Notts County drawn against Middlesbrough in first round of EFL Cup

Notts County have been handed an away trip to Middlesbrough in the first round of the 2018-19 EFL Cup / Carabao Cup.

The Magpies will make the journey to the Riverside Stadium in the week commencing August 13 and will take on a side which reached the Championship playoffs last term.

Notts played Boro away League Cup in September 2006 and famously won 1-0 in front of 11,148 fans.

The 2018/19 draw took place at the Independence Palace, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and 70 clubs went into the hat divided into northern and southern sections.

Unlike in previous seasons, however, there is no seeding for higher ranked clubs.

Sky are expected to broadcast two first round ties live with the chosen fixtures to be revealed in the near future.

The EFL clubs last week voted to abolish extra-time in ties that are level after 90 minutes so drawn games will go straight to a penalty shootout.

It was also decided that the ‘ABBA’ penalty system will be scrapped - any penalty shootouts will be the traditional alternate five kicks per team process.

VAR can be used in any Premier League stadium hosting a fixture.

The draw in full:

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