Everton will play Southampton in the Carabao Cup Third Round.
The Blues avoided playing any of this season’s participants in European competition in this evening’s modified draw.
With Champions League and Europa League games now taking place in different weeks, the English clubs taking part in those competitions were seeded and kept apart in a special pre-draw where home and away were determined.
Everton were ball No.11 and were paired with Southampton in one of the later ties drawn by Michael Dawson and Les Ferdinand once the ties involving the Euro clubs had been settled.
Ties for the third round will take place in the weeks commencing 16th September for those involving the Champions League teams and 23rd September for Europa League participants, with the timing of Everton’s tie likely to be dictated by Liverpool’s schedule should they begin their Champions League campaign at home.
Full Draw:
Liverpool vs West Ham
Man City vs Watford
Arsenal vs Bolton
Man United vs Barnsley
Wycombe vs Aston Villa
Coventry vs Tottenham
Walsall vs Leicester
Brentford vs Leyton Orient
Blackpool vs Sheffield Wednesday
Preston vs Fulham
Everton vs Southampton
QPR vs Crystal Palace
Stoke City vs Fleetwood
Brighton vs Wolves
Wimbledon vs Newcastle
Chelsea vs Barrow