League Cup Round 2 draw today

The draw for the second round of the 70th Scottish League Cup competition takes place at Hampden at 2.30pm today.

The draw will be conducted by SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster, along with Derek Johnstone – a five-time Scottish League Cup winner with Rangers – and Gary Teale, who starred in St Mirren’s first success in the competition in season 2012/13.   
         
A total of 11 ties will be drawn, with games to be played on August 25/26. Celtic, Aberdeen, Inverness CT, St Johnstone and Dundee United enter the competition in round three.
                   
Seeded teams   
1 Dundee     
2 Hamilton Academical   
3 Partick Thistle    
4 Ross County   
5 Kilmarnock    
6 Motherwell   
7 St Mirren     
8 Heart of Midlothian   
9 Hibernian     
10 Rangers    
11 Queen of the South

Unseeded teams
12 Falkirk
13 Raith Rovers
14 Livingston
15 Morton
16 Stranraer
17 Forfar Athletic
18 Airdrieonians
19 Dunfermline Athletic
20 Ayr United
21 East Fife
22 Berwick Rangers