Preview | Carmarthen Town Women v Swansea City Women

Swansea City Women travel to the LHP Stadium face Carmarthen Town Women in the Bute Energy Welsh Cup second round (2pm).

The Swans reached the second round with an emphatic 11-0 win over Talycopa AFC Women, with hat-tricks for Aimee Deacon, Taite Trivett and Emily Freeman and goals from Danielle Broadhurst and an own goal rounding off the scoring.

Third tier outfit Carmarthen caused a stunning upset in the opening round, a 5-1 win over second tier side Swansea University Women sending them comfortably through.

This continues a fantastic start to the season for Carmarthen, having won all seven of their games this season, netting 35 goals in all competitions.

The fixture will be the first meeting between the two sides, with Carmarthen’s women’s side forming in 2023.

Pre-match views

First-team manager Jamie Sherwood: “We are looking forward to the game, it will be a challenge, there are some faces in that team that we will recognise, so it will nice to reunite.

“We’ve prepared well off the back of last weekend, coming off the back of last weekend there has been a good bounce and good momentum heading into the game.

“We know they will be structured and organised, it will be an entertaining game, both teams will look to win it in different ways and that will make an exciting game.

“The momentum has been built over the last couple of weeks, we’ve scored 19 goals in our last three games, I said last weekend that it should have been more and the one thing I’m looking for this weekend is that little bit more ruthlessness in the box.

Prime numbers

4 – Carmarthen Town boast four former Swansea City players in their side, with Ffion Ashman (pictured centre), Lilly Owen, Lani Hogben and Hannah Thomas having all previously played for the club.

19 – The Swans have netted 19 goals in their last three games, with the goals spread between eight different scorers.