In a first for British football, the EFL has joined forces with Sky Sports to stream the draw as a Facebook Live event, providing millions of fans around the world the chance to watch the draw unfold.

The live stream can be watched on the official EFL Cup Facebook page, as well as Sky Sports’ Facebook page, skysports.com and the Sky Sports app.

With 70 teams in the hat, Rovers will be one of the 35 seeded teams and have been placed in the Northern Section of the draw, where they will be drawn against one of the following unseeded clubs in the first round:

Accrington Stanley 

Blackpool 

Bury 

Cambridge United 

Carlisle United 

Chesterfield 

Crewe Alexandra 

Doncaster Rovers 

Fleetwood Town 

Grimsby Town 

Hartlepool United 

Mansfield Town 

Morecambe 

Northampton Town 

Notts County 

Oldham Athletic 

Shrewsbury Town

 

First round ties will be played during the week commencing Monday August 8th 2016.

Manchester City are the current holders of the trophy, having beaten Liverpool in last season’s final. The 2016-17 EFL Cup final will take place at Wembley on Sunday February 26th 2017.