Facundo Pellistri pleased with how he’s settling in at United

Accrington are seventh in League One, after a 2-1 win over MK Dons at the weekend, and will be tough opponents with the young Reds needing to learn lessons from the 4-0 defeat at Morecambe last time out in the competition, albeit when qualification from the group was already assured.

With a lot of focus on the first-team out in Leipzig, there is a good opportunity for Wood’s side to show the sort of Premier League 2 form that has been impressing all observers, with keeper Paul Woolston among the star performers in Friday’s victory over Southampton.

“It was one of those games,” he told us afterwards. “It wasn’t the prettiest but we dug in really well and deserved three points in the end. Coming back from the poor result at West Ham, I think it showed a lot of character from the lads.