MK Dons 1-2 Cheltenham Town - Dons defeated in Papa John’s Trophy opener

MK Dons play Cheltenham Town in the Papa John’s Trophy at Stadium MK MK Dons play Cheltenham Town in the Papa John’s Trophy at Stadium MK
MK Dons play Cheltenham Town in the Papa John’s Trophy at Stadium MK
MK Dons kick-off their Papa John’s Trophy campaign this evening against Cheltenham Town at Stadium MK

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MK Dons 1-2 Cheltenham Town - LIVE

Franco Ravizzoli comes into the side to face Cheltenham tonightFranco Ravizzoli comes into the side to face Cheltenham tonight
Franco Ravizzoli comes into the side to face Cheltenham tonight

Only Jack Tucker keeps his place in the side this evening as Liam Manning rings the changes, handing Josh Kayode his first start since

Team: Ravizzoli, Tucker, Oyegoke, Jules, Ilunga, Smith, Gyamfi, Kemp, Robson, Barry, Kayode

Subs: Stacey, Holland, Burns, Lawrence, Devoy, Dennis, Tripp

Hear from coach David Wright ahead of the game

Assistant first-team coach David Wright says Dons want to maintain their winning run in the Papa John’s Trophy tonight against Cheltenham Town at Stadium MKAssistant first-team coach David Wright says Dons want to maintain their winning run in the Papa John’s Trophy tonight against Cheltenham Town at Stadium MK
Assistant first-team coach David Wright says Dons want to maintain their winning run in the Papa John’s Trophy tonight against Cheltenham Town at Stadium MK

We're coming off a really good result and we want to continue that, we want to reach that performance level again. We want to perform well against Cheltenham and if we can, hopefully it will be a positive result.

It's game after game after game at the moment, so we need to see how the players have recovered from the weekend. Some people need to recover, some need game time, and others need pushing. There are numerous things we take in when we pick a team and that's what we'll be doing.

David Wright

New kid on the block

MK Dons made their 14th signing of the summer on Monday, adding striker Josh Kayode to their ranks on loan from Rotherham.

As we understand it, that’s all the business Dons will do before the transfer deadline at 11pm on Thursday.

MK Dons take on Cheltenham Town in the Papa John's Trophy tonight - here's our prediction of how Liam Manning's side will line-upMK Dons take on Cheltenham Town in the Papa John's Trophy tonight - here's our prediction of how Liam Manning's side will line-up
MK Dons take on Cheltenham Town in the Papa John's Trophy tonight - here's our prediction of how Liam Manning's side will line-up

How many changes might Liam Manning make tonight? We’ve had a guess!