The 2020-21 carabao cup turned out to be historic as Newport county reached the last 16 of the competition for the first time in their history and now we look go progress even further as we travel up to Portman road to take on League one promotion favorites Ipswich town.
Like Newport, Ipswich have also gone through major change this summer, 14 new signings have come in so far this summer with the likes of Louie Barry, who scored against Liverpool for a covid hit Aston villa side in the Fa cup 3rd round back in January. They've also acquired the likes of Conor Chaplin and county academy graduate Lee Evans. Ipswich drew they're opening game of the season 2-2 with Newport's conqueror in the play off final, Morecambe.
County are looking to keep up they're famous cup record over the past few years in both this competition and the Fa cup. In this specific competition county have got to the 2nd round at the minimum in each of the past 5 seasons but only once in that time have we managed to get past round 2 and that was last season.
Newport will look to give out some more first team debuts in this game with 7 players still waiting for their first team debut for the club. A bunch of new players features in the opening day win against oldham with Ed Upson and James Clarke catching the eye. In my opinion county should make a few changes to the line up that played against oldham but the players we bring in wont look out of place because we truly have strength in depth with 2 or 3 of similar quality.
County will look to build momentum heading into the very tricky away trips coming up due to the pitch at Rodney parade being relayed. Due to this look back in amber will be back after the first home game whenever that might be.
Overall I think county will win 2-1. This is my personal opinion let me know what you think in the comments below! Also don't forget to follow us on twitter @Absoutecounty and on Instagram @absolutely_county
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