Carling Cup Draw Tonight

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Football League - CARLING CUP SECOND ROUND DRAW

32 clubs are already through to the Second Round of the Carling Cup, with eight more teams battling it out later to be in tonight's draw.

The second round sees the majority of Premier League sides joining the competition.As is usual clubs competing in European competition will join the competition in the third round, however Manchester City - who qualified for the UEFA Cup courtesy of the fair play league - will feature in Round Two as the competition rules determine that a maximum of 8 clubs can receive a bye to Round 3.

The draw, which takes place live on Sky Sports 2, following Wycombe Wanderers' match with Birmingham City, will see 24 seeded clubs take on 24 unseeded teams.

So far 22 of the seeds have been decided, with the other two depending on tonight's results, they are as follows.

1 Blackburn Rovers
2 Bolton Wanderers
3 Bristol City
4 Burnley
5 Cardiff City
6 Crystal Palace
7 Derby County
8 Fulham
9 Hull City
10 Ipswich Town
11 Manchester City
12 Middlesbrough
13 Newcastle United
14 Queens Park Rangers
15 Reading
16 Stoke City
17 Sunderland
18 Watford
19 West Bromwich Albion
20 West Ham United
21 Wigan Athletic
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers
23 TBC
24 TBC

A pre-draw will take place prior to the main draw to determine whether the unseeded clubs will be home or away.Ties will be played during the week commencing August 25th. Football League


QPR OFFICIAL SITE - CUP DRAW TONIGHT
The draw for the second round of the Carling Cup will take place on Sky Sports 2 tonight (Wednesday).
Hot on the heels of Tuesday's victory against Swindon Town, Iain Dowie's men will learn their fate following the Sky live showdown between Wycombe Wanderers and Birmingham City at Adams Park.
Details of the draw will be posted on www.qpr.co.uk later this evening, with reaction to follow tomorrow (Thursday). QPR