When Is the FA Cup Second-Round Draw 2026 and Who Can Leicester Face?
The FA Cup second round draw 2026 arrives tonight with the first-round shocks still fresh and Leicester City safely through. Supporters looking for the FA Cup draw time, ball numbers and confirmed ties can find everything here before Karen Carney and Joel Ward pull the next 20 fixtures from the hat.
What Time Is the FA Cup Second-Round Draw?
The draw takes place on Monday 9 November at approximately 6.45pm GMT, live from Plymouth Parkway. Coverage begins at 6.30pm on TNT Sports 1, with streams on HBO Max and TNT Sports’ YouTube channel. Jules Breach presents ahead of Plymouth Parkway’s 7.30pm first-round meeting with Berkhamsted.
That final game explains why ball 16 remains Plymouth Parkway or Berkhamsted. Whoever wins will inherit the second-round fixture determined before kick-off. This is a proper draw, not a provisional list of likely opponents.
FA Cup Second-Round Ball Numbers 2026
The FA has allocated 40 numbers. Winners from Sunday’s ties are already reflected below, including non-league clubs that have earned their places on the pitch. Kidderminster beating Doncaster 3-0 shows why those names deserve attention.
| Ball | Club | Ball | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover Athletic | 21 | Stevenage |
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 22 | Burton Albion |
| 3 | Exeter City | 23 | Stockport County |
| 4 | Luton Town | 24 | Port Vale |
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | Cheltenham Town |
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | Colchester United |
| 7 | Kidderminster Harriers | 27 | Shrewsbury Town |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 28 | Reading |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 29 | Wimborne Town |
| 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 | Plymouth Argyle |
| 11 | Newport County | 31 | Blackpool |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 32 | Guiseley |
| 13 | Barnet | 33 | Grimsby Town |
| 14 | Rochdale | 34 | Leicester City |
| 15 | Barnsley | 35 | Bradford City |
| 16 | Plymouth Parkway/Berkhamsted | 36 | York City |
| 17 | Chesterfield | 37 | Notts County |
| 18 | Barrow | 38 | Wigan Athletic |
| 19 | AFC Fylde | 39 | Carlisle United |
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | Salisbury |
Who Can Leicester Draw in the FA Cup?
Leicester are ball 34 after beating sixth-tier Oxford City 4-2 on Friday. Louis Page, Emil Riis, Kamari Doyle and Tommy Watson scored, but Oxford struck twice to remind Russell Martin that reputation counts for little on unfamiliar ground.
“I’m really happy we got through. We scored four goals, could have scored a couple more.” Russell Martin.
Confirmed Second-Round Ties and December Dates
Draw status: awaiting Monday’s 6.45pm GMT draw. Twenty pairings will appear here once confirmed, with home clubs listed first. The ball-16 participant will remain unresolved until Monday night’s final first-round tie finishes.
Second-round matches are scheduled around Saturday 5 December, with individual kick-offs and television selections to follow. Premier League and Championship sides do not join until the third round, so the stakes for EFL and non-league clubs are simple: win once more and reach that bigger stage.
FA Cup Betting Odds While the Draw Takes Shape
The draw itself has no conventional winner market, but the match following it already does. These are indicative 90-minute prices for Plymouth Parkway against Berkhamsted, checked on Monday morning:
