The draw for the for the Carabao Cup second round takes place on Wednesday night, with Premier League clubs not involved in European competition set to enter the fray against their lower-league rivals. That means the likes of Everton, Southampton and Newcastle United will be involved, as well as the three newly promoted outfits - a couple of which have been big-spending this summer already.
Last season it was Liverpool who triumphed at Wembley, beating Chelsea in a penalty shoot-out to claim a record ninth League Cup success. They, and other teams playing in Europe, enter the competition from the third-round stage, so there’s one more hurdle to navigate for sides from the EFL if they want a big match against the nation’s finest.
Eight first-round ties will be played during the evening ahead of the draw, with 35 winners from the first round going through to join Burnley, Watford and 13 Premier League teams who enter from this point. The draw remains regionalised for the second round to cut travel costs and time, with a northern and a southern section.
Follow the build-up and reaction to the Carabao Cup second-round draw below:
Now the confirmed numbers and teams on each side of the draw - just one first-round tie to play, which is West Brom vs Sheffield United tomorrow night.
Ok all the games are finished and we have our final six sides through to the next round. The most dramatic of those saw Barnsley hit a 90th-minute winner at Middlesbrough!
As the games are ending we’ll clear up the first-round results from tonight, but here are the ball numbers for each club/potential clubs, ahead of the second-round draw:
Here’s a rundown of the last 10 years in the Carabao Cup - with one team particularly dominant. Last year, Man City were knocked out by West Ham on penalties in the fourth round, before Liverpool went on to beat Chelsea in the final. They did the same in the FA Cup later in the campaign, of course.
Current scores in the games going on tonight include Blackburn thrashing Hartlepool, Sheffield Wednesday seeing off Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Barnsley drawing 0-0 and Bristol City clear of Coventry.
Chelsea left wondering what might’ve been as Timo Werner coup ends in failure
A quick look at the latest from the Premier League as we await the culmination of tonight’s games:Richard Jollyanalyses a big move from Chelsea which ended with rather a whimper, as Timo Werner goes back from whence he came.
It was day two of Project Restart in the Premier League. As grounds were emptied, belts were tightened. Or most of them, anyway. Chelsea took advantage of others’ inability to spend, turning to the bank of Roman. They activated Timo Werner’s release clause at RB Leipzig. It was a time when deploying Roman Abramovich’s funds seemed more of a legitimate ploy. And, as budgets were frozen amid uncertainty elsewhere, Chelsea stole a march on the European elite by snapping up the Bundesliga’s two most coveted young talents.
A seemingly Real Madrid-bound Kai Havertz was redirected to Stamford Bridge. Werner, who had long looked headed for Liverpool, joined his compatriot in London. Havertz has a Champions League final winner to show for a mixed time at Chelsea, along with the possibility potential will be realised. Werner has the medal but as he retreats to back to Leipzig, it is for around half his initial price. A £25m transfer fee would amount to a similar loss for Chelsea. Coupled with the probability that they will end up writing off far more on Romelu Lukaku, after his reunion came in the form of a loan back to Inter Milan, and the last examples of Abramovich’s largesse have not had the desired benefits for Chelsea. Rather than inheriting a potent attack, perhaps Clearlake Capital bought problems.
After arriving as a transfer coup, getting into goalscoring positions remained a strength of Werner’s at Chelsea – converting chances once there, however, did not and led to a crisis of confidence
Carabao Cup draw: When is the second-round draw and how can I watch?
The draw for the second round of the 2022/23 Carabao Cup will take place on Wednesday evening as a number of Premier League teams enter the fray and learn who they will face as they begin their pursuit of silverware.
The first round consists of Championship, League One and League Two clubs battling it out - with the majority of those ties taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday evening, although third-tier Cambridge stunned higher-division opponents in the form of Millwall with a 1-0 win in the opening fixture of this year’s competition last week.
However, the 13 Premier League clubs not competing in European competition this season join for the second round, as they begin their journey to succeed Liverpool as Carabao Cup champions, after the Reds beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties following a 0-0 draw in February’s final.
All you need to know to follow the draw on TV as well as live here with us:
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