The first cup competition of the season got underway on Tuesday night and there have already been plenty of shocks.
League Two Gillingham knocked out Southampton, who were relegated from the Premier League last term, while fellow fourth tier side Salford City beat Championship Preston North End on penalties. The final six ties of the first round will be played on Wednesday night.
From the second round, Premier League teams who are not involved in European competition will enter the fray, including big beasts Chelsea and Tottenham. Here, Mirror Football rounds up all you need to know about the second round draw.
When is the Carabao Cup second round draw?The draw for the second round of the Carabao Cup will take place on Wednesday evening. It will follow Sky Sports' live coverage of Burton Albion's first round clash with Leicester City at the Pirelli Stadium.
The draw should begin at 10.15pm if the game is settled in normal time. All of the second round ties will take place in the week commencing 28 August.
How to watchSupporters will be able to watch the second-round draw on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. It will also be streamed live on the official Sky Go app.
Mirror Football will also be providing live coverage of the second-round draw so you can keep up to date with the draw and all the fall-out.
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MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)This will be the final round of this year's competition in which the participants will be split into a Northern group and a Southern group. The biggest names entering the draw at this stage are Chelsea, Tottenham and Everton.
North section
1) Blackburn Rovers
2) Blackpool
3) Bolton Wanderers
4) Bradford City
5) Burnley
6) Crewe Alexandra
7) Doncaster Rovers
8) Everton
9) Harrogate Town
10) Lincoln City
11) Mansfield Town
12) Middlesbrough
13) Nottingham Forest
14) Port Vale
15) Rotherham United
16) Salford City
17) Sheffield United
18) Sheffield Wednesday
19) Stoke City
20) Tranmere Rovers
21) Wolverhampton Wanderers
22) Wrexham
23) Burton Albion or Leicester City
24) Leeds United or Shrewsbury Town
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Sky SportsSouth section
1) AFC Bournemouth
2) Birmingham City
3) Brentford
4) Chelsea
5) Crystal Palace
6) Exeter City
7) Fulham
8) Gillingham
9) Luton Town
10) Newport County
11) Peterborough United
12) Plymouth Argyle
13) Portsmouth
14) Reading
15) Stevenage
16) Sutton United
17) Swansea City
18) Tottenham Hotspur
19) Wycombe Wanderers
20) AFC Wimbledon or Coventry City
21) Bristol City or Oxford United
22) Cardiff City or Colchester United
23) Ipswich Town or Bristol Rovers
24) Queens Park Rangers or Norwich City
