Brentford manager Thomas Frank will make changes in the Carabao Cup against Oldham on Tuesday.The Premier League new boys head into the third-round clash buoyed by Saturday’s impressive 2-0 win at Wolves.Shandon Baptiste is unavailable to face Latics through suspension and Bees boss Frank says they have no fresh injuries to contend with.The Dane will shuffle his pack on Tuesday but name a ...Full Story »

The Manchester City team which begins the defence of the club’s Carabao Cup trophy against Wycombe will be made up of several academy players.Pep Guardiola believes his injury list is so bad that he has “no alternative” but to play youngsters in the third-round tie.John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ilkay Gundogan are all injured, while Guardiola wants...Full Story »

Striker Charlie Wyke will be looking to pick up where he left off at the weekend as Wigan take on Sunderland in the Carabao Cup.The former Black Cat opened his account after scoring a brace for the Latics in their 4-1 win against Accrington.Wigan could also consider handing club debuts to deadline-day signings Joe Bennett, Jason Kerr and Curtis Tilt.Bennett and Kerr have yet to feature in a matc...Full Story »

Portsmouth captain Clark Robertson will miss Tuesday’s game against Plymouth with a hip injury.Robertson picked up the issue in training last Thursday and the central defender is still waiting to find out the extent of the problem.Connor Ogilvie has a quad injury and will again be absent after he sat out Saturday’s defeat to Cambridge.Pompey could also be without Jayden Reid (knee) a...Full Story »

Crawley manager John Yems must decide whether or not to stick with the side that began the wins over Carlisle and Colchester for the visit of Harrogate.Kwesi Appiah and Ashley Nadesan are pushing for places in the starting line-up after they both came off the bench at Colchester on Saturday.Owen Gallacher is hoping to play against Harrogate, where he had a spell on loan last year, but he has mad...Full Story »

Madger Gomes could make his debut for Crewe in their Sky Bet League One clash with Morecambe.The midfielder’s registration was initially delayed and the resolution saw him make the bench for the weekend victory against Burton, but he did not feature.Luke Offord could be in contention after coming on to replace Terell Thomas, who came ​off injured in the second half of the Brewers gam...Full Story »

Xisco Munoz will rotate his Watford squad for the third-round Carabao Cup clash with Stoke.On-loan Turkey international Ozan Tufan will make his debut, while Xisco may also throw in a couple of the club’s under-23 players.Others will be rested, including Juraj Kucka, while Kiko Femenia misses out after being forced off against Norwich at the weekend, although he should return to training l...Full Story »

Preston will be without Josh Murphy for their Carabao Cup third-round clash with Cheltenham.The midfielder is cup tied after playing in the earlier rounds of the tournament for his parent club Cardiff.Defender Patrick Bauer could be a doubt having received stitches after breaking his nose during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with West Brom.Connor Wickham will be hoping for another opportunity after ...Full Story »

Todd Cantwell will miss Norwich’s Carabao Cup third round clash with Liverpool on Tuesday night due to personal reasons.Canaries boss Daniel Farke has seen his side lose all five of their Premier League games this season but they were 6-0 winners against Bournemouth in round two.He is likely to make a host of alterations with Christoph Zimmermann (ankle) and Przemyslaw Placheta (Covid) abs...Full Story »

Fulham will once again be without teenage star Fabio Carvalho for Tuesday night’s EFL Cup clash with Leeds.Carvalho missed Saturday’s home defeat to Reading with a toe injury and remains sidelined with boss Marco Silva set to make changes.Jay Stansfield, Michael Hector and Alfie Mawson could all be given a chance to impress against the Premier League side at Craven Cottage.Silva is s...Full Story »