August 11, (THEWILL) – The ties for the second round of the Carabao Cup has served up interesting matchups with Leeds set up play host to Barnsley in a Yorkshire derby, while Newcastle will travel to Tranmere and Leicester will go to Stockport.
As per the format, 13 Premier League clubs will join the competition in the second round and top English teams participating in European competitions will enter in the third round. All of these clubs must first get through ties against opponents from lower leagues.
Other second round fixtures that include English Premier League sides include Everton travelling up the Lancashire coast to Fleetwood and Aston Villa visiting Bolton, a match that used to be a regular in the top flight recently. To play Grimsby, newly promoted Nottingham Forest will travel to the east coast, while Preston will visit Wolverhampton Wanderers.
In other matches, Brentford will switch from west London to Essex with a trip to Colchester, Bournemouth travel to Norwich, Fulham are away at Crawley, Southampton go to Cambridge and Crystal Palace will travel to Oxford.
The match between Leicester and Stockport pits the 2022 National League champions, who are in the second round for the first time since 2007, against the 2016 Premier League champions in the second round of matches that begin on August 22.
2022/2023 Carabao Cup second round draw
Northern Section
Bolton versus Aston Villa
Derby versus West Brom or Sheffield United
Wolves versus Preston
Leeds versus Barnsley
Fleetwood versus Everton
Sheffield Wednesday versus Rochdale
Tranmere versus Newcastle
Rotherham versus Morecambe
Barrow versus Lincoln
Stockport versus Leicester
Bradford versus Blackburn
Grimsby versus Nottingham Forest
Shrewsbury versus Burnley
Southern Section
Stevenage versus Peterborough
Norwich versus Bournemouth
Newport versus Portsmouth
Oxford versus Crystal Palace
Watford versus MK Dons
Colchester versus Brentford
Wycombe versus Bristol City
Walsall versus Charlton
Crawley versus Fulham
Cambridge versus Southampton
Gillingham versus Exeter
Forest Green versus Brighton
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