Liam Delap, Cole Palmer, Tommy Doyle and Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who have all impressed in this competition in the past. Other EDS players have also been called up to their respective nations, limiting City's options further.
That gives Enzo Maresca's new-look side a tough ask against more formidable opposition than their previous two fixtures in the Northern Group 5 so far.
City top the group and have already secured passage to the knockout stage of the newly-renamed Papa John's Trophy, and will finish as group winners with a win at Lincoln tonight - either in 90 minutes or on penalties.However, Lincoln will offer a sterner test for a more inexperienced City side, as they sit fifth in League One.
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