The numbers for the Third Round draw of the 2024/25 League Cup have been confirmed, with The Gunners getting ball number one. From this round of the competition, the draw is no longer split into northern and southern sections.
League Cup Round Three fixtures will take place during the week commencing 16th & 23rd September, with fixtures in the Champions League (week commencing 16th September) and Europa League (week commencing 23rd September) also scheduled during this period.
The Round Three draw will consist of 32 Clubs, with 25 winners from Round Two and the seven Premier League Clubs in UEFA competitions also entering this round. Chelsea will not be impacted because the UEFA Conference League doesn’t start until October.
For the main draw, two separate bowls will be utilised:
Bowl 1 will consist of the six UCL and UEL Clubs.
Bowl 2 will consist of the remaining 26 Clubs.
A pre-draw will occur before Nottingham Forest’s Round Two fixture against Newcastle United on Wednesday 28th August, live on Sky Sports, to determine the home and away positioning of the six Clubs in Bowl 1 for the first six ties of the main draw.
Once the six Clubs from Bowl 1 have been drawn, the remaining ten ties will be drawn from Bowl 2 only.
Tonight’s League Cup fixtures:
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley (19:30, Sky Sports+)
AFC Wimbledon v Ipswich Town (19:45, Sky Sports+)
Cardiff City v Southampton (19:45, Sky Sports+)
Colchester United v Brentford (19:45, Sky Sports+)
Swansea City v Wycombe Wanderers (19:45, Sky Sports+)
West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth (19:45, Sky Sports+)
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United (20:00, Sky Sports Main Event, Football and Ultra HDR)
The draw numbers for Round Three of the League Cup have been confirmed:
1. Arsenal
2. Aston Villa
3. Barnsley
4. Barrow
5. Blackpool
6. Bolton Wanderers
7. Brighton & Hove Albion
8. Chelsea
9. Coventry City
10. Crystal Palace
11. Everton
12. Fleetwood Town
13. Fulham
14. Leicester City
15. Leyton Orient
16. Liverpool
17. Manchester City
18. Manchester United
19. Preston North End
20. Queens Park Rangers
21. Sheffield Wednesday
22. Stoke City
23. Tottenham Hotspur
24. Walsall
25. Watford
26. AFC Wimbledon OR Ipswich Town
27. Cardiff City OR Southampton
28. Colchester United OR Brentford
29. Nottingham Forest OR Newcastle United
30. Swansea City OR Wycombe Wanderers
31. West Ham United OR AFC Bournemouth
32. Wolverhampton Wanderers OR Burnley