Forest made it to the third round of the competition last season with wins over Fleetwood Town (1-0) and Derby County (3-0) before they were knocked out by Premier League side Arsenal following a 5-0 defeat at the Emirates Stadium.

First-round ties are scheduled to be played over the weekend of Saturday 5th/Sunday 6th September 2020. Clubs are able to mutually agree an alternative date prior to the start of the international window which commences on Monday 31st August.

The draw has been split into a northern and southern section but remains unseeded.

Northern section draw numbers

1. Accrington Stanley

2. Barnsley

3. Barrow

4. Blackburn Rovers

5. Blackpool

6. Bolton Wanderers

7. Bradford City

8. Burton Albion

9. Carlisle United

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. Lincoln City

19. Mansfield Town

20. Middlesbrough

21. Morecambe

22. Nottingham Forest

23. Oldham Athletic

24. Port Vale

25. Preston North End

26. Rochdale

27. Rotherham United

28. Salford City

29. Scunthorpe United

30. Sheffield Wednesday

31. Shrewsbury Town

32. Stoke City

33. Sunderland

34. Tranmere Rovers

35. Walsall

36. Wigan Athletic

Carabao Cup first-round draw to take place at 10am on Tuesday