Carabao Cup 2nd round draw ball numbers: Man Utd and 10 more Premier League sides enter the pot

FANS will be glued to the screens as they wait to see who their team will be paired against in the Carabao Cup second round draw – and the ball numbers have been revealed.

Manchester United’s 15th-place finish and Europa League final defeat last season meant that they missed out on European football for the 2025/26 campaign.

And as a result, the Red Devils will be in the hat as early as the second round of this season’s Carabao Cup competition.

They could be drawn against Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney’s Wrexham in the second round.

They will be joined by the ten other Premier League sides that have no European commitments, and 35 EFL clubs that are victorious in the first round.

SunSport can reveal what the Carabao Cup second round ball numbers are.

What are the Carabao Cup second round draw ball numbers?

The draw will once again be split into North and South sides of the draw.

For sides like Bromley, who have already upset Ipswich, this means no Man Utd away day awaits just yet.

North:

1. Accrington Stanley
2. Bradford
3. Burnley
4. Derby
5. Doncaster
6. Everton
7. Grimsby
8. Leeds
9. Lincoln
10. Man Utd
11. Mansfield
12. Port Vale
13. Preston North End
14. Rotherham
15. Stockport
16. Stoke
17. Sunderland
18. Wigan
19. Wrexham
20. Barnsley or Fleetwood
21. Birmingham or Sheffield United
22. Bolton or Sheffield Wednesday
23. Huddersfield or Leicester
24. Tranmere or Burton Albion

South

1. Bournemouth
2. Wimbledon
3. Brentford
4. Brighton
5. Bristol City
6. Bromley
7. Cambridge
8. Cardiff
9. Charlton
10. Coventry
11. Fulham
12. Millwall
13. Norwich
14. Oxford United
15. Plymouth
16. Reading
17. Southampton
18. Swansea
19. West Ham
20. Wolves
21. Wycombe
22. Cheltenham or Exeter

When is the Carabao Cup second round draw?

The Carbao Cup second round draw will take place on Wednesday, August 13.

It is scheduled to get underway during the build-up to Birmingham vs Sheffield United at St Andrew’s.

That means the draw will begin at 7:20pm BST on Sky Sports.

Carabao Cup 2025/26 key dates

• Round two: week commencing 25 August 2025
• Round three: split between week commencing 15 September and 22 September 2025 to accommodate clubs participating in Champions League and Europa League
• Round four: week commencing 27 October 2025
• Round five: week commencing 15 December 2025
• Semi-final first leg: week commencing 12 January 2026
• Semi-final second leg: week commencing 2 February 2026
• Final: Sunday, 22 March 2026