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By my reckoning (and I am no probability expert) there is more chance they will avoid each other than get drawn together (1 in 3 they meet, 2 in 3 they don't) so it really wouldn't be that much of a surprise. I think there are 24 possible ways the 4 teams could be drawn out the hat, of which 8 of them would see Spurs v Man U. 8/24 = 1/3
Beautiful. For completeness' sake, here are the 24 possible combinations:
Burnley v Derby - Man Utd v Spurs
Burnley v Derby - Spurs v Man Utd
Burnley v Man Utd - Derby v Spurs
Burnley v Man Utd - Spurs v Derby
Burnley v Spurs - Derby v Man Utd
Burnley v Spurs - Man Utd v Derby
Derby v Burnley - Man Utd v Spurs
Derby v Burnley - Spurs v Man Utd
Derby v Man Utd - Burnley v Spurs
Derby v Man Utd - Spurs v Burnley
Derby v Spurs - Man Utd v Burnley
Derby v Spurs - Burnley v Man Utd
Man Utd v Burnley - Derby v Spurs
Man Utd v Burnley - Spurs v Derby
Man Utd v Derby - Burnley v Spurs
Man Utd v Derby - Spurs v Burnley
Man Utd v Spurs - Burnley v Derby
Man Utd v Spurs - Derby v Burnley
Spurs v Burnley - Derby v Man Utd
Spurs v Burnley - Man Utd v Derby
Spurs v Derby - Man Utd v Burnley
Spurs v Derby - Burnley v Man Utd
Spurs v Man Utd - Burnley v Derby
Spurs v Man Utd - Derby v Burnley
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