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Birmingham City will learn of their second round opponents in the Carabao Cup this evening – before they have played their first-round tie.
Blues take on Sheffield United at St Andrew’s (8pm kick-off), but the draw for the second round will take place during the build-up to their game.
The tie is being broadcast live on the Sky Sports Football channel, and presenter Mark Chapman will host it from 7:20pm.
Blues are number 21 in the northern section draw and could come up against some interesting opposition should they manage to get past last season’s beaten Championship play-off finalists.
The second-round draw will see the introduction of the 11 Premier League clubs not participating in Europe this season, so Manchester United will feature this evening, presenting tantalising potential opponents.
The Carabao Cup remains regionalised in the early rounds, with the draw split into northern and southern sections until round three.
The ties will take place during the week commencing August 25.
Northern section ball numbers…
1 Accrington Stanley
2 Bradford City
3 Burnley
4 Derby County
5 Doncaster Rovers
6 Everton
7 Grimsby Town
8 Leeds United
9 Lincoln City
10 Manchester United
11 Mansfield Town
12 Port Vale
13 Preston North End
14 Rotherham United
15 Stockport County
16 Stoke City
17 Sunderland
18 Wigan Athletic
19 Wrexham
20 Barnsley or Fleetwood Town
21 Birmingham City or Sheffield United
22 Bolton Wanderers or Sheffield Wednesday
23 Huddersfield Town or Leicester City
24 Tranmere Rovers or Burton Albion
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Southern section ball numbers…
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 AFC Wimbledon
3 Brentford
4 Brighton & Hove Albion
5 Bristol City
6 Bromley
7 Cambridge United
8 Cardiff City
9 Charlton Athletic
10 Coventry City
11 Fulham
12 Millwall
13 Norwich City
14 Oxford United
15 Plymouth Argyle
16 Reading
17 Southampton
18 Swansea City
19 West Ham
20 Wolves
21 Wycombe Wanderers
22 Cheltenham Town or Exeter City
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