All the Carabao Cup details ahead of Sunderland's first round draw

Sunderland will be ball number 33 in the pot for The Carabao Cup Round One draw. The draw for the competition will take place live on Sky Sports News at 2:30pm on Thursday 23 June.

The Black Cats were one of the surprise packages in the competition last season, reaching the Quarter Final but were beaten 5-1 by Arsenal at the Emirates. Championship, League One and League Two sides will make up the 35 ties in the First Round, including Stockport County and Grimsby Town who won promotion from the National League.

Burnley and Watford will join the competition in the Second Round alongside the Premier League Clubs that are not competing in Europe. The remaining Premier League clubs will join the competition in Round Three.

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Fixtures for the Carabao Cup First Round will take place on the week commencing 8 August. The first two rounds of the competition are regionalised into north and south.

Alex Neil's side could face two of the lowest ranked sides in the competition based on last year's standings, with newly promoted Grimsby Town and Stockport County in the northern section of the draw after winning promotion from the National League.

Northern section number for first round

1. Accrington Stanley
2. Barnsely
3. Barrow
4. Blackburn Rovers
5. Blackpool
6. Bolton Wanderers
7. Bradford City
8. Burton Albion
9. Carlisle United
10. Crewe
11. Derby County
12. Doncaster Rovers
13. Fleetwood Town
14. Grimsby Town
15. Harrogate Town
16. Hartlepool United
17. Huddersfield Town
18. Hull City
19. Lincoln City
20. Mansfield Town
21. Middlesbrough
22. Morecambe
23. Port Vale
24. Preston North End
25. Rochdale
26. Rotherham United
27. Salford City
28. Sheffield United
29. Sheffield Wednesday
30. Shrewsbury Town
31. Stockport County
32. Stoke City
33. Sunderland
34. Tranmere Rovers
35. West Bromwich Albion
36. Wigan Athletic