Carabao Cup draw LIVE: Chelsea, Tottenham and Premier League clubs discover second-round fate

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The Carabao Cup continues with the first Premier League representatives entering the competition at the second-round stage.

Chelsea and Tottenham have been drawn at home to Luton and Charlton Athletic respectively, while Nottingham Forest face off against Leeds in the only all-Premier League tie of the round.

The 11 top-flight teams not playing European football this season join those to have progressed through the first round, with Brentford facing a potentially tricky visit to second-tier Birmingham City, Newcastle at home to West Bromwich Albion and the winners of tonight’s last opening-round tie between Plymouth Argyle and Exeter to face newly promoted Coventry.

Relegated West Ham, Wolves and Burnley were among the weekend winners reaching this stage, and will now play Championship opposition Southampton, and League One sides Sheffield Wednesday and Bradford respectively.

The cup competition remains regionalised for now with the qualifiers split into a north and south section to ease travel demands, limiting the pool of possible opponents for each of the sides. The second-round ties will be played in the week commencing 24 August.