Brighton will keep a close watch on this week's Carabao Cup ties as they discover some of their potential opponents for the third round.
Brighton finished eighth in the Premier League last season and qualified for the Uefa Conference League. Brighton played the first leg of their qualifier in Tromso last Thursday as they battled to a 0-0 draw in Norway. The second leg is at the Amex Stadium this Thursday.
Due to European competition, the Seagulls enter the third round of the Carabao Cup after being exempt from the first two rounds, along with other Premier League clubs that qualified for Europe.
That means Brighton will join Champions League qualifiers Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Liverpool and Europa League's Bournemouth and Sunderland in the draw.
When is the Carabao Cup third round draw?
The draw for the Carabao Cup third round will be made on Wednesday, August 26. It will be conducted during Sky Sports’ live broadcast of the second round tie between Preston North End and Everton.
What is the pre-draw?
Brighton and the other top flight clubs in Europe will go into a pre-draw to determine if their ties will be home or away.
The pre-draw will take place on Sky Sports ahead of Preston North End’s home tie with Everton and the full draw will take place after the final whistle.
Ball numbers
1 AFC Bournemouth 2 Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 4 Crystal Palace 5 Manchester City 6 Manchester United 7 Liverpool 8 Sunderland 9 Barnsley 10 Brentford
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 12 Coventry City 13 Fleetwood Town 14 Hull City 15 Ipswich Town 16 Leeds United 17 Leyton Orient
18 Lincoln City 19 Middlesbrough 20 Millwall 21 Norwich City 22 Peterborough United 23 Reading 24 Sheffield United 25 West Ham United
26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 Bradford City / Burnley 28 Newcastle United / West Bromwich Albion 29 Tottenham Hotspur / Charlton Athletic
30 Preston North End / Everton 31 Chelsea / Luton Town 32 Fulham / AFC Wimbledon.
Second round matches still to play
Wednesday will see: Bradford City v Burnley, Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion, Tottenham Hotspur v Charlton Athletic, Preston North End v Everton
Thursday: Chelsea v Luton Town, Fulham v AFC Wimbledon.
Latest results
Cardiff City 1-2 Norwich City, Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Middlesbrough, Barnsley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra, Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United,
Blackpool 1-4 Lincoln City, Cambridge United 0-1 Millwall, Fleetwood Town 4-0 Shrewsbury Town, Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City,
Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Coventry City, Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southampton 1-4 West Ham United,
Stevenage 0-3 Reading, Stoke City 1-1 Hull City (Hull won 5-4 on penalties), Walsall 0-0 Leyton Orient (Leyton Orient won 6-5 on penalties),
Watford 1-5 Peterborough United, Birmingham City 1-6 Brentford, Nottingham Forest 0-2 Leeds United .