Brighton & Hove Albion will be seeded in tonight’s Capital One Cup second round draw if Doncaster Rovers beat Leeds United in the live televised game.The draw will take place live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports 5 after the first round is concluded at the Keepmoat Stadium.
A victory for Rovers will see Albion seeded in the draw, based on their 13th placed finish in League One last season.
However, a win for Leeds will see Chris Hughton’s men enter the unseeded section as the Yorkshiremen finished five places higher in the Championship last season.
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Either way, Albion are ball number 24. There is a total of 48 teams in the second round draw, with 24 seeded and 24 non-seeded teams.The 12 Premier League clubs not involved in UEFA competitions will be automatically seeded, along with the top 12 winners from round one based on last season’s final league tables.
The eight Premier League clubs involved in UEFA competitions will then enter the competition at the third round stage as in previous seasons.
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SEEDED TEAMS
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Aston Villa
3 Birmingham City
4 Cardiff City
5 Charlton Athletic
6 Crystal Palace
7 Everton
8 Fulham
9 Hull City
10 Ipswich Town
11 Leicester City
12 Middlesbrough
13 Newcastle United
14 Norwich City
15 Queens Park Rangers
16 Reading
17 Sheffield Wednesday
18 Stoke City
19 Sunderland
20 Swansea City
21 Watford
22 West Bromwich Albion
23 Wolverhampton Wanderers
24 Leeds United / Brighton & Hove Albion
NON - SEEDED TEAMS
1 Barnet
2 Barnsley
3 Burton Albion
4 Bury
5 Carlisle United
6 Exeter City
7 Gillingham
8 Hartlepool United
9 Luton Town
10 Milton Keynes Dons
11 Northampton Town
12 Notts County
13 Oxford United
14 Peterborough United
15 Port Vale
16 Portsmouth
17 Preston North End
18 Rochdale
19 Rotherham United
20 Sheffield United
21 Shrewsbury Town
22 Walsall
23 York City
24 Brighton & Hove Albion / Doncaster Rovers
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