Carling Cup Fixtures 21st September 2010 Part 1

Birmingham v Milton Keynes Dons
MK Dons disposed of Blackpool in their last Carling Cup fixture Birmingham are likely to field a weakened side but MK Dons will be lucky to do it again.
Jermaine Easter’s only goals so far came in the last round of the Carling Cup. Maybe another goal or two in this match will get him up and running in the league.

Brentford v Everton
Brentford beat Hull City in the last round but Everton should prove a sterner test. Everton’s only win in any competition this season was their Carling Cup win over Huddersfield Town.
Nicky Adams could keep his place in Brentford’s starting line-up.

Burnley v Bolton Wanderers
Owen Coyle walked out on Burnley to manage Bolton. I’m sure the fans will be just delighted to see him again. Bolton will field a weakened side in this Carling Cup match so Burnley, who are doing well in the Championship, might fancy their chances. Especially as their former player Robbie Blake doesn’t want to score against them.
Sam Ricketts has spent most of this season on the bench so I’d expect him to play tomorrow.

Millwall v Ipswich Town
Millwall haven’t won any of their last three fixtures and will be eager to get back to winning ways. It is unfortunate, then, that they face a side who have only lost once this season – and that was to high-flying Queen’s Park Rangers.
Millwall are a bit short of strikers due to injury and eligible loanees so Steve Morison might not be rested.
Ipswich are expected to do a spot of player rotation so Troy Brown could come into the starting line-up. He wasn’t in the squad at the weekend though so he might be injured.

Peterborough United v Swansea City
Peterborough’s last Carling Cup victims were Cardiff City. Now the League One promotion contenders set their sights on the other League side in Wales. (For once, Wrexham are probably quite glad of rheir Championship status.)
Peterborough’s Arron Davies will miss the match due to a hamstring injury.
But with Swansea on the pitch, the match is sure to have some Welsh representatives. Ashley Williams and Neil Taylor have become regulars in the League while David Cotterill and Joe Allen seem to be sharing a midfield position. If Swansea manager Brendan Rogers chooses to rest players, goalkeeper David Cornell, Jazz Richards and Casey Thomas are all capable of doing a job.