Birmingham City find out against whom their Carabao Cup campaign begins today, hours after discovering their Championship fixture list. After an early exit to a Jay Stansfield-led Fulham in the second round last season, there will at least be no repeat this year, as Blues are back in the northern section this year instead of the south. They are one of only 70 teams from the EFL who will make the first round, with two set to exit in a preliminary round. National League champions Barnet and play-off winners Oldham Athletic feature at that stage. The former faces Newport County, while the latter plays Accrington Stanley. Implementing that initial round reduces the number of Premier League teams entering the second round. The reason for that is nine clubs qualifying for UEFA competitions next season, including Aston Villa in the Europa League . Birmingham Live details everything you need to know before today’s draw below. The draw will start at 4:30pm, with the preliminary round starting proceedings ten minutes earlier. That follows the fixture list release for Championship, League One and League Two clubs at midday, then the Vertu Trophy group stage draw at 2:30pm. Sky Sports News will broadcast the draw live. It will also be available on YouTube through the Sky Sports Football channel. The first round ties will take place during the week commencing 11 August. They will be during the first midweek of the Championship campaign and the second midweek for teams in League One and League Two. 1 Barnsley 2 Barrow 3 Birmingham City 4 Blackburn Rovers 5 Blackpool 6 Bolton Wanderers 7 Bradford City 8 Burton Albion 9 Chesterfield 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 Leicester City 19 Lincoln City 20 Mansfield Town 21 Middlesbrough 22 Notts County 23 Peterborough United 24 Port Vale 25 Preston North End 26 Rotherham United 27 Salford City 28 Sheffield United 29 Sheffield Wednesday 30 Shrewsbury Town 31 Stockport County 32 Stoke City 33 Tranmere Rovers 34 Walsall 35 West Bromwich Albion 36 Wigan Athletic 37 Wrexham 38 Accrington Stanley or Oldham Athletic 1 AFC Wimbledon 2 Bristol City 3 Bristol Rovers 4 Bromley 5 Cambridge United 6 Cardiff City 7 Charlton Athletic 8 Cheltenham Town 9 Colchester United 10 Coventry City 11 Crawley Town 12 Exeter City 13 Gillingham 14 Ipswich Town 15 Leyton Orient 16 Luton Town 17 Millwall 18 Milton Keynes Dons 19 Northampton Town 20 Norwich City 21 Oxford United 22 Plymouth Argyle 23 Portsmouth 24 Queens Park Rangers 25 Reading 26 Southampton 27 Stevenage 28 Swansea City 29 Swindon Town 30 Watford 31 Wycombe Wanderers 32 Barnet or Newport County