All participants in this stage of the tournament are divided into the following pairs:
"Crowley" - "Stoke City"
"Chelsea" - "Birmingham"
"Liverpool" - "Brighton & Hove"
"Tottenham Hotspur" - "Stevenage"
"Sandenrlend" / "Middlesbrough" - "Aston Villa" / "Arsenal"
"Everton" - "Blackpool"
"Norwich City" - "Leicester"
"Bolton Wanderers" - "Southampton" / "Millwall"
