Preview | Swansea City v Crawley Town
Swansea City host Crawley Town as they kick-off their Carabao Cup campaign at the Swansea.com Stadium (7pm kick-off).
Alan Sheehan's side face the Red Devils in their first home fixture of the new campaign and will be looking to bounce back from defeat to Middlesbrough at the weekend.
Crawley, meanwhile, have lost both their league games so far this term as they prepare to face the Swans for just the second time in their history.
Team News
The Swans are set to be without Ricardo Santos and Filip Lissah, while Ben Cabango came off after suffering cramp in the season opener at Middlesbrough.
Head coach Sheehan has said he will assess his squad given the quick turnaround, and the likes of Kaelan Casey and Melker Widell will be hoping to have the chance to make their full debuts.
Pre-match views
Alan Sheehan: "It's a different competition and a different sort of challenge, and we will need to make sure we thoroughly debrief the Middlesbrough game and see where we are at in terms of the squad.
"We know we need to get better, we know we need to improve on a few aspects.
"But it's another opportunity with games already coming thick and fast."
Scott Lindsey: “It has not been the start we wanted to the season, but it is only the start.
“This does not have to dictate what our season will look like, but clearly we want to try and turn it around quickly.”
Meet the officials
Benjamin Speedie is the man in the middle for this evening's fixture.
You can find out more about the Merseyside-born official and his team below.
Remember the last time?
This is just the second time Swansea and Crawley have met in a competitive fixture, and the first was certainly a dramatic one.
The sides locked horns in the third round of the League Cup back in 2012, and when Michu opened the scoring from a Wayne Routledge cross the visitors looked to be in for a comfortable evening.
However, Crawley responded as a deflected Josh Simpson shot found its way into the net, before Hope Akpan fired the hosts ahead.
An upset looked on the cards but the Swans levelled with 16 minutes to go through a Danny Graham header, and captain Garry Monk then popped up in stoppage time with a looping effort to snatch victory.
It proved a vital moment in Swansea's journey towards winning the trophy and a first major honour later in the season.
Prime numbers
2 - This will be just the second competitive meeting between Swansea City and Crawley Town.
53 - No Championship team won more ground duels than Swansea's tally of 53 on the opening weekend.