The ball numbers have been confirmed ahead of the Carabao Cup Round One draw on Thursday 24th June 2021.


A total of 35 fixtures will be drawn for Round One, with teams drawn in Northern and Southern sections, and matches scheduled to take place week commencing 9th August 2021 *.

Derby County will appear in the Northern Section of the draw and have been allocated ball number 10.

The confirmed ball numbers for the draw, which takes place live on Sky Sports at 3:40pm, are as follows:

Northern Section

1. Accrington Stanley

2. Barnsley

3. Barrow

4. Blackburn Rovers

5. Blackpool

6. Bolton Wanderers

7. Bradford City

8. Carlisle United

9. Crewe Alexandra

10. Derby County

11. Doncaster Rovers

12. Fleetwood Town

13. Harrogate Town

14. Hartlepool United

15. Huddersfield Town

16. Hull City

17. Lincoln City

18. Mansfield Town

19. Middlesbrough

20. Morecambe

21. Nottingham Forest

22. Oldham Athletic

23. Port Vale

24. Preston North End

25. Rochdale

26. Rotherham United

27. Salford City

28. Scunthorpe United

29. Sheffield United

30. Sheffield Wednesday

31. Shrewsbury Town

32. Stoke City

33. Sunderland AFC

34. Tranmere Rovers

35. Walsall

36. Wigan Athletic

* Clubs are able to mutually agree an alterative date prior to w/c 9th August 2021 if preferred.