With Everton now through to the group stage, all eyes will be on the draw on Tuesday, 9th October 2007 at 12.00 noon. The 40 remaining clubs are drawn into 8 groups of 5 teams in accordance with the seeding principles, based on the UEFA list of club coefficients. The 40 teams will be allocated to five pots. Pot 1 will comprise the top eight clubs in the club coefficient rankings, Pot 2 the following eight clubs in the rankings, and so on for pots 3, 4 and 5. Clubs from the same association will not be drawn into the same group. Everton are in Pot 3.

When the draw concludes and there are 8 groups of 5 teams, a computer draw will take place to determine the fixture schedule with factors such as stadium clashes and climatic conditions (it is not possible to play in some northern countries in mid-December) taken into account. Each club plays home and away alternately in its group. Everton will then have 4 group games tp play 2 at home and 2 away. The following match sequence applies:

1st match day: D v B    C not playing
E v A

2nd match day: B v E    A not playing
C v D

3rd match day: A v B    D not playing
E v C

4th match day: C v A    B not playing
D v E

5th match day: A v D    E not playing
B v C