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Shrewsbury Town vs Huddersfield Town; Carabao Cup First Round

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Shrewsbury Town vs Huddersfield Town. Carabao Cup First Round.

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Shrewsbury Town 2

  • A Leitch-Smith (1st minute)
  • L Dodds (77th minute)

Huddersfield Town 1

  • E Kachunga (39th minute)

Shrewsbury v Huddersfield preview: Ivan Toney could make debut

Ivan Toney of Newcastle United.
Image: Ivan Toney could make his Shrewsbury debut against Huddersfield after joining on loan from Newcastle

Ivan Toney could make his Shrewsbury debut against Huddersfield in the Sky Bet EFL Cup after joining on loan from Newcastle.

The striker, 20, has signed until January following Town's 1-0 opening-day Sky Bet League One defeat to MK Dons on Saturday.

AJ Leitch-Smith and Andy Mangan were boss Micky Mellon's only forwards before Toney joined on Monday.

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Highlights of MK Dons' 1-0 win over Shrewsbury in the Sky Bet League One.

Olly Lancashire could be in line for his Shrewsbury debut after being an unused substitute for the home defeat to the Dons at the weekend.

Huddersfield coach David Wagner hopes to have Nahki Wells back from a knee injury for the trip.

The former Bradford forward, who has been linked with a move to Derby before the end of the transfer window, missed the opening-day win over Brentford and faces a late fitness test.

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Highlights of Huddersfield 2-1 win over Brentford in the Sky Bet Championship.

Elias Kachunga went off five minutes after half-time on Saturday with a tight hamstring but should be available.

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Wagner is still without veteran midfielder Dean Whitehead as he serves the second game of a three-match ban carried over from last season, while Philip Billing (ankle) and Harry Bunn (hamstring) both remain sidelined.

Follow the EFL Cup action with our live blog on skysports.com and the Sky Sports apps. The second round draw will take place on Wednesday, August 10 on Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports News HQ after the Sky Live game between Luton and Aston Villa.

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