By Blackburn Rovers FC

Rovers will be ball number four when the Carabao Cup first-round draw takes place this afternoon (Thursday).

The Carabao Cup Round One draw will take place live on Sky Sports at 2.30pm later on today.

A total of 36 fixtures will be drawn for Round One, with all 72 EFL Clubs, including newly promoted Notts County and Wrexham in the draw.

The 12 Premier League Clubs not competing in Europe will join in Round Two, with the other eight Premier League clubs starting in Round Three.

The Round One draw will see teams drawn in Northern and Southern sections, with matches scheduled to take place week commencing Monday 7th August.

The ball numbers for the Northern half of the draw can be viewed below:

1. Accrington Stanley
2. Barnsley
3. Barrow
4. Rovers
5. Blackpool
6. Bolton Wanderers
7. Bradford City
8. Burton Albion
9. Carlisle United
10. Crewe Alexandra
11. Derby County
12. Doncaster Rovers
13. Fleetwood Town
14. Grimsby Town
15. Harrogate Town
16. Huddersfield Town
17. Hull City
18. Leeds United
19. Leicester City
20. Lincoln City
21. Mansfield Town
22. Middlesbrough
23. Morecambe
24. Notts County
25. Port Vale
26. Preston North End
27. Rotherham United
28. Salford City
29. Sheffield Wednesday
30. Shrewsbury Town
31. Stockport County
32. Stoke City
33. Sunderland
34. Tranmere Rovers
35. Walsall
36. West Bromwich Albion
37. Wigan Athletic
38. Wrexham

Rovers enjoyed a fine run in the competition last term as Jon Dahl Tomasson's team defeated Hartlepool United, Bradford City and West Ham United before suffering defeat in the last 16 of the tournament against Nottingham Forest at Ewood Park.