The Carabao Cup is back for 2026/27, and once the first-round ties have been settled, attention turns to the second-round draw — the point at which the bulk of the Premier League‘s non-European clubs enter the hat.

For fans wanting to know exactly when the balls are drawn, how to follow it live and who could come out of the pot, here is everything you need to know.

Carabao Cup Second Round Draw Date & Time

The draw for the second round of the Carabao Cup takes place on Monday August 10, getting under way at approximately 7:20pm BST (2:20pm ET). It will be held during the build-up to the game between Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City.

As is now customary, the draw is held around a live first-round tie rather than as a standalone event, meaning the exact start time can drift slightly depending on how the football unfolds.

The second round itself remains regionalised, split into north and south sections to cut down on midweek travel for the lower-league clubs involved — meaning teams can only be drawn against opponents from their own half of the country at this stage.

It is the first real flashpoint of the domestic cup calendar, and with a smittering of top-flight sides entering the fray, the potential for an eye-catching ‘giant-killing‘ tie is exactly what gives the early rounds their appeal.

How to Watch the Carabao Cup Draw Live

United Kingdom

The second-round draw will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Football, the competition’s UK rights holder, as part of its coverage of the first-round fixture taking place that evening.

For those who prefer to stream, the draw will be available through the Sky Go and NOW apps in the United Kingdom, both of which carry Sky Sports’ live output. Sky subscribers can follow it on either platform, while NOW offers a flexible pass for anyone without a full contract.

United States

Fans who wish to tune into the draw in the USA should tune in to Paramount+, which has the rights to the game in question. Draws are sometimes streamed live on the official EFL YouTube channel too.

Coverage typically begins in and around the featured match, which means tuning in to the build-up is the safest way to avoid missing the moment the balls are drawn. Live updates are also widely available online for fans who cannot watch in real time, with the full list of ties confirmed shortly after the draw concludes.

Teams in the Carabao Cup Second Round Draw

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The second round is where the competition steps up a level, as 11 Premier League clubs joining the first-round winners in the draw. For this season, the top-flight sides not involved in European competition enter at the second-round stage. Among the key teams to watch out for will be Chelsea, Tottenham, Newcastle United, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest.

They join the 35 winners from the first round, creating the blend of established Premier League names and lower-league hopefuls that makes the draw such compelling viewing early into the new season.

The remaining nine Premier League clubs — those competing in the Champions League, Europa League or Conference League this term — are handed a bye to the third round, entering the competition a stage later to ease their congested early-season schedules.

That group includes some of the division’s heaviest hitters, among them defending champions Manchester City, who lifted the trophy last season. With the ties regionalised into north and south, each club is assigned a ball number ahead of the draw, and only once every second-round fixture is confirmed does the road to Wembley truly begin to take shape.

Premier League Teams

• Brentford
• Chelsea
• Fulham
• Newcastle
• Everton
• Leeds
• Nottingham Forest
• Tottenham

Winners from Round One Games

• Middlesbrough vs Wrexham
• Rotherham vs West Brom
• Barnsley vs Wigan
• Mansfield vs Sheffield United
• Stockport vs Doncaster Rovers
• Sheffield Wednesday vs Bolton
• Fleetwood vs Chesterfield
• Crewe vs Accrington
• Stoke vs Oldham
• Wolves vs Port Vale
• Burnley vs Notts County
• Derby vs Lincoln
• Bradford vs Rochdale
• Burton vs Blackburn
• Salford vs Shrewsbury
• Grimsby vs Blackpool
• Preston vs Huddersfield
• QPR vs Millwall
• Cheltenham vs Charlton
• Gillingham vs Luton Town
• Cardiff vs Swindon
• Walsall
• Plymouth vs Exeter City
• Bristol Rovers vs Peterborough
• Watford vs Crawley
• Cambridge vs Barnet
• Norwich vs MK Dons
• Colchester vs Southampton
• Leyton Orient vs Oxford
• Wycombe vs Stevenage
• Bromley vs Reading
• Swansea City vs Birmingham
• West Ham vs Portsmouth
• AFC Wimbledon vs Newport
• Leicester vs Northampton

A controversial claim made by Donald Trump has resurfaced amid accusations of the US President cheating his way to the Bedminster Club Championship.

The 80-year-old’s love for the sport is well-documented, and he opened his first golf course, the Trump International Golf Club, back in 1999. He’s been playing golf since his college days and he’s participated against many famous faces over the years.

Trump recently declared victory at the Bedminster Club Championship and claimed to have won with a score of 70. This was met with accusations that he cheated his way to a 43rd club golf championship win.

When Trump Announced a Hole in One

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Trump has continuously boasted about his golfing ability, including back in 2022 when he made a much-debated claim about one of his shots at his West Palm Beach club. He released a lengthy statement to announce that he’d managed a hole-in-one.

The US President wrote: “Many people are asking, so I’ll give it to you now, it is 100 per cent true.”

Trump had been playing with pro golfers Ernie Els, Gene Sauers, Ken Duke and Mike Goodes and he made sure to grab a picture celebrating with them. He didn’t just respond to social media users who hit out at his bragging but he delved into the shot:

“I hit a 5-iron, which sailed magnificently into a rather strong wind, with approximately 5 feet of cut, whereupon it bounced twice and then went clank, into the hole.”

The problem for Trump was that there was no evidence of him making the rare shot, and suspiciously, the only video taken showed him picking the ball up afterward. His former communications director, Taylor Budowich, posted the video on X (formerly Twitter), while Tim Swain posted the picture of the President with the pros and captioned it, “Trump just made a hole-in-one!”

In the video, Trump is seen pointing at the ball in the hole and saying: “Look, it’s there. Let’s get a picture, you don’t see that often.”

Trump turned to the pros for support and said in his statement that “these great tour players noticed it before I did because their eyes are slightly better, but on that one hole only, their swings weren’t.”

The responses were that of bewilderment, as one user pointed out that we don’t get to see the shot. Another had told America to read the statement and ‘appreciate Trump is no longer president.’

Trump Denied Cheating After Two Other Incidents

This is just one of many times Trump has been accused of cheating and his alleged antics even made their way into American sportswriter Bryan Marsal’s 2019 book ‘Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump’.

Marsal claimed that Trump had told him directly that ‘I cheat’ and that ‘I expect you to cheat because we’re going to beat those two guys today.’ He suggested that the President takes this approach because he ‘believes in his heart of hearts that you’re gonna cheat him too.’

Former boxer Oscar De La Hoya also questioned the President’s integrity on the golf course back in 2016. He said he caught him when he allegedly hit the ball in the bushes, but it somehow ended up on the green close to the hole.

Trump denied those claims, insisting that De La Hoya was ‘lying’ while telling the press that he respects the game too much to cheat. A decade later and his sportsmanship has been brought into disrepute yet again.

Son of Scott Steiner and cousin of WWE Superstar Bron Breakker may have just seen his brief NFL career come to an end.

Brock Rechsteiner is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Rechsteiner, who is more famously known as ‘Big Poppa Pump’ Scott Steiner.

Steiner is not the only famous wrestler in the family, with Rechsteiner also being cousins with current WWE Raw Superstar Bron Breakker.

Brock played wide receiver for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks until 2025 and went unselected in the NFL draft, but the Tennessee Titans picked him up as an undrafted free agent. However, he was later invited to the New Orleans Saints’ rookie minicamp, where he signed as an undrafted rookie in May.

Brock Rechsteiner Hit With Shock NFL Suspension

Unfortunately, his chances of making the team’s 53-man roster for the upcoming season took a blow after he received the news that he would be suspended for the first six games of the campaign.

News of his suspension was announced by the league on the personnel notice for Thursday but no reason was given for the suspension.

According to ESPN Senior NFL insider Adam Schefter, Rechsteiner is eligible to participate in all preseason activities, including games, and his suspension will take effect when rosters are reduced to 53 players. Until now, the 23-year-old has been competing for a spot on the Saints’ roster.

If Brock wasn’t already facing a tough battle to make the cut, news of his suspension may well have brought an end to his NFL dream. If that does end up being the case, though, Rechsteiner has a back-up plan.

Banned NFL Hopeful Plans to Join WWE

The 23-year-old has already expressed interest in following in his family’s footsteps and pursuing a career in the WWE later down the line. He and his brother Brandon even signed a WWE Next In Line (NIL) deal in February 2025.

“I want to pursue football as long as I can, play as long as I can, but once I’m done, I’ll get into wrestling, too,” Rechsteiner said of his future plans via WDSU-TV’s Sharief Ishaq.

Pro Football Talk has reported that news of his suspension ‘could mean the end of his NFL journey’ and his wrestling career may now become a reality a lot sooner than he had planned.

If he were to join WWE, Rechsteiner would be following in the footsteps of some very successful family members. His father is a WWE Hall of Famer, performing alongside Brock’s uncle, Rick, as the Steiner Brothers.

His cousin Bron is also enjoying a strong WWE career. He currently reigns as one half of the World Tag Team Champions alongside his Vision stablemate Austin Theory.