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The Carabao Cup third round draw has taken place on Wednesday night.
The draw finally getting underway after Manchester United hilariously lost on penalties to Grimsby Town.
Newcastle United drawing Bradford City at St James’ Park.
Bradford are currently a League One club.
There are 32 clubs left in the competition and the 16 third round ties will be played and split over two midweeks – Weeks commencing Monday 15 September AND Monday 22 September.
Newcastle United are in Champions League action that week starting Monday 15 September, so will face Bradford City at St James’ Park on either Tuesday 23 September or Wednesday 24 September.
**Full Carabao Cup third round draw**
Port Vale v Arsenal
Swansea v Forest
Lincoln v Chelsea
Spurs v Doncaster
Brentford v Villa
Huddersfield v Man City
Liverpool v Southampton
Newcastle United v Bradford City
Sheffield Wednesday v Grimsby
Wolves v Everton
Palace v Millwall
Burnley v Cardiff
Wrexham v Reading
Wigan v Wycombe
Barnsley v Brighton
Fulham v Cambridge
**Newcastle United official [announcement](https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/news/carabao-cup-third-round-draw-details-confirmed) – 27 August 2025:**
_Newcastle United will be ball number 17 in Wednesday night’s Carabao Cup third round draw._
_The Magpies – holders of the trophy, having won the competition thanks to March’s unforgettable 2-1 win over Liverpool in last season’s final at Wembley – enter along with the eight other Premier League clubs currently competing in UEFA competitions (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League)._
_Eddie Howe’s side are one of 32 sides in the draw, with 23 of those having secured their place with victories in the second round._
_The EFL have implemented a number of additional conditions for the third round draw, as a result of the expansion of the European competition calendar._
_Fixtures will take place across two weeks (beginning Monday 15th and Monday 22nd September), with fixtures in the Champions League (week beginning Monday 15th September) and Europa League (week beginning Monday 22nd September) also scheduled during this period._
_With UEFA competition fixtures unable to be rescheduled, the additional conditions mean that clubs participating in the Champions League or Europa League meet each other in the third round and therefore both teams drawn in each tie will be able to fulfil the fixture in one of the allocated weeks. Crystal Palace’s potential Conference League participation would start in October and as such have no scheduling impact on the third round._
_The EFL have confirmed that two separate bowls will be utilised for Wednesday evening’s draw, which will take place on Sky Sports after to Grimsby Town’s tie with Manchester United. One bowl consists of the eight Champions League and Europa League clubs, and one consisting of the remaining 24 clubs._
_As the balls will be split across two pots, a pre-draw – which will take place in the build-up to the Mariners’ clash with the Red Devils – will be required to determine whether each of the eight teams competing in European competition will be playing at home or away._
_Once the first eight ties featuring the eight teams in European competition have been drawn, the remaining eight ties will then be drawn from the second bowl only._
_The full list of ball numbers is as follows:_
_1 Arsenal_
_2 Aston Villa_
_3 Barnsley_
_4 Bradford City_
_5 Brentford_
_6 Burnley_
_7 Cambridge United_
_8 Cardiff City_
_9 Chelsea_
_10 Crystal Palace_
_11 Doncaster Rovers_
_12 Huddersfield Town_
_13 Lincoln City_
_14 Liverpool_
_15 Manchester City_
_16 Millwall_
_17 Newcastle United_
_18 Nottingham Forest_
_19 Port Vale_
_20 Reading_
_21 Sheffield Wednesday_
_22 Southampton_
_23 Swansea City_
_24 Tottenham Hotspur_
_25 Wigan Athletic_
_26 Wolverhampton Wanderers_
_27 Wrexham_
_28 Wycombe Wanderers_
_29 Everton or Mansfield Town_
_30 Fulham or Bristol City_
_31 Grimsby Town or Manchester United_
_32 Oxford United or Brighton & Hove Albion_