The draw for the Second Round of the Carling Cup will be made this evening - straight after the final whistle in Pools' game with Coventry City.

There are three First Round games remaining this evening, with 32 teams having secured their passage into the Second Round last night.

The Second Round will see the introduction of the 13 Premier League teams not involved in Europe this season the local rivals Middlesbrough and Newcastle United.

There is no North/South split for the next round and the following 25 teams have been seeded and will not face each other in the draw;

1. Birmingham City
2. Blackburn Rover
3. Bolton Wanderers
4. Bristol City
5. Burnley
6. Cardiff City
7. Hull City
8. Ipswich Town
9. Manchester City
10. Middlesbrough
11. Newcastle United
12. Portsmouth
13. Preston North End
14. Queens Park Rangers
15. Reading
16. Sheffield Wednesday
17. Stoke City
18. Sunderland
19. Swansea City
20. Tottenham Hotspur
21. Watford
22. West Bromwich Albion
23. West Ham United
24. Wigan Athletic
25. Wolverhampton Wanderers

Should Pools make it past Coventry City this evening, they will enter into the draw for the Second Round of the competition.