Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool travel to League One side Exeter City in the pick of the Carling Cup's second-round fixtures.Drawn on Thursday, Dalglish's men start their domestic cup campaign away at St James' Park.
The Reds manager will hope to avoid another giant-killing, after the English Premier League outfit was knocked out of the competition by Northampton Town in the third round last season.
In the other ties, League Two Crawley Town could host Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic if they get past Crystal Palace, with the fixture in London having been postponed due to riots in the capital.
Elsewhere for Premier League sides, Phil Jagielka has the chance to knock out his old side when Everton face Sheffield United at Goodison Park, while Hereford travel to Aston Villa.
Newcastle will hope to avoid an embarrassing defeat of their own after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Stevenage last season. They are away to League One club Scunthorpe.
Sunderland travel to Brighton, while Swansea play at Shrewsbury and West Brom are at Bournemouth.
Wolves go to Northampton Town's Sixfields hoping that they do not become the second Premier League club knocked out of the competition in successive campaigns.
There are home ties for Blackburn, Norwich, Bolton and QPR as they play Sheffield Wednesday, MK Dons, Macclesfield and Rochdale respectively.
All games will be played in the week commencing Monday, August 22.
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