Bristol Rovers make the trip to Plymouth Argyle tomorrow night to take part in their first EFL Trophy group game.
The Gas will also face Chelsea under-21s and Swindon Town in the tournament, which has been renamed the Leasing.com Trophy this season for sponsorship reasons.
It is a competition that often provokes derision from fans, but the Gas did well last season, eventually being knocked out live on Sky Sports in a semi-final against Sunderland.
A number of teams opt to field weakened sides in the competition, but plenty of them risk fines of £5k by doing so.
That is due to strict rules governing the strength of starting XIs that EFL sides put out, with the competition's governing body keen to see 'full strength sides' fielded.
It means that at least four players in the Gas' starting XI must fit one section of the below criteria to be a qualifying player.
Started the last league game or will start the next league game
Rovers' staring line-up for Saturday's defeat to Burton Albion was: Jaakkola, Hare, Kilgour, Davies, Craig, Leahy, Ogogo, Clarke, Eupson, Smith, Clarke-Harris
The Gas' next league game is at home to Accrington Stanley on Saturday. Barring injury, Jordi van Stappershoef is almost guaranteed to start that game due to Anssi Jaakkola being on international duty.
Is in the list of 10 outfield players to have started the most games in first-team fixtures this season
Ollie Clarke (8 starts), Tom Davies (8 starts), Luke Leahy (8 starts), Abu Ogogo (7 starts), Josh Hare (6 starts) Ed Upson (6 starts), Alfie Kilgour (6 starts), Tony Craig (6 starts), Jonson Clarke-Harris (5 starts), Tyler Smith (5 starts)
Has made 40 or more first-team appearances across their career
Victor Adeboyejo, Kyle Bennett, Ollie Clarke, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Tony Craig, Tom Davies, Josh Hare, Anssi Jaakkola, Luke Leahy, Mark Little, Tom Nichols, Abu Ogogo, Alex Rodman, Liam Sercombe, Ed Upson
Is on loan from a Premier League club
Tyler Smith (on loan from Sheffield United)
