Manchester City face a reunion with former first-team manager Mark Hughes, as the Blues academy side have been drawn to face Bradford City in the EFL Trophy.
City are again one of the invited under-21 sides to compete against Football League opposition, having a mixed record in the competition. For the last two seasons, they have failed to exit the group stage, despite an impressive win away at League One side Derby last term, but they reached the quarter-finals in 2019.
Now, they will look to go better than their last two attempts by progressing from a group including Barnsley, Bradford and Grimsby.
