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The positions are determined by each club’s finishing position in the league last season. A year ago the Clarets comfortably made the top half of the draw after finishing 7th in the league but this year have scraped in to the group in the bottom position with their 16th place in last season’s Division One.
The draw will take place on Saturday, The Football League once again ensuring that most football fans are out watching football when they make the draw. Below are the two groups.
Seeded: Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, Gillingham, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Reading, Rotherham United, Sheffield United, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Unseeded: Blackpool, Brighton and Hove Albion, Bristol City, Cardiff City, Colchester United, Crewe Alexandra, Crystal Palace, Darlington, Doncaster Rovers, Hartlepool United, Huddersfield Town, Luton Town, Northampton Town, Notts County, Oxford United, Queens Park Rangers, Scunthorpe United, Stockport County, Stoke City or Rochdale, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers, Walsall, Wigan Athletic, Wycombe Wanderers.
The ties are due to be played in the week commencing Monday 22nd September.