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“Everton have won some trophies in their history but the League Cup isn’t one of them,” writes Matt Burtz. “After a win at Molineux pre-international break I’m optimistic they can do it again. At the very least we’ll see what Thierno Barry can do in the starting lineup. (Do I immediately think of Gareth Barry when I see the name ‘Barry’? Yes, yes I do. Gareth scored five goals for Everton and I can’t recall any of them, BTW.)”
They haven’t won the League Cup but it was the catalyst for the greatest period in Everton’s history, as our friend Gary Naylor explained on a recent episode of Nessun Dorma.
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Wigan v Wycombe team news
Wigan Tickle, Weir, Aimson, Fox, Cooper, Borges Rodrigues, Wright, Adeeko, Hungbo, Costelloe, Asamoah.
Subs: Savin, Luke Robinson, Rogers, Smith, Trevitt, Brenan, McManaman, Murray, Mullin.
Wycombe Norris, Huggins, Back, Hagelskjaer, Casey, Abbott, Boyd-Munce, Westergaard, Tilley, Fink, McNeilly.
Subs: Moore, Allen, Gregory, Skura, Leahy, Bartolo, Savage, Onyedinma, Lowry.
Referee Ed Duckworth.
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Updated at 20.11 CEST
Fulham v Cambridge team news
Fulham Lecomte, Castagne, Diop, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed, Cairney, Traore, Smith Rowe, Kevin, Jimenez.
Subs: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Berge, King, Wilson, Chukwueze, Rodrigo Muniz, Kusi-Asare.
Cambridge Eastwood, Bennett, Jobe, Ibsen Rossi, Bradshaw, Mayor, McLoughlin, Mpanzu, Smith, Brophy, Lavery.
Subs: Hughes, Purrington, Ball, Watts, Kachunga, KaiKai, Knight, Kouassi, Gibbons.
Referee Ruebyn Ricardo.
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Updated at 20.12 CEST
Liverpool v Southampton team news
Arne Slot changes the entire XI that started the Merseyside derby. Alexander Isak starts; Giorgi Mamardashvili, the best goalkeeper at Euro 2024, and Giovanni Leoni make their Liverpool debuts.
Liverpool Mamardashvili, Frimpong, Gomez, Leoni, Robertson, Jones, Endo, Chiesa, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Isak.
Subs: Woodman, Kerkez, Bradley, Ekitike, Williams, Danns, Pilling, Gordon, Morrison.
Southampton McCarthy, Jelert, Edwards, Wood-Gordon, Quarshie, Manning, Downes, Jander, Scienza, Archer, Armstrong.
Subs: Long, Harwood-Bellis, Charles, Matsuki, Fraser, Fellows, Robinson, Stewart, Downs.
Referee Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)
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Updated at 20.11 CEST
Burnley v Cardiff team news
Burnley Weiss, Tuanzebe, Worrall, Humphreys, Sonne, Ugochukwu, Mejbri, Lucas Pires, Edwards, Broja, Flemming.
Subs: Hladky, Ndayishimiye, Banel, Barnes, Pimlott, Clark, Pouani, Campbell, Brierley.
Cardiff Trott, Ng, Chambers, Fish, Bagan, Wintle, Joel Colwill, Ashford, Rubin Colwill, Davies, Robinson.
Subs: Turner, Osho, Giles, Mafico, Turnbull, Kellyman, Nyakuhwa, Willock, Salech.
Referee David Webb.
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Wrexham v Reading team news
Wrexham Burton, Brunt, Scarr, Doyle, Barnett, Lee, Matty James, Thomason, McClean, Broadhead, Smith.
Subs: Okonkwo, Coady, Cleworth, Kabore, Longman, Dobson, O’Brien, Hardie, Moore.
Reading Stevens, Abrefa, Stickland, Jacob, Garcia, Doyle, Elliott, Savage, Kyerewaa, O’Mahony, Ehibhatiomhan.
Subs: Pereira, Fraser, Wing, Rushesha, Lane, Ryan, Duah, Ahmed, Patton.
Referee Simon Mather
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Updated at 20.02 CEST
Lincoln v Chelsea team news
Enzo Maresca makes eight changes to the side that started at Old Trafford on Saturday. Alejandro Garnacho makes his full debut for Chelsea.
Lincoln Jeacock, Darikwa, Montsma, Bradley, Hamer, McGrandles, Towler, Varfolomeyev, Street, House, Draper.
Subs: Obikwu, Okoronkwo, Ring, Thorn, Collins, Bayliss, Hackett, Reach, Wickens.
Chelsea Jorgensen, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Hato, Fernandez, Santos, Bynoe-Gittens, Buonanotte, Garnacho, George.
Subs: Slonina, Cucurella, James, Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Estevao, Walsh, Harrison, Mheuka.
Referee Matthew Donohue.
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Updated at 20.11 CEST
Wolves v Everton team news
Wolves Johnstone, Bellegarde, Santiago Bueno, Krejci, Doherty, Hwang, Andre Trindade, Hugo Bueno, Larsen, Munetsi, Arias.
Subs: Bentley, Wolfe, Joao Gomes, Agbadou, Arokodare, Rodrigo Gomes, Toti Gomes, Hoever, Lopez.
Everton Travers, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Alcaraz, Coleman, Garner, Dibling, McNeil, Iroegbunam, Barry.
Subs: King, Patterson, Beto, Grealish, Aznou, Gueye, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Mykolenko.
Referee Craig Pawson.
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Barnsley v Brighton team news
Barnsley Cooper, Durand de Gevigney, Shepherd, Ogbeta, Farrugia, Rooney, Connell, Cleary, Russell, Yoganathan, Keillor-Dunn.
Subs: Flavell, Phillips, Watson, Barratt, Bland, Graham, Earl, Woodcock, Farrell.
Brighton Steele, Veltman, Coppola, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Baleba, Milner, Watson, Welbeck, Gomez, Tzimas.
Subs: McGill, Dunk, van Hecke, Rutter, Kostoulas, Mitoma, Ayari, Tasker, Howell.
Referee Tom Reeves
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Updated at 19.59 CEST
Ben Fisher on Lincoln v Chelsea
It is the makings of a pub‑quiz question: what do third‑tier Lincoln City have in common with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt? The answer is rooted in their forward-thinking approach, with the League One side one of a few clubs in the world to have a dedicated innovation arm tasked with maximising potential. There are always ideas bubbling away at the surface, one centring on using plant‑based energy gels, another on adjusting dressing-room lighting to heighten performance.
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Preamble
The Carabao Cup starts here! What do you mean seven Premier League teams, including Aston Villa and Manchester United, are already out of the competition? Fair point. But it’s not the point, so pipe down.
The point is that Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and the holders Newcastle – who between them have won 10 of the last 12 League Cups – are among the clubs joining the competition this week.
Chelsea and Liverpool are first up with matches against Lincoln and Southampton respectively. We’re all friends here, so can acknowledge that tonight’s fixture list is not the most mouthwatering in Guardian clockwatch history. But cup nights usually throw up some quality watercooler fodder, so stay us with unguaranteed excitement.
These are tonight’s fixtures; all are 7.45pm kick-offs unless otherwise jolly well stated.
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