Julius Okorie
The first round fixtures of the 2024-2025 Carabao Cup has been dished out. The fixtures were released by the England FA Thursday, June 27, 2024 with relegated Premier League sides Burnley, Luton and Sheffield United set to flag off proceedings.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe first round of the Carabao Cup is usually the exclusives of clubs in English second-tier and lower-tier leagues.
Premier League clubs including the newly promoted side, Leicester City where Super Eagles duo Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi will be hoping to shine as usual,Ipswich Town, and Southampton, will enter into the 2024-2025 Carabao Cup in the second round, while English clubs playing in European competitions will enter the competition in the third round.
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Liverpool are reigning champions of the Carabao Cup after defeating Chelsea by a lone goal at the Wembley Stadium in February.
The Carabao Cup first round will be played on the week commencing August 12.
Below are the full first-round fixtures of the 2024-2025 Carabao Cup:
Northern Section:
Salford City vs Doncaster Rovers
Rotherham United vs Crewe Alexandra
Carlisle United vs Stoke City
Leeds United vs Middlesbrough
Barrow United vs Port Vale
Burton Albion vs Blackpool
Tranmere Rovers vs Accrington Stanley
Fleetwood Town vs West Bromwich Albion
Shrewsbury Town vs Notts County
Lincoln City vs Harrogate
Derby County vs Chesterfield
Bolton Wanderers vs Mansfield Town
Preston North End vs Sunderland
Sheffield United vs Wrexham
Huddersfield Town vs Morecambe
Wigan Athletic vs Barnsley
Hull City vs Sheffield Wednesday
Stockport County vs Blackburn Rovers
Grimsby Town vs Bradford City
Southern Section:
Cambridge United vs Queens Park Rangers
Walsall vs Exeter City
Crawley Town vs Swindon Town
Oxford United vs Peterborough United
Norwich City vs Stevenage
Bromley vs AFC Wimbledon
Portsmouth vs Millwall
Northampton Town vs Wycombe Wanderers
Bristol City vs Coventry City
Cardiff City vs Bristol Rovers
Charlton Athletic vs Birmingham City
Watford vs MK Dons
Swansea City vs Gillingham
Plymouth Argyle vs Cheltenham
Leyton Orient vs Newport County
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
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