MK Dons will take on the Arsenal U21s as a part of their EFL Trophy group, with the Premier League side’s youth team completing their group.

The Dons had already been drawn alongside Leyton Orient and Colchester United as part of a pre-draw made earlier this week.

In a draw broadcast live on Sky Sports to complete proceedings, Arsenal are the academy side who have been put into the group, with the Gunners’ youth team being paired with the Dons and their already confirmed opposition.

Three group stage games will take place between early September and late November, with a specific sequence to be confirmed soon. The Dons will play the Arsenal U21s and one of the other two EFL sides at home, with the other EFL side to be a team they visit.

This will be the first time that MK Dons have faced Arsenal’s junior team since academy sides were invited into the EFL Trophy in 2016.

Last season, the Dons got out of their group in the EFL Trophy, winning a group that also contained Oxford, Northampton and Chelsea’s junior side. However, they would be duly dumped out after a 4-0 mauling at home by Brighton’s academy side.