Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Start time and third round ball numbers as Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Utd ties decided

There could be NINE Premier League teams playing in Europe this season, so therefore also entering the Carabao Cup in the third round stage: Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Brighton (if they qualify for the Conference League) and Crystal Palace.

The expanded Champions League and Europa League format means the Carabao Cup third round is now played across two weeks, commencing Monday 7 September and Monday 14 September.

As the first week of the Champions League takes place in the week commencing Monday 7 September, those five Champions League teams (Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd and Aston Villa) have to play the following week.

While the three teams involved in the Europa League (Bournemouth, Sunderland and Crystal Palace) play in the first week, as the Europa League starts from the week commencing Monday 14 September.

The EFL states: “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. This will mean that the teams drawn in each tie will be able to fulfil the fixture in one of the allocated weeks.”

The Carabao Cup third-round draw will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football following the conclusion of Preston v Everton.

Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to watch the draw live online via the Sky Go app.

There are four more games tonight and another two tomorrow. David Moyes takes his Everton side back to where his managerial career started at Preston, Matthias Jaissle bids for a first competitive win as Newcastle boss at home to West Brom, while Tottenham host Charlton. To think that was almost a Championship fixture this season.

There are two games tomorrow, too, due to Sky Sports scheduling Fulham and Chelsea in their first Monday Night Football of the season. They are both at home, with games against Luton and Wimbledon kicking off in west London.

• Bradford City v Burnley
• Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion
• Preston North End v Everton
• Tottenham Hotspur v Charlton Athletic

• Chelsea v Luton Town
• Fulham v AFC Wimbledon

It was another good away day for Leeds as they won at Nottingham Forest for the second time in four days, while Hull avoided an exit as they scraped past Stoke on penalties. Fleetwood Town are the only fourth-tier side through after thumping Shrewsbury Town, also of League Two, while Brentford were back among the goals as they thrashed Birmingham 6-1.

Doncaster Rovers 1–3 Middlesbrough

Barnsley 3–2 Crewe Alexandra

Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Sheffield United

Blackpool 1–4 Lincoln City

Fleetwood Town 4–0 Shrewsbury Town

Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Stoke City 1–1 (4–5 p) Hull City

Nottingham Forest 0–2 Leeds United

Cardiff City 1−2 Norwich City

Cambridge United 0–1 Millwall

Ipswich Town 3–1 Leicester City

Plymouth Argyle 2–4 Coventry City

Southampton 1–4 West Ham United

Walsall 0–0(5–6p) Leyton Orient

Watford 1–5 Peterborough United

Birmingham City 1–6 Brentford

The draw for the Carabao Cup third round will take place today, Wednesday 26 August. The main draw will follow the conclusion of the second round tie between Preston and Everton which kicks off at 8pm BST, meaning the draw could start at around 10.15pm BST.

There is a pre-draw before kick-off at Deepdale, which will determine whether the Premier League sides in Europe will be home or away.

Coverage starts at 7pm BST, meaning the pre-draw is likely to take place at around 7:30pm BST.

11 Brighton & Hove Albion

26 Wolve rhampton Wanderers

27 Bradford City / Burnley

28 Newcastle United / West Bromwich Albion

29 Tottenham Hotspur / Charlton Athletic

30 Preston North End / Everton

32 Fulham / AFC Wimbledon

Before the main draw, there is a pre-draw to decide if the eight Champions League and Europa League clubs will be at home or away. This part is before Preston North End’s Round Two tie against Everton on Sky Sports.

The main draw will take place following the conclusion of Round Two tie, the first eight ties will involve those Champions League and Europa League clubs. Their home or away position will have already having been decided. They will then be drawn against a team in a separate bowl with the remaining teams in the competition – so cannot meet one another at this stage.

Following the conclusion of those eight ties being drawn, the final eight ties will be drawn as normal.

From Round Three onwards, there is no longer a divide between the Northern and Southern sections.

Welcome to The Independent’s coverage of tonight’s Carabao Cup third round draw.

All of the second round ties are being played during this week with four more matches taking place tonight ahead of the draw for the third round.

Those Premier League sides who are participating in European competition will enter the tournament in this round including the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United.

We’ll take you through all the updates from tonight’s matches as well as the draw itself so stick with us for all the details you’ll need.