Swansea City v Northampton Town : League Cup Team News
The Swans take on the Cobblers tonight in a first round tie at the Swansea.Com Stadium ( kick off 7.30pm ) The last time the teams met was four years ago at the same stage of the competition. Swansea won 3-1.
Both sides will feature changes from Saturdays matches. Northampton manager Jon Brady, an ex Swansea City player has confirmed there will be numerous changes to his side. The Swans are expected to hand a debut at some point to new signing Mykola Kukharevych up front as well as Ollie Copper and Andrew Fisher. Team news follows at 6.30pm UK time. We will have a match report after the game tonight.
Team news is in. Surprise selection of Rushworth tonight.
Swansea City: Carl Rushworth; Harry Darling, Kyle Naughton, Nathan Wood; Azeem Abdulai, Joe Allen, Matt Grimes (captain), Ollie Cooper, Harrison Ashby; Liam Cullen, Joel Piroe.
Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Josh Key, Jay Fulton, Jerry Yates, Josh Ginnelly, Jamie Paterson, Brandon Cooper, Mykola Kuharevich, Filip Lissah.
Northampton Town: Max Thompson, Aaron McGowan, Sam Sherring, Louie Appere, Mitch Pinnock, Manny Monthe, Ali Koiki, Kieron Bowie, Marc Leonard, Will Hondermarck, Max Dyche.
Substitutes: Jack Sowerby, Sam Hoskins, Akin Odimayo, Peter Abimbola, Patrick Brough, James Dadge, Jacob Scott.
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