SWINDON Town will be ball number 33 in the Southern section of the League Cup draw which is set to take place on Thursday.

The draw - scheduled to start at 3:40pm - will see a total of 35 fixtures established, with teams drawn in Northern and Southern sections for the first two rounds.

All matches are initially scheduled to take place in the week commencing August 9, though dates are subject to change if both clubs agree.

Town will be hoping to progress further than they were able to last year, when a 3-1 defeat at home by Charlton Athletic resulted in a first-round exit.

Southern section ball numbers

1. AFC Bournemouth

2. AFC Wimbledon

3. Birmingham City

4. Bristol City

5. Bristol Rovers

6. Burton Albion

7. Cambridge United

8. Cardiff City

9. Charlton Athletic

10. Cheltenham Town

11. Colchester United

12. Coventry City

13. Crawley Town

14. Exeter City

15. Forest Green Rovers

16. Gillingham

17. Ipswich Town

18. Leyton Orient

19. Luton Town

20. Millwall

21. Milton Keynes Dons

22. Newport County

23. Northampton Town

24. Oxford United

25. Peterborough United

26. Plymouth Argyle

27. Portsmouth

28. Queens Park Rangers

29. Reading

30. Stevenage

31. Sutton United

32. Swansea City

33. Swindon Town

34. Wycombe Wanderers