It’s time again for the 2026/27 Carabao Cup third round draws, with each draw taking place live.
according to their websitewill air on Sky Sports Football following Manchester United’s match against Brighton on Wednesday 16 September at approximately 10:15pm.
The draw will be hosted by Sky Sports presenters Pion Meulensteen, Jamie Redknapp and Ashley Young, who will be in charge of the draw.
The fourth round will be played in the week starting on October 26.
Here are the ball numbers:
1 – AFC Bournemouth
2 – Arsenal
3 – Bradford City
4 – Brentford
5 – Chelsea
6 – Crystal Palace
7 – Fulham
8 – Liverpool
9 – Newcastle United
10 – Peterborough United
11 – Sunderland
12 – Aston Villa
13 – Everton
14 – Fleetwood Town
15 – Brighton
16 – Manchester City or Norwich City
Carabao Cup fourth round draw:
Fleetwood v Arsenal
Manchester City or Norwich v Brighton
Everton v Newcastle
Sunderland v Brentford
Liverpool v Chelsea
Bradford v Peterborough
Fulham v Crystal Palace
Bournemouth v Aston Villa
Carabao Cup 2026/27 Round Dates
The Carabao Cup match dates have been confirmed as follows:
Round 1: Weekend of August 7-9, 2026
Round 2: Starts on August 24, 2026
Round 3: September 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026
Round 4: October 26, 2026
Round 5: Begins December 14, 2026
Semi-final first leg: January 11, 2027
Semi-final second leg: February 1, 2027
Final: Sunday, March 21, 2027
Carabao Cup third leg results:
Bournemouth(1) 4–0 Lincoln City(2)
Crystal Palace(1) 3-0 Middlesbrough(2)
Leyton Orient(3) 1–3 Bradford City(3)
Sunderland (1) 1-0 Hull City (1)
Millwall(2) 0–1 Newcastle United(1)
Chelsea (1) 6-3 Leeds United (1)
Peterborough United(3) 3–3 (7–6 p) Barnsley(3)
West Ham United(2) 2–3 Fulham(1)
Ipswich(1) 2–4 Arsenal(1)
Liverpool (1) 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur (1)
Reading(3) 1–2 Brentford(1)
Everton (1) 1-0 Wolves (2)
Fleetwood Town (4) 1-0 Sheffield United (2)
Coventry City(1) 1-3 Aston Villa(1)
Manchester United (1) 2-3 Brighton (1)
Manchester City(1) v Norwich(2)
Carabao Cup second leg results:
Northern section
Doncaster Rovers(3) 1–3 Middlesbrough(2)
Barnsley(3) 3–2 Crewe Alexandra(4)
Blackburn Rovers(2) 1-2 Sheffield United(2)
Blackpool(3) 1–4 Lincoln City(2)
Fleetwood Town(4) 4–0 Shrewsbury Town(4)
Sheffield Wednesday (3) 0–2 Wolves (2)
Stoke City (2) 1–1 (4–5 p) Hull City (1)
Nottingham Forest(1) 0–2 Leeds United(1)
Bradford City(3) 0–0 (4–2 p) Burnley(2)
Newcastle United (1) 3-2 West Bromwich Albion (2)
Preston North End (2) 0–4 Everton (1)
Southern section
Cardiff City(2) 1-2 Norwich City(2)
Cambridge United(3) 0–1 Millwall(2)
Ipswich Town (1) 3-1 Leicester City (3)
Plymouth Argyle (3) 2–4 Coventry City (1)
Southampton(2) 1–4 West Ham United(2)
Stevenage(3) 0–3 Reading(3)
Walsall(4) 0–0 (5–6 p) Leyton Orient(3)
Watford (2) 1–5 Peterborough United (3)
Birmingham City(2) 1–6 Brentford(1)
Tottenham Hotspur (1) 5-1 Charlton Athletic (2)
Chelsea (1) 2-0 Luton Town (3)
Fulham (1) 3-0 AFC Wimbledon (3)
Carabao Cup first round results:
Northern section
Wolves (2) 3-0 Port Vale (4)
Middlesbrough(2) 1–0 Wrexham(2)
Barnsley(3) 1–1(6–5 p) Wigan Athletic(3)
Bradford City (3) 2-0 Rochdale (4)
Burnley(2) 1–1(4–3 p) Notts County(3)
Burton Albion(3) 1–2 Blackburn Rovers(2)
Crewe Alexandra(4) 2-1 Accrington Stanley(4)
Derby County(2) 1–2 Lincoln City(2)
Fleetwood Town(4) 1–0 Chesterfield(4)
Grimsby Town (4) 1–3 Blackpool (3)
Preston North End (2) 1–1 (4–3 p) Huddersfield Town (3)
Salford City (4) 1–1 (3–4 p) Shrewsbury Town (4)
Sheffield Wednesday (3) 1-0 Bolton (2)
Stockport County (3) 1–1 (4–5 p) Doncaster Rovers (3)
Stoke City (2) 2-0 Oldham Athletic (4)
Rotherham United (4) 1–4 West Bromwich Albion (2)
Mansfield Town (3) 0–3 Sheffield United (2)
Southern section
Bristol City(2) 0–1 Walsall(4)
Wycombe Wanderers(3) 1–2 Stevenage(3)
Cambridge United(3) 2–1 Barnet(4)
QPR(2) 1–1 (0–2 p) Millwall(2)
AFC Wimbledon(3) 1–1 (5–4 p) Newport County(4)
Bristol Rovers(4) 0–1 Peterborough United(3)
Bromley(3) 1–1 (4–5 p) Reading(3)
Cardiff City(2) 3–2 Swindon Town(4)
Gillingham (4) 0–3 Luton Town (3)
Leicester City (3) 1-0 Northampton (4)
Leyton Orient(3) 2-0 Oxford United(3)
Norwich City(2) 4–1 Milton Keynes(3)
Swansea City (2) 0–1 Birmingham City (2)
Watford (2) 1-0 Crawley Town (4)
West Ham United (2) 3-1 Portsmouth (2)
Cheltenham Town (4) 1–3 Charlton Athletic (2)
Colchester United(4) 0–2 Southampton(2)
Plymouth Argyle (3) 2-0 Exeter City (4)
Preliminary round:
Tranmere Rovers(4) 2–2 (1–2 p) Rochdale(4)
York City(4) 0–2 Crawley Town(4)
League Cup final list
From 1961 to 1966, the final was played over two legs
1961
Rotherham United 2 Aston Villa 0
Aston Villa 3 Rotherham United 0, Villa won 3-2 on aggregate
1962
Rochdale 0 Norwich City 3
Norwich City 1 Rochdale 0
Norwich won 4-0 on aggregate
1963
Birmingham City 3 Aston Villa 1
Aston Villa 0 Birmingham City 0
Birmingham won 3-1 on aggregate
1964
Stoke City 1 Leicester City 1
Leicester City 3 Stoke City 2
Leicester City won 4-3 on aggregate
1965 Chelsea 3 Leicester City 2
Leicester City 0-0 Chelsea
Chelsea won 3-2 on aggregate
1966
West Ham United 2 West Bromwich Albion 1
West Bromwich Albion 4 West Ham United 1
WBA won 5-3 overall
The final was played as a single match at Wembley from 1967 to 2000 and since 2008; at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium from 2001-2007
1967 queens park rangers 3 West Bromwich Albion 2
1968 Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0
1969 swindon town 3 Arsenal 1 (aet)
1970 Manchester City 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 (aet)
1971 tottenham hotspur 2 Aston Villa 0
1972 stoke city 2 Chelsea 1
1973 tottenham hotspur 1 Norwich City 0
1974 Wolves 2 Manchester City 1
1975 aston villa 1 Norwich City 0
1976 Manchester City 2 Newcastle United 1
1977 aston villa 3 Everton 2 (Aet, after 0-0, 1-1 draws)
1978 nottingham forest 1 Liverpool 0 (after 0-0 draw)
1979 nottingham forest 3 Southampton 2
1980 Wolves 1 Nottingham Forest 0
1981 liverpool 2 West Ham United 1 (after 1-1 draw)
1982 liverpool 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (TBD)
1983 liverpool 2 Manchester United 1 (TBD)
1984 liverpool 1 Everton 0 (after 0-0 draw)
1985 norwich city 1 Sunderland 0
1986 Oxford United 3 QPR 0
1987 arsenal 2 Liverpool 1
1988 Luton Town 3 Arsenal 2
1989 nottingham forest 3 Luton Town 1
1990 nottingham forest 1 Oldham Athletic 0
1991 sheffield wednesday 1 Manchester United 0
1992 Manchester United 1 Nottingham Forest 0
1993 arsenal 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1
1994 aston villa 3 Manchester United 1
1995 liverpool 2 Bolton 1
1996 aston villa 3 Leeds United 0
1997 Leicester City 1 Middlesbrough 0 (after 1-1 draw)
1998 chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 (Aet)
1999 tottenham hotspur 1 Leicester City 0
2000 Leicester City 2 Tranmere Rovers 1
2001 liverpool 1 Birmingham City 1 (aet, 5-4 penalty)
2002 blackburn rangers 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
2003 liverpool 2 Manchester United 0
2004 middlesbrough 2 Bolton 1
2005 chelsea 3 Liverpool 2 (TBD)
2006 Manchester United 4 Wigan Athletic 0
2007 chelsea 2 Arsenal 1
2008 tottenham hotspur 2 Chelsea 1
2009 Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (aet, 4-1 penalties)
2010 Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 1
2011 Birmingham 2 Arsenal 1
2012 liverpool 2 Cardiff City 2 (Aet, 3-2 Penalties)
2013 swansea city 5 Bradford City 0
2014 Manchester City 3 Sunderland 1
2015 chelsea 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0
2016 Manchester City 1 Liverpool 1 (Aet, 3-1 penalty)
2017 Manchester United 3 Southampton 2
2018 Manchester City 3 Arsenal 0
2019 Manchester City 0 Chelsea 0 (Aet, 4-3 Penalties)
2020 Manchester City 2 Aston Villa 1
2021 Manchester City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0
2022 liverpool 0 Chelsea 0 (Aet, 11-10 penalty)
2023 Manchester United 2 Newcastle United 0
2024 liverpool 1 Chelsea 0 (TBD)
2025 Newcastle United 2 Liverpool 1
2026 Arsenal 0 Manchester City 2
The competition is called milk cup From 1982-83 to 1985-86
The competition is called littlewood challenge cup From 1986-87 to 1989-90
The competition is called Lambrose Cup From 1990-91 to 1992-93
The competition is called coca cola cup From 1993-94 to 1997-98
The competition is called Worthington Cup From 1998-99 to 2002-03
The competition is called League Cup From 2003-04 to 2011-12
The competition is called Capital One Cup From 2012-13 to 2015-16
The competition is called English League Cup 2016-17
The competition is called carabao cup 2017-18
winner
10 – Liverpool
9 – Manchester City
6 – Manchester United
5 – Aston Villa, Chelsea
4 – Nott Forest, Tottenham Hotspur
3 – Leicester City
2 – Wolves, Norwich City, Arsenal, Birmingham
1 – West Brom, QPR, Leeds United, Swindon, Stoke City, Oxford, Luton, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Swansea, Newcastle
finalists
15 – Liverpool
10 – Manchester United, Chelsea
10 – Aston Villa, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur
9 – Arsenal
6 – Nottingham Forest
5 – Leicester City
4 – Norwich City
3 – West Brom, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Newcastle
2 – Stoke City, Wolves, West Ham United, Everton, QPR, Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Bolton Wanderers, Sunderland, Southampton
1 – Rotherham, Rochdale, Swindon, Oxford, Oldham, Tranmere, Blackburn, Wigan, Cardiff, Swansea, Bradford
