Swansea City vs Man City LIVE early team news and how to watch Carabao Cup clash

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Manchester City's Carabao Cup trip to Swansea City.

The Blues are chasing a place in the last eight of a competition they last won in 2021 when they make the journey to South Wales.

Pep Guardiola remains without the sidelined Rodri, although the midfielder is back in training, while the Etihad chief is expected to rest the likes of Erling Haaland and Gianluigi Donnarumma ahead of a Premier League clash with Bournemouth on Sunday.

Swansea are mid-table in the Championship but upset Nottingham Forest in the last round.

Kick off at the Swansea.Com Stadium is 7.45pm and we will have all the build-up, action, reaction and analysis right here in our matchday blog so stay with us.

James Trafford's goalposts moved this summer - which is not particularly what you need as a 'keeper.

The 23-year-old returned to the Etihad in a £27million move from Burnley, and had his eyes fixed on becoming Blues number one.

Upon arrival, his competition was Ederson and the general consensus was that the pair would battle it out this term before Trafford assumed first choice status for the 2026-27 campaign.

But within a matter of weeks, Ederson had moved to Fenerbahçe and Champions League winning stopper Gianluigi Donnarumma had arrived from PSG.

Trafford played the opening three Premier League matches of the season before losing his place to the newly-signed Italian. The former Burnley man's only outing since has been in the Carabao Cup. He is expected to return to the XI in that competition when City take on Swansea on Wednesday night.