City will be ball number four in the northern section of the round of 16 draw for the Vertu Trophy on Saturday 14 December.
The Imps secured progression in the competition with a 1-0 victory at Morecambe on Tuesday night and will find out their opponents when the draw is made at 11:50am on Saturday live on Sky Sports Football.
The draw at this stage of the competition is still regionalised with the eight northernmost teams grouped together in a separate draw to the southern sides.
See below for a full list of numbers for the northern section:
1: Bolton Wanderers
2: Bradford City
3: Chesterfield
4: Lincoln City
5: Port Vale
6: Rotherham United
7: Wrexham
8: Blackpool/Aston Villa U21s