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The draw for round three of the Carabao Cup will take place on the evening of Wednesday 26 August, live on Sky Sports. Brentford reached this stage after a 6-1 victory against Championship side Birmingham City at St Andrew’s on Tuesday night and will find out their next opponents following the televised tie between Preston North End and Everton. Keith Andrews’ side - who are ball number 10 - are one of 32 teams left in the competition and will be joined in the draw by the 22 other winners from round two and the nine Premier League sides competing in European competitions this term. To accommodate for the clubs involved in the UEFA Champions League or Europa League, ties in round three will be scheduled across the weeks commencing 7 and 14 September. Before the main draw, there will be a pre-draw – televised during the build-up to the Preston v Everton tie - to decide whether those eight clubs will be home or away in round three. In the main draw, the first eight ties will involve those teams and the final eight ties will be drawn as normal. From the third round onwards, the Carabao Cup is not regionalised. Round three ball numbers 1 AFC Bournemouth 2 Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 4 Crystal Palace 5 Manchester City 6 Manchester United 7 Liverpool 8 Sunderland 9 Barnsley 10 Brentford 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 Coventry City 13 Fleetwood Town 14 Hull City 15 Ipswich Town 16 Leeds United 17 Leyton Orient 18 Lincoln City 19 Middlesbrough 20 Millwall 21 Norwich City 22 Peterbrough United 23 Reading 24 Sheffield United 25 West Ham United 26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 Bradford City or Burnley 28 Newcastle United or West Bromwich Albion 29 Tottenham Hotspur or Charlton Athletic 30 Preston North End or Everton 31 Chelsea or Luton Town 32 Fulham or AFC Wimbledon