The Carabao Cup will be the first competitive fixture of the 2026/27 season for Saints and they have been handed an away trip for the first round of the competition, find out who they have drawn here.

It seems that finding out the full draw for the first round of the Carabao cup is impossible, even the EFL website is not carrying and neither the Club's official website or the Echo are saying little other than who Saints will face.

The answer is we will travel to Colchester United, the first time we have met since March 2011, when we won 2-0 with goals from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Dean Hammond, keeping our surge towards promotion in League One on course.

The trip to JobServe Community Stadium will come on the weekend commencing Friday 7th August 2026, with the actual date and time to be confirmed and subject to TV broadcast.

Our local rivals Portsmouth have got perhaps the toughest draw of the round with a visit to West Ham United, the full draw is as follows.

Carabao Cup Round One – Southern Section

Queens Park Rangers v Millwall
Cheltenham Town v Charlton Athletic
Gillingham v Luton Town
Cardiff City v Swindon Town
Bristol City v Walsall
Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City
Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United
Watford v York City or Crawley Town
Cambridge United v Barnet
Norwich v Milton Keynes Dons
Colchester United v Southampton
Leyton Orient v Oxford United
Wycombe Wanderers v Stevenage
Bromley v Reading
Swansea City v Birmingham City
West Ham United v Pompey
AFC Wimbledon v Newport County
Leicester City v Northampton Town

Carabao Cup Round One – Northern Section

Middlesbrough v Wrexham
Rotherham United v West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley v Wigan Athletic
Mansfield Town v Sheffield United
Stockport County v Doncaster Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday v Bolton Wanderers
Fleetwood Town v Chesterfield
Crewe Alexandra v Accrington Stanley
Stoke City v Oldham Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Port Vale
Burnley v Notts County
Derby County v Lincoln City
Bradford City v Tranmere Rovers or Rochdale
Burton Albion v Blackburn Rovers
Salford City v Shrewsbury Town
Grimsby Town v Blackpool
Preston North End v Huddersfield Town

All Photos Via Reuters