Carabao Cup third-round draw Liverpool to start trophy defence vs West Ham while Chelsea face Barrow

due to the expansions of the champions league and Europa League from the 20242 season two bowls were used in the draw to ensure there are no fixture clashes for third round dates and European fixtures Bowl One contain teams who reached the UCL inl last season Man City Arsenal Liverpool Aston Villa Tottenham and Manchester United and bold 2 contained the other 26 teams meaning the European teams cannot face each other the six teams were drawn first to determine if they would play home or away for the third round and then slotted into six different ties before the remaining 10 ties were drawn man city welcomed Tom cleverly's highflying Watford to the Eddie hat while Arsenal faced Bolton for the first time since 2012 and Manchester United take on barnesley for the first time in years Aston Villa and Tottenham face trips to League 1 Wickham and Coventry of the championship respectively arguably the picks of the bunch are the ties pitting League 2 clubs AFC Wimbledon and Barrow against Newcastle and Chelsea respectively round three fixtures will take place during the weeks commencing September 16th and September 23rd Liverpool versus West Ham Man City versus Watford Arsenal versus Bolton Manchester United versus barnesley Wickham versus Aston Villa Coventry versus Tottenham Wala versus Lester brenford versus leaden Orient Blackpool versus Sheffield Wednesday Preston versus Fulham Everton versus Southampton QPR versus Crystal Palace Stoke versus Fleetwood Brighton versus wolves AFC Wimbledon versus Newcastle Chelsea versus Barrow