Swindon Town have been drawn against League Two clubs Exeter City and Forest Green Rovers in the group stage of the EFL Trophy.
Later today the group stage line-up will be completed with one other team from the ‘invited’ category added into the Southern Group E.
First round of matches are set to take place on September 8/9 behind closed doors.
There are eight ‘invited clubs’ in the southern section of the competition, including Arsenal and Chelsea and Southampton under-21s.
Swindon will find out which of those sides they will join them in the group stage when the draw is completed on TalkSPORT2 this afternoon.
The ‘eight invited clubs’ are:
1 Arsenal
2 Brighton and Hove Albion
3 Chelsea
4 Fulham
5 Norwich City
6 Southampton
7 West Bromwich Albion
8 West Ham United
The dates for the 2020/21 EFL Trophy are as follows:
Matchday 1: September 8/9;
Matchday 2: October 6/7;
Matchday 3: November 10/11;
Round of 32: December 8/9;
Quarter-finals: February 2/3;
Semi-finals: February 16/17;
Final: March 14.
