Steve McManaman, Louis Saha and Dennis Wise are preparing to head to Vietnam as the Carabao Cup goes back on the road, with the Round One draw set to take place from Vietnam’s largest city, Ho Chi Minh City  at 10.45am UK time tomorrow, Friday 15 June. The three former EFL Cup winners will join representatives from the EFL and competition partner Carabao Energy Drink to unveil the 35 Round One ties, with live text coverage available on the Carabao Cup twitter feed and EFL.com.

It is the second successive season that Carabao Cup draws have taken place overseas, with events being staged in Bangkok and Beijing last season as part of the EFL’s continued efforts to build the value of the competition outside the UK. EFL Chief Executive Shaun Harvey will be present in Vietnam, alongside Carabao Energy Drink CEO Sathien Setthasit, in a country where football is immensely popular amongst its population of 95 million people and is also a key market for Carabao Energy Drink.

The 2017/18 Final in February saw Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City overcome Arsenal, in what proved to be Arsene Wenger’s last Final in charge of the Gunners. More than 85,000 supporters were in attendance at Wembley Stadium, while the match was watched in more than 150 territories worldwide. Brentford beat AFC Wimbledon and Queens Park Rangers on their way to the Third Round last season but were defeated by Norwich City at that stage.

The new-look draw, which will see teams drawn into Northern and Southern sections - but with no seeding for higher ranked sides as in previous seasons, will feature 70 clubs. That 70 will include West Bromwich Albion but fellow Championship newcomers Stoke City and Swansea City will join the competition in Round Two, alongside the Premier League clubs that are not competing in Europe. Matches are scheduled to take place on the week commencing 13 August.

EFL clubs have voted to remove extra-time from every round, apart from the Final, from the start of the 2018/19 season, with matches tied at 90 minutes going straight to a penalty shoot-out.  The 2019 Final will feature extra time and penalties if required. The format of penalties will revert to the traditional format, as opposed to the recently trialled ABBA formula, which will no longer feature in EFL competitions.

VAR will again be utilised in the competition and can be incorporated for all games that are played at Premier League stadiums, while this season’s Final will take place on Sunday 24 February 2019 with the winners guaranteed a place in the Europa League in the following campaign.

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The details of Brentford's First Round tie will be posted on brentfordfc.com and the Club's social media channels when it is drawn.