English Football League officials have confirmed ball numbers for the Second Round of 2022-23 Carabao Cup.
Round Two will see the 13 Premier League clubs not involved in UEFA competitions enter the tournament alongside Burnley and Watford, who received a First Round bye by virtue of not finishing bottom of last season’s Premier League.
Like in Round One, Round Two has also been regionalised into North and South sections with eight of the clubs not involved in the opening round assigned to the Northern Section, whilst the other seven teams entering at this stage have been placed in the Southern Section.
The draw will take place live on Sky Sports this evening (10 August) after the conclusion of Sheffield Wednesday’s tie against Sunderland.
In the Northern Section, Bradford City have been handed ball number four following their comeback victory over Hull City, whilst Fleetwood Town will be ball number eight after stunning Wigan in a 1-0 home win.
Aston Villa, Everton and Newcastle are amongst new teams entering the Northern Section for this round, with the trio handed ball numbers one, seven and 14 respectively.
Here are the ball numbers for the Northern Section draw in full.
| Ball Number | Team |
| 1 | Aston Villa |
| 2 | Barrow |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 4 | Bradford City |
| 5 | Burnley |
| 6 | Derby County |
| 7 | Everton |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town |
| 9 | Grimsby Town |
| 10 | Leeds United |
| 11 | Leicester City |
| 12 | Lincoln City |
| 13 | Morecambe |
| 14 | Newcastle United |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest |
| 16 | Preston North End |
| 17 | Rochdale |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town |
| 19 | Stockport County |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers |
| 21 | Wolves |
| 22 | Blackburn/Hartlepool |
| 23 | Middlesbrough/Barnsley |
| 24 | Port Vale/Rotherham |
| 25 | Sheffield Wednesday/Sunderland |
| 26 | West Brom/Sheffield United |
In the Southern Section, Charlton produced one of the biggest First Round shocks after they came from behind to draw 1-1 at home to London rivals – QPR, before beating the Hoops in a penalty shootout.
The Addicks consequently have been handed ball number five for the draw, whilst their fellow London clubs; Brentford, Crystal Palace and Fulham have been handed ball numbers two, eight and 11 respectively.
Oxford United’s reward for coming from 2-0 down to knock out 2012-13 champions, Swansea City on penalties is ball number 16, just ahead of Portsmouth who have been placed as ball number 17 after shocking Cardiff in a 3-0 away win over the Championship club.
Here are the ball numbers for the Southern Section draw in full.
| Ball Number | Team |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth |
| 2 | Brentford |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 4 | Cambridge United |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic |
| 6 | Colchester United |
| 7 | Crawley Town |
| 8 | Crystal Palace |
| 9 | Exeter City |
| 10 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 11 | Fulham |
| 12 | Gillingham |
| 13 | MK Dons |
| 14 | Newport County |
| 15 | Norwich City |
| 16 | Oxford United |
| 17 | Portsmouth |
| 18 | Southampton |
| 19 | Stevenage |
| 20 | Walsall |
| 21 | Watford |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 23 | Coventry City/Bristol City |
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle/Peterborough |
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