Tuesday is Draw Day with Oxford United’s opponents being revealed for the first rounds of both the Carabao Cup and the EFL Trophy.
The first draw is for the Carabao Cup which takes place live on Sky Sports News at approximately 10.00am. The draw is divided into North and South and United are ball 24 in the Southern Section.
The numbers are
Number | North | South |
1 | Accrington Stanley | AFC Wimbledon |
2 | Barnsley | Birmingham City |
3 | Barrow | Brentford |
4 | Blackburn Rovers | Bristol City |
5 | Blackpool | Bristol Rovers |
6 | Bolton Wanderers | Cambridge United |
7 | Bradford City | Cardiff City |
8 | Burton Albion | Charlton Athletic |
9 | Carlisle United | Cheltenham Town |
10 | Crewe Alexandra | Colchester United |
11 | Derby County | Coventry City |
12 | Doncaster Rovers | Crawley Town |
13 | Fleetwood Town | Exeter City |
14 | Grimsby Town | Forest Green Rovers |
15 | Harrogate Town | Gillingham |
16 | Huddersfield Town | Ipswich Town |
17 | Hull City | Leyton Orient |
18 | Lincoln City | Luton Town |
19 | Mansfield Town | Millwall |
20 | Middlesbrough | MK Dons |
21 | Morecambe | Newport County |
22 | Nottingham Forest | Northampton Town |
23 | Oldham Athletic | Norwich City |
24 | Port Vale | Oxford United |
25 | Preston North End | Peterborough United |
26 | Rochdale | Plymouth Argyle |
27 | Rotherham United | Portsmouth |
28 | Salford City | QPR |
29 | Scunthorpe United | Reading |
30 | Sheffield Wednesday | Southend United |
31 | Shrewsbury Town | Stevenage |
32 | Stoke City | Swansea City |
33 | Sunderland | Swindon Town |
34 | Tranmere Rovers | Wycombe Wanderers |
35 | Walsall | Wigan Athletic |
Ties are scheduled to be played over the weekend of 5th/6th September. Clubs are able to mutually agree an alternative date prior to the start of the international window which commences on 31st August.
Later in the day, live on Talk Sport Radio at approximately 1.30pm, comes the draw for the EFL Trophy
United have been pre-drawn in Group D alongside Walsall and Bristol Rovers and that group will be completed by one of eight invited clubs: Arsenal, Brighton and Hove Albion, Chelsea, Fulham, Norwich, Southampton, West Bromwich Albion or West Ham United.
The first round of games are due to be played w/c 7th September but can also be played w/c 29th August or 14th/21st September, subject to Carabao Cup progress.
We’ll have both draws on all of our channels as they happen.