The Clarets belatedly start their season with a Carabao Cup second-round tie against Premier League rivals Sheffield United.
The winners face a mid-week trip to Millwall in round three after the Championship side knocked out Michael Duff’s Cheltenham with a 3-1 win on Tuesday night.
The League Cup hasn’t been Burnley’s friend in recent seasons, with only one win in the competition since 2014.
Boss Sean Dyche faces another juggling act with the Clarets’ Premier League opener at Leicester City just three nights away.
But he is also not spoiled for choice numbers-wise in his squad and so could see this as a useful sharpener, as well as the chance to progress at the hands of a United side which finished alongside the Clarets in the Premier League’s top-10 last season in only their second top-flight season in 26 years.