The Saddlers will be ball number 35 in the northern section of the Carabao Cup first round draw, which takes place in Vietnam this Friday, 15th June, at 10.45am UK time.
Three former EFL Cup winners, Steve McManaman, Louis Saha and Dennis Wise, will join representatives from the EFL and competition partner Carabao Energy Drink to unveil the 35 Round One ties, with live text coverage available on the Carabao Cup twitter feed and EFL.com.
Seventy EFL Clubs will feature in the new-look draw, which will see teams drawn into Northern and Southern sections, but with no seeding for higher ranked sides as in previous seasons. Matches are scheduled to take place on the week commencing 13 August, with West Bromwich Albion included, while Championship newcomers Stoke City and Swansea City will join the competition in Round Two alongside the Premier League clubs that are not competing in Europe.
EFL Clubs have voted to remove extra-time from every round, apart from the final, from the start of the 2018/19 season, with matches tied at 90 minutes going straight to a penalty shoot-out. The 2019 final will feature extra time and penalties if required.
The format of penalties will revert to the traditional format, as opposed to the recently trialled ABBA formula, which will no longer feature in EFL competitions.
Regionalisation and ball numbers are as follows:
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North Section |
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South Section |
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1 |
Accrington Stanley |
1 |
AFC Wimbledon |
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2 |
Barnsley |
2 |
Aston Villa |
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3 |
Blackburn Rovers |
3 |
Birmingham City |
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4 |
Blackpool |
4 |
Brentford |
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5 |
Bolton Wanderers |
5 |
Bristol City |
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6 |
Bradford City |
6 |
Bristol Rovers |
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7 |
Burton Albion |
7 |
Cambridge United |
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8 |
Bury |
8 |
Charlton Athletic |
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9 |
Carlisle United |
9 |
Cheltenham Town |
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10 |
Crewe Alexandra |
10 |
Colchester United |
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11 |
Derby County |
11 |
Coventry City |
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12 |
Doncaster Rovers |
12 |
Crawley Town |
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13 |
Fleetwood Town |
13 |
Exeter City |
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14 |
Grimsby Town |
14 |
Forest Green Rovers |
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15 |
Hull City |
15 |
Gillingham |
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16 |
Leeds United |
16 |
Ipswich Town |
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17 |
Lincoln City |
17 |
Luton Town |
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18 |
Macclesfield Town |
18 |
Millwall |
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19 |
Mansfield Town |
19 |
Milton Keynes Dons |
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20 |
Middlesbrough |
20 |
Newport County |
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21 |
Morecambe |
21 |
Northampton Town |
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22 |
Nottingham Forest |
22 |
Norwich City |
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23 |
Notts County |
23 |
Oxford United |
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24 |
Oldham Athletic |
24 |
Peterborough United |
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25 |
Port Vale |
25 |
Plymouth Argyle |
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26 |
Preston North End |
26 |
Portsmouth |
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27 |
Rochdale |
27 |
Queens Park Rangers |
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28 |
Rotherham United |
28 |
Reading |
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29 |
Scunthorpe United |
29 |
Southend United |
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30 |
Sheffield United |
30 |
Stevenage |
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31 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
31 |
Swindon Town |
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32 |
Shrewsbury Town |
32 |
West Bromwich Albion |
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33 |
Sunderland |
33 |
Wycombe Wanderers |
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34 |
Tranmere Rovers |
34 |
Yeovil Town |
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35 |
Walsall |
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36 |
Wigan Athletic |
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