2026/27 Carabao Cup Third Round draw live and in full

It’s that time again, the 2026/27 Carabao Cup Third Round draw, live and in full as each tie gets drawn out.

As per their website, it’ll be done on Sky Sports Football on Wednesday the 26th of August.

We will see 9 Premier League teams involved in European competition enter at this stage of the competition.

The Carabao Cup is regionalised until the Third Round, with the draw for First and Second split into Northern and Southern sections.

EFL state: “As a result of the expanded European competition calendar, and the associated fixture clashes it presents, the EFL will again be required to implement additional conditions for the Carabao Cup Round Three draw.

“Carabao Cup Round Three fixtures will take place across two weeks (week beginning 7 and 14 September), with fixtures in the UEFA Champions League (week beginning 7 September) and UEFA Europa League (week beginning 14 September) also scheduled during this period.

“As UEFA competition fixtures cannot be rescheduled, and to enable the Carabao Cup to proceed within its agreed schedule without disrupting other League or domestic cup fixtures, the additional conditions will ensure that the eight Clubs participating in the Champions League or Europa League cannot meet each other in Round Three of the Carabao Cup.

“Before the main draw, there will be a pre-draw to decide whether each of the eight Champions League and Europa League Clubs will be at home or away. This will take place live on @SkyFootball during the build-up to Preston North End’s Round Two tie against Everton.

“In the main draw, to be conducted after the Round Two tie, the first eight ties will involve those Champions League and Europa League Clubs, with their home or away position already having been decided, and each will be drawn against a club from a separate bowl containing the remaining teams.

“Once those eight ties have been drawn, the final eight ties will be drawn as normal.”

CARABAO CUP THIRD ROUND DRAW:

Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough
Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Manchester City v Norwich City
Sunderland v Hull City
Ipswich Town v Arsenal
Coventry City v Aston Villa
AFC Bournemouth v Lincoln City
Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea or Luton Town v Leeds United
Millwall v Newcastle United
Fleetwood Town v Sheffield United
Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Leyton Orient v Bradford City
Reading v Brentford
Peterborough United v Barnsley
West Ham United v Fulham or AFC Wimbledon

Carabao Cup 2026/27 Round Dates

The round dates for the Carabao Cup have been confirmed as the following:

Round One: Weekend of 7-9 August 2026
Round Two: w/c 24 August 2026
Round Three: w/c 7 September and w/c 14 September 2026
Round Four: w/c 26 October 2026
Round Five: w/c 14 December 2026
Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 11 January 2027
Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 1 February 2027
Final: Sunday 21 March 2027

CARABAO CUP SECOND ROUND RESULTS:

Doncaster Rovers (3) 1–3 Middlesbrough (2)
Barnsley (3) 3–2 Crewe Alexandra (4)
Blackburn Rovers (2) 1–2 Sheffield United (2)
Blackpool (3) 1–4 Lincoln City (2)
Fleetwood Town (4) 4–0 Shrewsbury Town (4)
Sheffield Wednesday (3) 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)
Stoke City (2) 1–1 (4–5 p) Hull City (1)
Nottingham Forest (1) 0–2 Leeds United (1)
Bradford City (3) 0-0 (4-2p) Burnley (2)
Newcastle United (1) 3-2 West Bromwich Albion (2)
Preston North End (2) 0-4 Everton (1)
Cardiff City (2) 1−2 Norwich City (2)
Cambridge United (3) 0–1 Millwall (2)
Ipswich Town (1) 3–1 Leicester City (3)
Plymouth Argyle (3) 2–4 Coventry City (1)
Southampton (2) 1–4 West Ham United (2)
Stevenage (3) 0–3 Reading (3)
Walsall (4) 0–0 (5–6 p) Leyton Orient (3)
Watford (2) 1–5 Peterborough United (3)
Birmingham City (2) 1–6 Brentford (1)
Tottenham Hotspur (1) 5-1 Charlton Athletic (2)
Chelsea (1) v Luton Town (3)
Fulham (1) v AFC Wimbledon (3)

CARABAO CUP FIRST ROUND RESULTS:

Northern section
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 3–0 Port Vale (4)
Middlesbrough (2) 1–0 Wrexham (2)
Barnsley (3) 1–1(6–5 p) Wigan Athletic (3)
Bradford City (3) 2–0 Rochdale (4)
Burnley (2) 1–1(4–3 p) Notts County (3)
Burton Albion (3) 1–2 Blackburn Rovers (2)
Crewe Alexandra (4) 2–1 Accrington Stanley (4)
Derby County (2) 1–2 Lincoln City (2)
Fleetwood Town (4) 1–0 Chesterfield (4)
Grimsby Town (4) 1–3 Blackpool (3)
Preston North End (2) 1–1 (4–3 p) Huddersfield Town (3)
Salford City (4) 1–1 (3–4 p) Shrewsbury Town (4)
Sheffield Wednesday (3) 1–0 Bolton Wanderers (2)
Stockport County (3) 1–1 (4–5 p) Doncaster Rovers (3)
Stoke City (2) 2–0 Oldham Athletic (4)
Rotherham United (4) 1–4 West Bromwich Albion (2)
Mansfield Town (3) 0–3 Sheffield United (2)

Southern section
Bristol City (2) 0–1 Walsall (4)
Wycombe Wanderers (3) 1–2 Stevenage (3)
Cambridge United (3) 2–1 Barnet (4)
Queens Park Rangers (2) 1–1 (0–2 p) Millwall (2)
AFC Wimbledon (3) 1–1 (5–4 p) Newport County (4)
Bristol Rovers (4) 0–1 Peterborough United (3)
Bromley (3) 1–1 (4–5 p) Reading (3)
Cardiff City (2) 3–2 Swindon Town (4)
Gillingham (4) 0–3 Luton Town (3)
Leicester City (3) 1–0 Northampton Town (4)
Leyton Orient (3) 2–0 Oxford United (3)
Norwich City (2) 4–1 Milton Keynes Dons (3)
Swansea City (2) 0–1 Birmingham City (2)
Watford (2) 1–0 Crawley Town (4)
West Ham United (2) 3–1 Portsmouth (2)
Cheltenham Town (4) 1–3 Charlton Athletic (2)
Colchester United (4) 0–2 Southampton (2)
Plymouth Argyle (3) 2-0 Exeter City (4)

PRELIMINARY ROUND:

Tranmere Rovers (4) 2–2 (1–2 p) Rochdale (4)
York City (4) 0–2 Crawley Town (4)

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

2026 Arsenal 0 Manchester City 2

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
9 – 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
10 – Aston Villa, Man City, Tottenham
9 – 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