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Lee Wilmot

Who Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs can face in the Carabao Cup third round draw and the ball numbers

The draw for the third round of the Carabao Cup takes place on Wednesday evening.

And from the big clubs' point of view it is when the competition gets interesting.

After a first round that involved just the EFL club and a second round that added 13 Premier League sides, it is now the point of the competition where the Premier League teams in European competition enter the fray.

And that means Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham joining in, as well as Premier League champions Manchester City, Champions League winners Liverpool and Manchester Untied and Wolves.

There were some shocks in Tuesday night's matches, with League Two side Crawley Town dumping out Norwich City.

Colchester United beat Crystal Palace on penalties, while Luton Town saw off Cardiff City.

The draw for the third round will take place at the end of the televised match between Lincoln City and Everton on Wednesday night. If that finishes inside 90 minutes the draw is likely to be at around 9.45pm.

The draw is not split up into sections, so it is a free-for-all.

EFL Championship 2019/20 season key dates

Listed below are the ball numbers and the teams that Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs could be drawn against.

Third round ties take place in the week of September 23.

Ball numbers:

1. Arsenal

2. Chelsea

3. Liverpool

4. Manchester City

5. Manchester United

6. Tottenham

7. Wolves

8. Reading

9. Crawley

10. West Ham

11. Oxford

12. Watford

13. Swansea City or Cambridge United

14. Luton

15. Brighton

16. Colchester

17. Southampton

18. AFC Bournemouth or Forest Green Rovers

19. MK Dons

20. Queens Park Rangers or Portsmouth

21. Aston Villa

22. Lincoln City or Everton

23. Stoke

24. Sheffield United

25. Rotherham United or Sheffield Wednesday

26. Newcastle United or Leicester City

27. Burton

28. Burnley or Sunderland

29. Nottingham Forest

30. Grimsby Town or Macclesfield Town

31. Preston

32. Rochdale

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