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Carabao Cup draw LIVE stream: How to watch second round draw on TV and online
CARABAO CUP draw live stream - here’s how to watch the second round draw on TV and online.
Premier League champions Manchester City are looking to retain their Carabao Cup title after beating Arsenal in the final last season.
But the duo, along with the rest of the Premier League big boys, don’t enter the competition until the third round.
FOLLOW THE CARABAO CUP DRAW LIVE - HERE!
There are plenty of big name Premier League teams not competing in Europe who will enter the draw in the third round though and Express Sport will be on hand to bring you live updates of the draw.
Here’s all you need to know about tonight’s draw.
Carabao Cup draw - When is it taking place?
The third round draw takes place tonight (Thursday, August 16) at 7pm.
The draw is due to take place before Sunderland’s match against Sheffield Wednesday.
Pundits Mick McCarthy and Chris Waddle will conduct the draw from 7pm, with presenter David Prutton overseeing proceedings.
The second round ties be held on the week beginning Monday, August 27.
Carabao Cup draw live stream
The draw will be shown on Sports Main Event (Sky channel 401, Sky HD 855, Virgin channel 511, BT TV 402, TalkTalk 402) and Sky Sports Football (Sky channel 403, Sky HD 857, Virgin channel 513, TalkTalk 404).
Coverage will begin at 7pm.
This means the highly-anticipated draw can be followed on your desktop or laptop using the Sky Go app, which if you’re an existing customer, is also available on iOS, Android smartphone and tablet devices.
Sky Go is also available on a number of platforms including Amazon Fire devices, iPad tablets, Mac computers and laptops, Playstation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The Sky Sports app, available to download on iOS and Android devices, will also be providing live text coverage and updates.
If you're not currently a Sky Sports customer but can't stand to miss out on the action, you can add the channels to your box via a NOW TV subscription.
Day passes, which let you add Sky Sports channels for 24 hours, cost £7.99 a day, with a weekly pass priced at £12.99 and no locking into a contract.
NOW TV doesn't even require a typical television to use, as it is also available on a NOW TV Box, Chromecast, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Roku, LG Smart TV, PC or Mac, and selected mobile and tablet devices.
Carabao Cup draw: Ball numbers
NORTH
1. Aston Villa
2. Blackburn
3. Blackpool
4. Burton Albion
5. Derby
6. Doncaster
7. Everton
8. Fleetwood
9. Huddersfield
10. Hull
11. Leeds
12. Leicester
13. Lincoln
14. Macclesfield
15. Mansfield
16. Middlesbrough
17. Newcastle
18. Nottingham Forest
19. Preston
20. Rochdale
21. Rotherham
22. Stoke
23. Walsall
24. West Brom
25. Wolves
26. Sunderland/Sheffield Wednesday
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SOUTH
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 AFC Wimbledon
3 Brentford
4 Brighton
5 Bristol Rovers
6 Cardiff
7 Cheltenham
8 Crystal Palace
9 Exeter
10 Forest Green Rovers
11 Fulham
12 Millwall
13 MK Dons
14 Newport
15 Norwich
16 Oxford United
17 Plymouth
18 Queens Park Rangers
19 Reading
20 Southampton
21 Swansea
22 Watford
23 West Ham
24 Wycombe