The Canaries will welcome Will Still’s side to Carrow Road for the tie in the week commencing Monday, 25 August, with specific details and times to follow from the EFL in short order. The draw remains regionalised for the second round, with north and south brackets in place until the third.
City beat Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road to make it through the first round, goals from Josh Sargent and Marcelino Nunez earning Liam Manning his first win as City head coach.
The game means another busy week for Norwich, who face Middlesbrough at Carrow Road days before and a trip to Blackburn Rovers’ Ewood Park the following weekend. That precedes the first international break of the season, with action resuming against Coventry on September 13.
Manning’s men went out at this stage last term under Johannes Hoff Thorup, losing 4-0 to an efficient Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park after defeating Stevenage 4-3 in the first round. They’ve won the League Cup twice – their only two major trophies – first in 1962 and then 1985.
Southampton beat League One Northampton Town 1-0 in their cup opener, having rescued a late 2-1 league win over Wrexham on Saturday. The last time they visited NR1, Josh Sargent’s late strike levelled a game that finished 1-1 on the way to the Saints’ promotion to the Premier League.
Full draw:
Northern section
Tranmere or Burton vs Lincoln
Accrington vs Doncaster
Wigan vs Stockport
Stoke vs Bradford
Burnley vs Derby
Sunderland vs Huddersfield
Birmingham vs Port Vale
Preston vs Wrexham
Barnsley vs Rotherham
Sheff Wed vs Leeds
Everton vs Mansfield
Grimsby vs Man Utd
Southern section
Fulham vs Bristol City
Norwich vs Southampton
Oxford vs Brighton
Reading vs AFC Wimbledon
Bournemouth vs Brentford
Millwall vs Coventry
Wolves vs West Ham
Swansea vs Plymouth
Bromley vs Wycombe
Cardiff vs Cheltenham
Cambridge vs Charlton