Carabao Cup first round draw: Blades at West Brom as Owls meet Black Cats

Matthew Storey

LiveScore

Steve Bruce will hope his West Brom side get past former club Sheffield United in their first-round clash

West Brom and Sheffield United will meet in the standout tie of the Carabao Cup first round.

The draw also sees a replay of last season’s League One play-off semi-final as Sunderland travel to Sheffield Wednesday, who they beat in a dramatic two-legged affair.

There is a repeat of the 2008 FA Cup final as League One Portsmouth make the trip to Cardiff, while Cambridge and Oxford host Millwall and Swansea respectively in two potential banana skins.

A trio of local affairs sees Colchester visit Ipswich, Charlton meet QPR and Salford make the short trip to Bolton.

Another intriguing tie sees Wayne Rooney’s Derby travel to Mansfield, where they will come up against ex-Rams boss Nigel Clough.

First round draw

Northern section

Blackburn vs Hartlepool

Harrogate vs Stockport

Bolton vs Salford

Morecambe vs Stoke

Blackpool vs Barrow

West Brom vs Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sunderland

Sunderland will meet Sheffield Wednesday after beating them in last season's League One play-off semi final

Grimsby vs Crewe

Mansfield vs Derby

Accrington vs Tranmere

Middlesbrough vs Barnsley

Bradford City vs Hull

Rochdale vs Burton

Doncaster vs Lincoln

Huddersfield vs Preston

Shrewsbury vs Carlisle

Port Vale vs Rotherham

Fleetwood vs Wigan

Southern section

Norwich vs Birmingham

Coventry vs Bristol City

Northampton vs Wycombe

Cardiff vs Portsmouth

Charlton vs QPR

Crawley vs Bristol Rovers

Walsall vs Swindon

Ipswich vs Colchester

Luton vs Newport

Reading vs Stevenage

Plymouth vs Peterborough

AFC Wimbledon vs Gillingham

Cheltenham vs Exeter

MK Dons vs Sutton

Forest Green vs Leyton Orient

Cambridge vs Millwall

Oxford vs Swansea

Big boys await

Liverpool will begin the defence of their Carabao Cup trophy in the third round

Watford, Burnley and any Premier League teams not competing in Europe enter the Carabao Cup in the second round.

Holders Liverpool and all the sides who are in the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League join the competition ahead of the third round.