Victory in 90 minutes against their Ligue 1 opponent, combined with any result other than Forest Green Rovers beating West Brom U21 in 90 minutes, would be enough for the Greeks to reach the last 32
Exeter City head to Swindon Town tonight in the EFL Trophy knowing they can secure their place in the knockout stage with a win
A win within 90 minutes over their Ligue 1 opponent, combined with any result other than Forest Green Rovers beating West Brom U21s in 90 minutes, would be enough for the Greeks to reach the last 32
But even if they lost to the Robins, City know that victory in their last group game in November would almost certainly be enough to move forward, following a 3-2 win over Forest Green last month.
The Greeks enter the game after securing back-to-back wins over Mansfield Town and Port Vale, but before the game – the second of eight in October – Matt Taylor said with the volume of games he needs to cut and change your line-up
« It will be a different team on Tuesday night, » Taylor said, following the 2-0 Ligue 2 victory over Cambridge United on Saturday « But we’ve been stronger every week on the bench, and whichever team we choose will be strong enough to compete, and if we win it should be enough for us to qualify. » »
Nicky Law, Nigel Atangana, Jack Sparkes and Jake Caprice have all been selected as players who would enter the starting XI, while Ben Seymour, Jonny Maxted and Alex Fisher are also expected to have starts
The game kicks off at 7pm and can be watched live on iFollow or you can follow the coverage in the blog below
Exeter throws him long to the right and wins the first ball, but Caprice is offside
Looks like City will play a 3-4-1-2, with Nicky Ajose behind the top two
None of the 10 outfielder players who started on Saturday and are on the squad today – all of them having been given the night off as City face 8 games in October
Nicky Law had been named by Matt Taylor as someone likely to start this game, but he chose not to risk it
Six academy offspring and the keeper on the bench today – only Jordan Dyer of six made his City debut
Only Rob Hunt and Anthony Grant on each side retain their starting spot for the weekend as the two managers announce the changes
Swindon Town (4-4-2) – Joe Fryer, Rob Hunt, Taylor Curran, Jonathan Grounds, Dion Donohue, Anthony Grant, Matty Palmer, Diallang Jaiysemi, Joel Grant, Hallam Hope, Tyler Smith
Subs: Archie Matthews, Brett Pitman, Jonny Smith, Matthew Smith, Akin, Odimayo, Jack Payne, Jordan Stevens,
Exeter City (3-4-3) – Jonny Maxted, Pierce Sweeney, Will Dean, Alex Hartridge, Jake Caprice, Nigel Atangana, Harry Kite, Jack Sparkes, Nicky Ajose, Alex Fisher, Ben Seymour
City of Exeter FC, Swindon Town FC, EFL Trophy
World News – GB – Swindon Town 0 Exeter City 0 – live updates as Greeks aim for victory of the EFL Trophy
SOURCE: https://www.w24news.com