Carabao Cup First Round Draw Information

The draw for the first round of the 2025/26 Carabao Cup will take place on Thursday afternoon.

Unlike in previous years, this season's edition of the competition will begin with a preliminary round, due to the increased number of Premier League sides competing in Europe that won't enter until Round Three.

Starting at 4.20pm on Sky Sports News, Newport County, Accrington Stanley, Barnet and Oldham Athletic will be drawn in the preliminary round, with the first round draw set to commence immediately afterwards.

Argyle will feature in the Southern Section of the draw. The ball numbers are as follows:

1 AFC Wimbledon
2 Bristol City
3 Bristol Rovers
4 Bromley
5 Cambridge United
6 Cardiff City
7 Charlton Athletic
8 Cheltenham Town
9 Colchester United
10 Coventry City
11 Crawley Town
12 Exeter City
13 Gillingham
14 Ipswich Town
15 Leyton Orient
16 Luton Town
17 Millwall
18 Milton Keynes Dons
19 Northampton Town
20 Norwich City
21 Oxford United
22 Plymouth Argyle
23 Portsmouth
24 Queens Park Rangers
25 Reading
26 Southampton
27 Stevenage
28 Swansea City
29 Swindon Town
30 Watford
31 Wycombe Wanderers
32 Barnet or Newport County

Round One fixtures will take place on the week commencing 11 August.