one point for a draw. In the event of a drawn game (after 90 minutes), a penalty shootout would be held with the winning team earning an additional point. Clubs expelled from the EFL will be knocked out of the tournament automatically. The top two teams would progress to the Knockout Stage. Knockout stage Round 2 and 3 of the competition will be drawn on a regionalised basis. In Round 2, the group winners shall be seeded and the group runners-up shall be unseeded in the draw. In Round 2, teams who played in the same group as each other in the Group Stage shall keep apart from each other. Group stage Northern Section Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Southern Section Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Round 2 Northern Section Southern Section Round 3 Northern Section Southern Section Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final References EFL Trophy 2019–20 European domestic association football cups 2019–20 English Football League EFL Trophy