THE Carabao Cup first round draw takes place tomorrow as part of the EFL’s fixture release day.
Wrexham reached round four last season, for the first time since 1978, after beating Hull City, Preston North End and Reading, but the Reds bowed out in the last 16 against Cardiff City and missed out on a quarter-final place.
The 2026-27 campaign kicks off with the Carabao Cup, with the first round scheduled for the weekend of August 7-9.
Round One will feature 70 clubs - the two winners from the preliminary round alongside the other 68 EFL clubs - with the draw regionalised into northern and southern sections.
Wrexham are one of 34 teams in the northern section and are ball number 33. There are 36 sides in the southern section.
The draw will take place place live on Sky Sports News at 4:30pm, after the EFL Championship fixtures are confirmed at 12pm. The draw will be made live on Sky Sports News.
It will be presented by Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth, while former Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United midfielder Kevin Nolan will join former Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest defender, Luke Chambers in picking out the balls.
NORTHERN SECTION BALL NUMBERS
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1 – Accrington Stanley
2 – Barnsley
3 – Blackburn Rovers
4 – Blackpool
5 – Bolton Wanderers
6 – Bradford City
7 – Burnley
8 – Burton Albion
9 – Chesterfield
10 – Crewe Alexandra
11 – Derby County
12 – Doncaster Rovers
13 – Fleetwood Town
14 – Grimsby Town
15 – Huddersfield Town
16 – Lincoln City
17 – Mansfield Town
18 – Middlesbrough
19 – Notts County
20 – Oldham Athletic
21 – Port Vale
22 – Preston North End
23 – Rotherham United
24 – Salford City
25 – Sheffield United
26 – Sheffield Wednesday
27 – Shrewsbury Town
28 – Stockport County
29 – Stoke City
30 – West Bromwich Albion
31 – Wigan Athletic
32 – Wolverhampton Wanderers
33 – Wrexham AFC
34 – Tranmere Rovers/Rochdale*
The preliminary round tie in both sections will take place on Saturday August 1 and here are the dates for the other rounds.
- Round One: Weekend of August 7-9, 2026
- Round Two: w/c August 24, 2026
- Round Three: w/c September 7 and w/c September 14, 2026
- Round Four: w/c October 26, 2026
- Round Five: w/c December 14, 2026
- Semi-Final First Leg: w/c January 11, 2027
- Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c February 1, 2027
- Final: Sunday March 21, 2027
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