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It's a big week for London's football clubs with two cup draws taking place. All eyes are of course on Thursday's draw for the Champions League as Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham wait to discover their league phase opponents in the 2025/26 edition of the competition.
Before that all gets underway at 5pm at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, the aforementioned clubs will be in the hat for the Carabao Cup third round draw which is due to be held after Manchester United's game away at Grimsby Town on Wednesday evening. Due to the expansion of UEFA club competition, the third round of the Carabao Cup will once again have a slightly different look about it with the games spread across two weeks.
Scheduling means that teams competing in Europe (apart from Crystal Palace in the UEFA Conference League) will not be able to face each other in the third round. Therefore, two separate bowls will be used for the draw, with the eight European teams in one and the remaining 24 clubs in the other.
A pre-draw will then take place to find out if the European teams are playing home or away. The draw will be conducted live on Sky Sports before the game between Grimsby and Manchester United at Blundell Park.
The first eight ties will then consist of one of the European teams drawn against one of the teams in the other bowl. The remaining eight games will then be drawn from bowl 2 solely.
The third round of the Carabao Cup is due to be played week commencing September 15 and September 22. As Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham will be in Champions League action between September 16-18, they will play their Carabao Cup ties the following week.
So who can London's big guns get in the third round draw and what are the ball numbers? You can find out all the information below:
Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Carabao Cup round three potential opponents
Lincoln City
Doncaster Rovers
Wigan Athletic
Bradford City
Burnley
Port Vale
Wrexham
Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday
Reading
Brentford
Millwall
Wolves
Swansea City
Wycombe Wanderers
Cardiff City
Cambridge United
Southampton
Crystal Palace
Huddersfield Town
Everton or Mansfield Town
Grimsby Town or Manchester United
Oxford United or Brighton & Hove Albion
Fulham/Bristol City
Ball numbers
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
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