28/08/2018 18:30 v Crystal Palace

28th August
First team

A youthful Swans exited the Carabao Cup but gave Premier League side Crystal Palace a scare at the Liberty Stadium.
Graham Potter handed seven debuts - five from the start - during this second-round tie which was settled by Alexander Sorloth's 71st minute goal.
But the result didn't sum up the effort put in by Potter's youngsters, who had an average age of under 23 in the starting XI.
In the ten changes to the starting XI which featured against Bristol City last time out, Potter handed academy youngsters Cian Harries, Brandon Cooper, George Byers and Courtney Baker-Richardson their debuts, while transfer deadline day signing Declan John made his maiden appearance.
Yan Dhanda and Daniel James both made their first senior starts, while Tyler Reid and Liam Cullen both came off the bench for their debuts.
Keeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt returned from injury to captain the team, while recent loan signing Cameron Carter-Vickers missed out through injury.
It was the young Swans who made the better start, with the lively Daniel James firing high and wide after cutting into the box following Matt Grimes' quickly-taken free-kick.
At the other end, 18-year-old centre-back Brandon Cooper did well to deflect Sorloth's strike from Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cros.
The Swans, though, kept plugging away and they went close to taking the lead after 20 minutes.
Dhanda collected a return pass from Byers, and the former saw his shot saved before Baker-Richardson sliced the loose.
After the break, Potter's side kept knocking on the door and James drilled wide before being denied after a neat pass from Dhanda.
But Palace made the breakthrough with 19 minutes as Sorloth turned his marker and fired past Nordfeldt for his first Palace goal.
The Swedish keeper then denied Palace a second as his fine reflex save denied sub Sullay Kaikai.
Cullen, on for Baker-Richardson, then had a chance to level in added on time, but he could only head Dhanda's cross over the crossbar.

Swans: Kristoffer Nordfeldt (capt), Kyle Naughton, Cian Harries, Brandon Cooper (Tyler Reid, 61), Daniel James, Matt Grimes, Tom Carroll (Joel Asoro, 77), George Byers, Declan John, Yan Dhanda, Courtney Baker-Richardson (Liam Cullen, 78).

Subs: Erwin Mulder, Aaron Lewis, Adnan Maric, Barrie McKay.

Crystal Palace: Vicente Guaita, Max Meyer, Cheikhou Kouyate, Alexander Sorloth, Jeffrey Schlupp (Andros Townsend, 62), Jonny Williams (Sullay Kaikai, 76), Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Ryan Inniss, Martin Kelly (Joel Ward, 62), Jason Puncheon (capt), Jairo Riedewald.

Subs: Dion-Curtis Henry, Sam Woods, Gio McGregor.

Att: 9,122