Town have made eight changes for this evening’s Carabao Cup first-round tie at Bromley with Ashley Young making his full Blues debut and Cedric Kipre and Fin Barbrook their debuts, while Omari Hutchinson, Chuba Akpom, Jens Cajuste and Nathan Broadhead are among those absent from the squad.
Christian Walton is in goal with Young at right-back and Leif Davis one of the three to survive from Friday’s opener at Birmingham at left-back.
Kipre is on the left of the centre of defence alongside one-time Ravens loanee Luke Woolfenden behind a young central midfield pairing of Cameron Humphreys and Barbrook, making his competitive bow having impressed during pre-season.
Conor Chaplin skippers as the number 10 with Jack Clarke and Chieo Ogbene keeping their places either side of him. Ali Al-Hamadi, another ex-Bromley loanee, is the number nine.
Among the subs, alongside rested senior players, is young Irish forward Leon Ayinde as well as two keepers, Alex Palmer and David Button.
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Recent signings Cajuste and Akpom aren’t involved, while Hutchinson, a target of Brentford and Nottingham Forest but who has had a throat infection, and Broadhead, the subject of interest from Wrexham, are also not in the squad, along with Azor Matusiwa, who made his debut at Birmingham on Friday.
Bromley make seven changes from the team which beat Barnet 2-0 at Hayes Lane at the weekend with striker Michael Cheek, last season’s League Two Golden Boot winner, dropping to the bench. Ex-academy defender Omar Sowunmi starts.
Bromley: Long, Elerewe, Sowunmi, Krauhaus, Thompson, Pinnock, Kambamba, Arthurs (c), Ifill, Dinanga, Odutayo. Subs: Smith, Charles, Cheek, Hondermarck, Kader, German, Ilunga, Iwumene, Taylor.
Town: Walton, Young, Woolfenden, Kipre, Davis, Barbrook, Humphreys, Ogbene, Chaplin (c), J Clarke, Al-Hamadi. Subs: Palmer, Button, Johnson, O’Shea, Greaves, Taylor, Ayinde, Szmodics, Hirst. Referee: Michael Russell (Portsmouth).