NEWPORT County goalkeeper Pat Mountain admits the Exiles are feeling the pressure ahead of tonight's FAW Premier Cup quarter-final rendezvous with Swansea City.
However, Swans manager Brian Flynn insists his Third Division strugglers - four points adrift at the root of the Football League this term - are favourites when the two sides clash in front of the BBC Wales television cameras at Newport Stadium (6.55pm).
Swansea, 29 places higher than County in the pyramid, haven't won away for 11 months while Peter Nicholas' Exiles are in buoyant mood with only one defeat in six outings.
Mountain, who rejected a move to cash-strapped Swans in the summer, said: "If we do beat them it will have to go down as a shock because they are in a higher league than us.
But I think people are expecting us to win, we're almost the favourites now which I don't think is necessarily fair.
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