City Drawn Into Premier League Cup Group

- Leicester City U23s will face Everton, Barnsley and Portsmouth/Southend in the Premier League Cup
- The Foxes missed out on reaching the knockout stages of the competition last season
- Fixture dates, kick-off times and ticket information will be confirmed on LCFC.com in due course

City will contest Group F fixtures against PL2 champions Everton and Sky Bet Championship side Barnsley while the winners of a qualifying clash between Portsmouth and Southend United also await.

Last term, Steve Beaglehole’s men narrowly missed out on reaching the knockout round of the primary Under-23s cup competition, which was ultimately won by Swansea City.

Fixture dates and kick-off times will be confirmed on LCFC.com in due course.

About the competition:

Qualifying stage: With more than 32 clubs enterting the 2017/18 competition, a qualifying knockout stage will take place between Category 3 and 4 clubs to determine who joins Category 1 and 2 sides in the group stage.

Group stage: The tournament will be split into eight groups of four clubs, with each team playing their opposing clubs home and away. The top two teams advance to the knockout stage.

Knockout stage: The last 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all be one-off knockout ties. If the ties are level after 90 minutes, they go to extra-time and then penalties if the teams still can't be separated.

For more about the competition, visit the Premier League website.