Town will learn their second-round Carabao Cup opponents on Wednesday evening.

Having been promoted to the Premier League, the Blues are not taking part in round one of the competition this year, which gets under way on Tuesday with further fixtures on Wednesday.

The draw for round two takes place following the live Sky Sports game between Leeds United and Middlesbrough on Wednesday evening.

Town will be among 13 Premier League clubs who are not participating in European competitions entering the tournament.

The competition remains regionalised with the draw split into southern and northern sections. Ball numbers will be finalised on Wednesday morning.

Round two ties will take place during the week commencing 26th August.

Last year, Town beat Bristol Rovers 2-0 at home in round one, defeated Reading 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at the Madejski Stadium in round two, then came from 2-0 down to beat Premier League Wolves 3-2 at home in the third round before exiting to another top-flight side Fulham 3-1 at Portman Road in round four.

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Perublue added 17:56 - Aug 12 Intriguing to see how we approach the tournament this season with so many different issues and factors in play.
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Saxonblue74 added 18:02 - Aug 12 With our squad a little light at present I can't see this tournament holding any great importance.
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jas0999 added 18:40 - Aug 12 Can’t see us taking this tournament too seriously.
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churchmans added 18:58 - Aug 12 We should take it seriously and try to go as far as we can! With 8 games less than last season and a bye from the 1st round we should definitely give it a go
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Gforce added 20:02 - Aug 12 The scum at home would do nicely,and finally put that how ever many years without a win hoodoo to bed.
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inghamspur added 21:34 - Aug 12 Need a bigger squad to take this seriously. Priority hasto be staying up.
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BlueSkies added 23:03 - Aug 12 Here we go. Priority is getting promotion - priority is staying up - priority is this , that and the other, but for heaven's sake don't bother with the football tradition of competing in cup competitions. FFS. We wouldn't have many trophies in the club cabinet if we'd taken that attitude over the years. Churchmans - you're spot on. No reason or excuse not to take cup competitions seriously this season.

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ArchiRob added 09:32 - Aug 13 Gforce- rather hoping Stevenage dispatch Norwich
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MickMillsTash added 10:18 - Aug 13 Bromley, Orient or Northampton away please
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PackwoodBlue added 15:17 - Aug 13 Will be interesting to see if Szmodics is named in Blackburn's squad this evening. Away to Stockport won't be an easy fixture for them so they could do with him playing or on the bench. If so, he'll be cup tied for us if we sign him. If he's not in the squad then that could be a positive sign of his imminent arrival at PR..
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