Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield has insisted that ‘there will be changes’ for this weekend’s FA Cup clash against York City.

The Chairboys face the National League outfit in the first round of the world’s oldest football competition on Saturday, as they aim to book their place in the second round for the second consecutive year.

The changes are being made due to the Adams Park team having two long away days in the coming week.

The first is at Stockport County on Tuesday night, before Wycombe head up the M6 four days later for a bout against Wigan Athletic.

Speaking ahead of the cup tie this weekend, Bloomfield said: “This is an opportunity for us to make some changes this weekend and give game time to some of the boys who deserve it.

“There are some members of the squad that are quite unfortunate to not have played more than what they have, because the competition has been so fierce and the starting 11 has been hard to pick at times.

“There will be changes because of the week that is coming after that.

“The manner of how we play is important to me at the coaching staff and the players are on board with that.

“We want to win games but we want to entertain our supporters as we want people to enjoy coming to watch us.

“We’re not trying to reinvent anything or be overly clever, we are trying to play the way we believe.

“We want people to enjoy watching us and we want to win and get through."

Wycombe have started the season incredibly well, scoring in 16 of their 17 games so far this campaign, losing just three times.

Those defeats were against Wrexham and Birmingham City in the league, and AFC Wimbledon in the EFL Trophy respectively.

They all came within the first four matches of the season, which has seen Wanderers progressively improve.

Despite this, the Chairboys’ record in the FA Cup has been nothing short of terrible.

The club have been knocked out of the competition by lower-league opposition at Adams Park without scoring in each of the last three seasons.

Those losses were versus Hartlepool United in 2021/22, Walsall in 2022/23 and Morecambe in 2023/24.

Bloomfield added: “The FA Cup throws up these types of results, and we want to guard against that as much as we can on Saturday.

“To guard against it, we must be at it.

“York have been dominating games, have got results, and they are playing with a distinct style.

“Hinsh [Adam Hinshelwood], did a brilliant job at Worthing and he’s doing the same at York, and they have recruited really well.

"The last thing I want to be is on the end of a cup upset, but I don’t see it as that.

"I will see it as a competitive game as York are well drilled and have got some very good players.

"They’re top of the league so they are a good side.

"We’re up against a very good competition and I think it will be a good encounter on Saturday afternoon."

The match this weekend, which is the first between the two sides since April 2016, will kick-off at 3pm.