If we had beaten Forest on Wednesday we would have had a home draw against Stoke City in the Carabao Cup.
Liverpool and Chelsea have been drawn to face each other.
The Premier League rivals met in the 2005 final in Cardiff, which Chelsea won 3-2 after extra-time.
Holders Manchester City were handed an away trip to Oxford of League One.
Arsenal, runners-up to City at Wembley in February, will host Championship Brentford in a London derby.
Jose Mourinho's Manchester United, the 2016-17 winners, will face Frank Lampard's Derby. Mourinho and Lampard won the 2005 trophy together with Chelsea.
Carabao Cup draw
West Brom v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Brentford
Burton v Burnley
Wycombe v Norwich
Oxford v Man City
West Ham v Macclesfield
Millwall v Fulham
Liverpool v Chelsea
Bournemouth v Blackburn
Preston v Middlesbrough
Wolves v Leicester
Tottenham v Watford
Blackpool v QPR
Everton v Southampton
Manchester United v Derby
Nottingham Forest v Stoke