Newport County to be ball number 18 in Carabao Cup first-round draw

Carabao Cup

Newport County will be ball number 18 in the draw for the first round of the Carabao Cup.

The draw will take place on Thursday, June 27 at 11.30am, and will be televised live on Sky Sports News.

Burnley, Luton Town and the 13 Premier League Clubs not participating in European competitions will enter the competition in Round Two, with the remaining seven Clubs joining the competition in Round Three.

The Carabao Cup remains regionalised in the early rounds with the draw split into a southern and northern section until Round Three.

The Exiles are placed in the southern section of the draw alongside 31 clubs across the Championship, League One and League Two.

First-round ties will take place the week commencing August 12.

Ball numbers for the Round One draw are as follows:

Southern Section

1. AFC Wimbledon

2. Birmingham City

3. Bristol City

4. Bristol Rovers

5. Bromley

6. Cambridge United

7. Cardiff City

8. Charlton Athletic

9. Cheltenham Town

10. Colchester United

11. Coventry City

12. Crawley Town

13. Exeter City

14. Gillingham

15. Leyton Orient

16. Millwall

17. Milton Keynes Dons

18. Newport County

19. Northampton Town

20. Norwich City

21. Oxford United

22. Peterborough United

23. Plymouth Argyle

24. Portsmouth

25. Queens Park Rangers

26. Reading

27. Stevenage

28. Swansea City

29. Swindon Town

30. Walsall

31. Watford

32. Wycombe Wanderers