester City were last season’s Carabao Cup winners and enter in the third round
This season’s Carabao Cup includes a preliminary round, with 21st and 22nd from last season’s League Two campaign facing against the two promoted clubs from the National League in York City and Rochdale.
The preliminary ties will be: York City vs Crawley Town & Tranmere Rovers vs Rochdale. The winners will face Watford and Bradford in the first round respectively.
Full draw for Carabao Cup Round One
Southern Section
QPR vs Millwall
Cheltenham vs Charlton
Gillingham vs Luton
Cardiff vs Swindon
Bristol City vs Walsall
Plymouth vs Exeter
Bristol Rovers vs Peterborough
Watford vs York or Crawley
Cambridge vs Barnet
Norwich vs MK Dons
Colchester vs Southampton
Leyton Orient vs Oxford
Wycombe vs Stevenage
Bromley vs Reading
Swansea vs Birmingham
West Ham vs Portsmouth
AFC Wimbledon vs Newport
Leicester vs Northampton
Northern Section
Middlesbrough vs Wrexham
Rotherham vs West Brom
Barnsley vs Wigan
Mansfield vs Sheffield United
Stockport vs Doncaster
Sheffield Wednesday vs Bolton
Fleetwood vs Chesterfield
Crewe vs Accrington
Stoke vs Oldham
Wolves vs Port Vale
Burnley vs Notts County
Derby vs Lincoln
Bradford vs Tranmere or Rochdale
Burton vs Blackburn
Salford vs Shrewsbury
Grimsby vs Blackpool
Preston vs Huddersfield
Carabao Cup 2026/27 round dates
Round one: Friday August 9, Saturday August 10 and Sunday August 11
Round two: w/c August 24
Round three: w/c September 7 and w/c September 14
Round four: w/c October 26
Round five: w/c December 14
Semi final first leg: w/c January 11
Semi final second leg: w/c February 1
Final: Sunday March 21
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