Wycombe Wanderers v Preston North team news: PNE debut for Jayson Molumby in FA Cup clash

Jayson Molumby was handed his Preston North End debut in the FA Cup third-round tie against Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park.

Molumby's inclusion was one of seven changes to the starting XI made by PNE manager Alex Neil from last week's defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Preston North End players on the pitch at Adams Park ahead of the FA Cup clash with Wycombe Wandersplaceholder image
Preston North End players on the pitch at Adams Park ahead of the FA Cup clash with Wycombe Wanders

Andrew Hughes, Ryan Ledson, Tom Bayliss and Brad Potts retained their places in the side, with Hughes wearing the captain's armband.

Connor Ripley replaced the injured Declan Rudd in goal, with Joe Rafferty, Jordan Storey, Emil Riis and Jayden Stockley coming into the side.

An eight-man bench included Ethan Walker, the teenager having been officially recalled from a loan at Carlisle United on Friday.

Alan Browne was also back among the substitutes having missed the Forest game with a calf injury.

Wycombe: Allsop, McCarthy, Knight, Tafazolli, Jacobsen, Bloomfield, Adeniran, Wheelers, Muskwe, Onyedinma, Ikpeazu. Subs: Grimmer, Gape, Kahket, Horgan, Akinfenwa, Charles, Samuel, Mehmeti, Stockdale.

PNE: Ripley, Rafferty, Storey, Hughes, Earl, Ledson, Bayliss, Potts, Molumby, Riis, Stockley. Subs: Fisher, Browne, Huntington, Maguire, Holland-Wilkinson, O'Reilly, Walker, Hudson.

Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)

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