League Cup draw hands Premier League relegated trio away ties

Draw hands relegated trio away ties

Relegated Premier League teams Queens Park Rangers, Burnley and Hull City have all been dealt away ties in the first round of the 2015-16 League Cup.

The R's and Hull face trips to League Two opposition in the form of Yeovil Town and Accrington Stanley respectively, while Burnley have been drawn alongside Port Vale of League One.

Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest will play host to Walsall at the City Ground and there will also be a Yorkshire derby between Leeds United and Doncaster Rovers.

Premier League clubs that did not qualify for Europe last term will enter the competition in the next round, with the other eight sides due to feature a round later.

Capital One Cup first-round draw:

Carlisle United vs. Chesterfield Nottingham Forest vs. Walsall Fleetwood Town vs. Hartlepool United Scunthorpe United vs. Barnsley Bolton Wanderers vs. Burton Albion Accrington Stanley vs. Hull City Rochdale vs. Coventry City Oldham Athletic vs. Middlesbrough Huddersfield Town vs. Notts County Blackburn Rovers vs. Shrewsbury Town Morecambe vs. Sheffield United Doncaster Rovers vs. Leeds United Wigan Athletic vs. Bury Northampton Town vs. Blackpool Sheffield Wednesday vs. Mansfield Town Rotherham United vs. Cambridge United Crewe Alexandra vs. Preston North End York City vs. Bradford City Port Vale vs. Burnley Peterborough United vs. Crawley Town Yeovil Town vs. Queens Park Rangers Plymouth Argyle vs. Gillingham Swindon Town vs. Exeter City Bristol Rovers vs. Birmingham City Ipswich Town vs. Stevenage Luton Town vs. Bristol City Charlton Athletic vs. Dagenham & Redbridge Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Newport County Brentford vs. Oxford United Portsmouth vs. Derby County Southend United vs. Brighton & Hove Albion Milton Keynes Dons vs. Leyton Orient Cardiff City vs. AFC Wimbledon Millwall vs. Barnet Wycombe Wanderers vs. Fulham Colchester United vs. Reading

The ties will be played on the week commencing August 10.

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