CAPITAL ONE CUP: Round 2 Draw Details CAPITAL ONE CUP: Round 2 Draw Details
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CAPITAL ONE CUP: Round 2 Draw Details

he draw for Round 2 of the 2015/16 Capital One Cup takes place later today with Dean Smith's Saddlers reaching the stage for the fourth season in a row.
The draw for Round 2 of the 2015/16 Capital One Cup takes place later today with Dean Smith's Saddlers reaching the stage for the fourth season in a row.

The draw will take place live on Sky Sports 5 and Sky Sports News following the conclusion of the televised game between Doncaster Rovers and Leeds United.

The structure of Round 2 is as follows; The seeded teams will include twelve Barclays Premier League teams that are not involved in European competition - along with the twelve highest-placed Round 1 winners, based on last season's league standings.

 CAPITAL ONE CUP - ROUND 2 SEEDS*
 AFC Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Brighton and Hove Albion**, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Ahead of the draw the seeded sides will be allocated either a home or away tie with the unseeded sides then being drawn to see which seeded side they will face.

The eight remaining Barclays Premier League sides that are involved in European competition will enter the tournament at the third round stage.

If Leeds United defeat Doncaster Rovers in the televised match they will be added to the seeded sides in place of Brighton and Hove Albion, who will then be added to the non-seeded teams.
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