The 2016/17 EFL Cup Round One draw has been made.
In a first for British football, the EFL joined forces with Sky Sports to live stream the EFL Cup Round One draw as a Facebook Live event, providing millions of fans at home and abroad the chance to watch the draw unfold wherever they may be.Taking place at 1pm on Wednesday 22nd June, fans eager to see where the road to Wembley begins for their club, could watch the stream on the official EFL Cup Facebook page, as well as Sky Sports’ Facebook page, skysports.com and the Sky Sports app.
The EFL Cup Round One draw is as follows:
Carlisle United v Port Vale
Rotherham United v Morecambe
Accrington Stanley v Bradford City
Rochdale v Chesterfield
Mansfield v Blackburn Rovers
Barnsley v Northampton Town
Cambridge United v Sheffield Wednesday
Derby County v Grimsby Town
Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic
Scunthorpe United v Notts County
Doncaster v Nottingham Forest
Burton Albion v Bury
Fleetwood Town v Leeds United
Sheffield United v Crewe Alexandra
Shrewsbury v Huddersfield Town
Preston North End v Hartlepool United
Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers
Peterborough United v AFC Wimbledon
Bristol Rovers v Cardiff City
Coventry City v Portsmouth
Luton Town v Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion v Colchester United
Cheltenham Town v Charlton Athletic
Birmingham City v Oxford United
Southend United v Gillingham
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crawley Town
Leyton Orient v Fulham
Ipswich Town v Stevenage
Wycombe Wanderers v Bristol City
Walsall v Yeovil Town
Exeter City v Brentford
Queens Park Rangers v Swindon Town
Barnet v Millwall
Reading v Plymouth Argyle
Newport Town v Milton Keynes Dons
All Round One matches are due to be played during the week commencing 8th August 2016.
Manchester City are the current holders of the EFL Cup, having beaten Liverpool in last season’s final in February. The 2016/17 EFL Cup Final, the 57th in the competition’s history, will take place at Wembley on Sunday 26th February 2017.