The new Premier League season is still yet to begin, but Manchester United and the 10 other top flight clubs not involved in European competition have learned who they will be facing in the second round of the 2025–26 Carabao Cup.
United, winners of the trophy on six occasions—most recently in 2022–23, haven’t entered the League Cup at such an early stage for 11 years. The last time they did, it ended in catastrophe, when an MK Dons side containing a young Dele Alli thrashed them 4–0 on Louis van Gaal’s watch.
