Millwall v Plymouth Argyle preview: Hosts missing Shaun Hutchinson
Wednesday 29 August 2018 20:23, UK
Millwall will be without defender Shaun Hutchinson for Wednesday night's Carabao Cup second-round clash with Plymouth Argyle.
Hutchinson has a knee injury and will be out for the "foreseeable future", according to boss Neil Harris.
Byron Webster is set to start after being on the bench in the 1-0 defeat at Rotherham on Sunday, but record-signing Tom Bradshaw is cup-tied having featured for Barnsley in the first round.
George Saville missed out against the Millers with concussion and his future is in doubt following links of a move to Middlesbrough, while Jem Karacan is still struggling for fitness after recently joining the club.
Meanwhile, Argyle will hand a debut to midfielder Stuart O'Keefe.
O'Keefe joined on loan from Cardiff on Friday, but did not sign in time to play in Saturday's game with Peterborough, which the Pilgrims lost 5-1.
Boss Derek Adams might consider changes in the wake of that harrowing loss, where five different players played in central defence.
Ruben Lameiras will be hoping for a recall after missing out against Posh.
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Millwall are unbeaten in their last 16 home matches against Plymouth in all competitions (W11 D5) since a 2-1 defeat in January 1967.
Plymouth have faced Millwall in the League Cup once previously, losing 1-0 in the first round in 2011-12.
Millwall haven't reached the third round of the League Cup since the 2011-12 season, and have been eliminated at the second round stage in each of the last two seasons.
Plymouth - who won 1-0 against Championship side Bristol City in the first round - haven't knocked out two teams from a higher division in a single League Cup campaign since 1973-74, when they eliminated four.
Derek Adams is managing Plymouth in the League Cup second round for the first time - he had been eliminated at the first round in his first three seasons, before winning 1-0 against Bristol City in the first round this season.
