The Carabao Cup Round One Draw will take place live on Sky Sports News at 4:30pm on Thursday 25 June, as part of the EFL’s Fixture Release Day.
The Spireites will be ball number 9 in the Northern section of Thursday’s draw.
Presented by Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth, former Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United midfielder Kevin Nolan will join former Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest defender, Luke Chambers in picking out the balls.
Round One will feature 70 Clubs – the two winners from the Preliminary Round alongside the other 68 EFL Clubs – with the draw regionalised into Northern and Southern sections.
As confirmed earlier in June (see here), Tranmere Rovers will host Rochdale on 1 August, before Crawley Town travel to York City on 3 August in the Preliminary Round, which was required due to the participation of nine Premier League Clubs in European competition in the 2026/27 season.
Round One of the Carabao Cup will kick off the new season, with ties set to be played over the weekend of 7-9 August.
Carabao Cup 2026/27 Round Dates
The round dates for the Carabao Cup have been confirmed as the following:
- Round One: Weekend of August 7-9 2026
- Round Two: w/c August 24 2026
- Round Three: w/c September 7 and w/c September 14 2026
- Round Four: w/c October 26 2026
- Round Five: w/c December 14 2026
- Semi-Final First Leg: w/c January 11 2027
- Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c February 1 2027
- Final: Sunday, March 21, 2027
