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Club captain Tomas Kalas is among seven Bristol City players missing for Thursday’s Carabao Cup third round match against Aston Villa

Kalas has joined the call for victims of Robins, with a shoulder injury that is expected to keep the Czech Republic international for up to two months

Loan defender Alfie Mawson wore the armband in Sunday’s 2-0 Sky Bet Championship win at Stoke

Callum O’Dowda (groin), Jay Dasilva (shin), Joe Morrell (calf), Joe Williams (thigh) and Liam Walsh (quad) and Nathan Baker (hamstrings) stay on the sidelines and the boss Dean Holden will give another chance to players who impressed in the 4-0 second round win over Northampton

Bertrand Traoré awaits Aston Villa debut after his announced £ 17million transfer from Lyon The former Chelsea striker has not played since the French League Cup final in late July

Ezri Konsa, who scored the winner against Sheffield United in Villa’s Premier League opener, faces a late test on a tight tendon and doubts remain over substitute center-half Bjorn Engels

Villa boss Dean Smith is set to make changes in his eye on Monday’s league game at Fulham, and that could mean departures for Ahmed Elmohamady, Anwar El Ghazi, Kortney Hause, Marvelous Nkamba and Neil taylor

How to Track and Watch the Highlights: Follow the action with our dedicated Carabao Cup blog Highlights from the free matches will be posted on the Sky Sports website, app and YouTube channel later in the evening

Match stat: As a Premier League side, Aston Villa have progressed 10 of their last 12 League Cup games against sides from a lower division, falling in the semi-finals to Bradford in 2012 -13, and the second round in 2014-15 against Leyton Orient

New Liverpool signing Diogo Jota could make his Carabao Cup debut at Lincoln, after completing his Wolves move on Saturday too late to play against Chelsea

Left-back Kostas Tsimikas could also be part of the squad for the first time since leaving Olympiakos in August

Manager Jurgen Klopp is likely to make a number of changes and give some of his fringe players an exit

This means youngsters like Neco Williams, Sepp van den Berg, Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott could all have starts with established first team players Adrian, James Milner and Takumi Minamino

Lincoln left-back Max Melbourne could return for a visit from the Premier League champions The 21-year-old played in the last round against Bradford but was dropped on the bench for the weekend’s win against MK Donations

Liam Bridcutt, a player with high profile experience with Sunderland, looks set to keep his place after being brought back to the squad this weekend

Callum Morton impressed coming off the bench against MK Dons and, after playing Bradford, could have another shot

How to follow and watch the highlights: Lincoln City vs Liverpool will be live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event from 730h; 7:45 a.m. Kick off Sky Sports customers can watch clips of the game in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app Highlights will also be posted on the Sky Sports digital platforms and channel YouTube Sky Sports Football shortly after the final whistle

Match stat: This will be Lincoln’s second competitive meeting with a reigning top-level champion – they lost 0-4 to Preston North End in the 1889-90 FA Cup

Manchester City holders run out of players for Bournemouth visit in Carabao Cup third round

Ilkay Gundogan isolates himself after testing positive for Covid-19, while Bernardo Silva, Joao Cancelo, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Sergio Aguero are all injured

Defenders Aymeric Laporte (coronavirus) and Eric Garcia (lead) could return, summer signing Ferran Torres pushes for a first start and Zack Steffen could make his goal debut

Nicolas Otamendi and Riyad Mahrez could see their first action of the season, while Tommy Doyle, Adrian Bernabe, Liam Delap, Felix Nmecha, Cole Palmer and Taylor Harwood-Bellis are among the youngsters who might stand a chance

Bournemouth defender Diego Rico could make his first start of the season after returning from injury as a substitute against Middlesbrough this weekend Junior Stanislas is again missing with a blow and the game comes too soon for Charlie Daniels (knee)

Cherries have no new injury issues Jordan Zemura and Nnamdi Ofoborh, who made their debuts in the penalty shoot-out win over Crystal Palace last week, could feature again

Match stat: Man City have won their last 10 encounters with Bournemouth, by a combined score of 30-5 All of these games have been in the Premier League

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