And with that news, I’m off. It’s been, in its way, actually quite exciting. Bye!
Final score in the shoot-out: Burnley 3-5 Leeds United! Dallas shoots to his left, Pope dives to his left, and Leeds United are through!
Burnley 3-4 Leeds United! Alioski’s penalty is an absolute cracker, flying right into the top corner!
MISS! Burnley 3-3 Leeds United! Tarkowski’s shot is low, his shot is hard, and his shot hits Lonergan and bounces clear! We have our first miss!
Burnley 3-3 Leeds United! The keeper goes the right way, but Brady’s penalty is too good!
Burnley 2-3 Leeds United! Klich’s penalty is ice-cool, casually passed to his right as the keeper goes left!
Burnley 2-2 Leeds United! Hernández, who scored Leeds’s penalty in normal time, sends his effort just inside the right-hand post!
Burnley 2-1 Leeds United! Barnes sidefoots to his right, with Pope diving the wrong way.
Wood scores from the spot! Burnley 1-1 Leeds United Chris Wood slams the ball straight down the middle, and into the roof of the net!
It’s in! Burnley 0-1 Leeds United Smashed hard into the left corner. Pope goes the right way but gets nowhere near.
Penalties are about to get under way, and Lasogga is going to take the first for Leeds.
There’s some unhappiness among the Leeds ranks at Burnley, where the police appear to have requested that the shoot-out take place at the home end.
Final score: Burnley 2-2 Leeds United
So this tie will be decided by penalty kicks.
Final score: Wolves 1-0 Bristol Rovers
Bright Enobakhare wins the game, and the best-first-name-of-the-night award.
It's all over at Molineux. Bright Enobakhare's strike in extra time is enough for Wolves who progress to the next round of the @Carabao_Cup. pic.twitter.com/ss8OW7k1RN
— Wolves (@Wolves) September 19, 2017
Final score: Bournemouth 1-0 Brighton
It’s all over at the Vitality, and Bournemouth are through.
Full time: AFC Bournemouth 1-0 @OfficialBHAFC.
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) September 19, 2017
A Joshua King strike in extra-time puts the Cherries into the hat. ✅ pic.twitter.com/GNKwoIFuKj
David Hytner has spent his evening at Wembley:
And Wolves still lead Bristol Rovers 1-0, where the visitors’ Tom Lockyer has been sent off for a professional foul.
In Bournemouth they’re into added time at the end of extra time, and the Cherries remain a goal to the good.
Another update from Burnley-focused JR: “A possible source of controversy at Burnley would be referee Darren Bond pulling six added minutes out of his pants (it should not have been more than four) and then Brady equalising in the 96th minute,” he writes. “But what a free kick that was. Love Brady. Anyway, if nuclear armageddon arrives before I contact you again at least we had Sako/Sakho/Sacko day.”
@Simon_Burnton so there's Sacko, Sakho for Palace, Sakho for West Ham as well as Sako!! Is this the new Smith (or Smythe)?
— Daffy Kyle (@daffykyle) September 19, 2017
Tonight has been unusually Sakful. There are, it seems, only two top-level footballing Sakhos in world football, and just one Sako (though Yuya Osako plays for Köln, Abdoulaye Sissako for Auxerre and Vajebah Sakor for Gothenburg). There’s only one renowned Sacko, unless you count Falaye Sacko of Vitória Guimarães. In short, every single noteworthy Sacko/Sakho/Sako in world football has been in Carabao Cup action tonight.
The three extra-time matches continue, and are all in the second half. Wolves and Bournemouth lead 1-0, while Burnley and Leeds remain tied at 2-2, and are presumably saving themselves for a ludicrously manic last two minutes.
Finally (for now), Jacob Steinberg witnessed West Ham’s comfortable romp against Bolton:
While Stuart James saw Leicester’s logic-busting victory over Liverpool. According to our occasionally-reliable match stats, Leicester had eight shots in total of which five were on target, while Liverpool had 21 shots in total of which three were on target. That is some commitment to profligacy:
Some match reports for you. First, Dominic Fifield watched Crystal Palace beat Huddersfield:
Final score: Tottenham 1-0 Barnsley
It’s all over at Wembley, and Tottenham are still in the hat! Could they be on their way to Wembley (again)?
Jon Fanning has got an issue with JR’s Burnley v Leeds report, and specifically the suggestion that Jeff Hendrick has been “literally invisible”. “If he is literally invisible at Turf Moor, I suspect it is more likely he isn’t there at all and they are just pretending he is,” he writes, not unreasonably.
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After battling through 90 goalless minutes, and some goalless stoppage time, within moments of extra time getting under way it’s …
GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Bristol Rovers (Enobakhare, 98 mins)
and also
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Brighton (King, 99 mins)
Re Swansea's green stripe, it's evoking this surely @simon_burnton? pic.twitter.com/QWy3BTvVOG
— Gary Naylor (@garynaylor999) September 19, 2017
I meant I didn’t see what it was doing there stylistically, though I hadn’t thought of this obvious potential excuse.
It has finished 2-2 at Burnley, so they, like the goalless pair, Bournemouth v Brighton and Wolves v Bristol Rovers, head into stoppage time.
@Simon_Burnton Seeing Alfie Mawson celebrating his goal and wondering if I'm alone in my deep respect for Swansea's away kit this season?
— Neil McGwyre (@neilmcgwyre) September 19, 2017
I certainly don’t see anything very admirable in it. Is it the green stripe that gets your juices flowing? Because I’ve got no idea what it’s doing there.
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GOAL! Reading 0-2 Swansea (Ayew, 83 mins)
I don’t know much about this goal, except that it was “superb”.
83: Superb finish from @jordan_ayew9! He cuts in from the left and curls the ball into the bottom corner!#REASWA 🔵 0-2 🔴
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) September 19, 2017
GOAL! Burnley 2-2 Leeds (Brady, 90+6 mins)
A totally ludicrous final few minutes at Burnley, and after Robbie Brady curls in a lovely 30-yard free kick it once again looks like extra time is inevitable there.
GOALS! Brentford 1-3 Borwich (Clarke, 90 mins)
West Ham 3-0 Bolton (Masuaku, 90 mins)
I’ve only seen the latter, which was a beautiful left-footed strike into the far top corner from 30 yards.
Final score: Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City
Another Premier League scalp is, um, scalped in Bristol, where Stoke played poorly and were punished for it.
Final score: Leicester 2-0 Liverpool
Anyone who turned off at half-time will be absolutely astonished by this scoreline.
GOAL! Burnley 1-2 Leeds (Hernandez pen, 90+4 mins)
It’s not a great penalty, low, slow and nowhere near the corner, but happily the goalkeeper goes the wrong way, so it doesn’t much matter!
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Penalty to Leeds! Tarkowski pulls Roofe’s shirt, and in the middle of six minutes of stoppage time Leeds have a chance to retake the lead!
Bad news for text-based live-update service providers everywhere: there will be extra time in at least one game, the final whistle having gone at Bournemouth.
Oh yes. How quickly we forget.
@Simon_Burnton Here's a fine example of the genre pic.twitter.com/WuTvFgIisX
— Dave Horwell (@grumpy_gargoyle) September 19, 2017
GOAL! Burley 1-1 Leeds (Wood pen, 89 mins)
And Wood sends the goalkeeper the wrong way to haul Burnley level at the last! He celebrates with a demure fist-pump.
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Burnley, a goal down at home to Leeds, have a penalty in the 88th minute! And former Leeds striker Chris Wood will take it!
There are now only two goalless games, at Bournemouth and Wolves. Extra time appears very likely.
Hamza Choudhury has just come on for Leicester, making his first-team debut. He has the most spectacular afro. When did the top-flight last revel in a ’do like this?
Huge moment for #lcfc youngster Hamza Choudhury, who comes on to make his debut in place of Wilfred Ndidi.
— Leicester City (@LCFC) September 19, 2017
Good luck, Hamza! 👊#LeiLiv
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Meanwhile Gray nearly puts Leicester three goals ahead against Liverpool, his lovely curling shot being tipped round the post.
GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Leeds (Sacko, 80 mins)
That’s an excellent long-range through-ball that sends Sacko screaming into all sorts of space in Burnley’s half, and he puts Leeds ahead with 10 minutes to play!
79' GGGGGOOOOAAAALLLLL!!! HAAADDDIIII SAAAACCKKKOOO!!! YOU BEAUTY!!! 0-1 pic.twitter.com/x6XKng1x45
— Leeds United (@LUFC) September 19, 2017
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GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Barnsley (Alli, 65 mins)
Trippier bursts into the box and sends the ball bobbling across goal, where Dele Alli anticipates and taps in from six yards!
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GOAL! Leicester 2-0 Liverpool (Slimani, 78 mins)
That is an absolute cracker from Slimani! Okazaki slips the ball into his path, and he takes a few strides towards the penalty area before slamming a beautiful left-footed shot into the top corner!
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More news from our temporary voluntary Burnley corresponent: “Among those wishing that Roy Keane wasn’t at Turf Moor would be Jeff Hendrick, who has been literally invisible, and Kevin Long who missed the target completely with a wide open header in the first half,” writes JR. “On the bright side Conor Shaughnessy looks to be doing pretty good. And look! What’s this?! Yes, another Sacko (with another spelling) has entered the epic third round of the Carabao Cup! Hadi Sacko just came on for Leeds.”
It’s a big night for returning players: after Pape Soare, Danny Ings comes on for Liverpool, replacing Wijnaldum.
Oof.
😀 Capitalise on a mistake
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) September 19, 2017
😃 Through on goal
😄 Round the keeper
😞 Put it into the stands
Candeias with a miss of the season contender. pic.twitter.com/Guq7krcef1
GOAL! Brentford 0-3 Norwich (Murphy, 68 mins)
Murphy speeds onto a through-ball into the left-hand side of the area and lifts the ball gently over the advancing goalkeeper!
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GOAL! Reading 0-1 Swansea (Mawson, 52 mins)
Mawson’s shot from a Renato Sanches corner is deflected into the back of the net, and the goals are really flying in now!
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GOAL! Aston Villa 0-2 Middlesbrough (Bamford, 67 mins)
That’s a lovely long, curling, dipping cross from the left, and Bamford rises at the back stick and sends a looping header back across goal and in.
GOAL! Leicester 1-0 Liverpool (Okazaki, 66 mins)
Okazaki, Ulloa’s replacement, scuffs the ball in from 12 yards and Liverpool, utterly dominant in the first half, are behind!
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GOAL! Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City (Taylor, 60 mins)
A long ball is flicked on, Matty Taylor drives into the area and then shoots low across goal and in. Stoke’s official Twitter feed admits the Premier League side “just haven’t been at the races”.
The Bristol man meets a ball over the top and gets in behind. The Potters just haven't been at the races this evening (2-0) #SCFC
— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) September 19, 2017
Oooh! Ike Ugbo has just missed a brilliant chance to put Barnsley ahead at Spurs!
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Middlesbrough (Bamford pen, 58mins)
Bamford strokes the penalty high and just left of centre, while the goalkeeper dives low and right.
Middlesbrough have a penalty, and Aston Villa’s Tommy Elphick has been sent off!
“Please don’t disparage goalless games. Or dull ones, or rubbish ones,” weites Charles Antaki. “Cleave the Carabou Cup to your bosom, aware that this world may not have much time left, with nuclear Armageddon announced at the UN tonight.” I get your logic, but do I really have to?
GOAL! ANOTHER GOAL! Brentford 0-2 Norwich (Vrancic, 51 mins)
Having scored from a penalty in the first half, Mario Vrancic scores from a free-kick in the second, sneaking it low inside the near post from 20 yards or so.
In other substitution news, Pape Souare has come on at half-time for Crystal Palace, a year and a week after his car crash.
2⃣3⃣
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) September 19, 2017
What a moment. Welcome back, Pape. ❤💙 pic.twitter.com/uwrM9oRck1
Ulloa isn’t fine – he’s had to go off.
GOAL! YES, A GOAL! Bristol City 1-0 Stoke City (Diédhiou, 50 mins)
A simple but stylishly converted header from Famara Diédhiou, and there is a potential upset on the cards at Ashton Gate.
GOAL: #BristolCity 1-0 Stoke City, Diédhiou 50. #BRCvSTO pic.twitter.com/6YRmxHCdhX
— Bristol City FC (@bcfctweets) September 19, 2017
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Strange goings-on at Leicester, where Ulloa is entirely unchallenged as he heads away a corner but then crumples to the ground and stays there. He seems fine now, mind.
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Solanke spins, shoots and a defender slids in to block smartly. In other Liverpool news, Ben Woodburn has replaced Coutinho at half-time.
… Gray scoops his effort miles over the bar. And a bit wide of the post.
The game has restarted at Leicester, and the home side have an excellent free-kick shooting opportunity inside a minute.
The two 8pm kick-offs have both reached half-time without a goal having been scored. The second half – which is about to start in all the 7.45pm games – can only be an improvement, surely.
Almost an assault on police at Griffin Park tonight! 🙈 #TerriblePen #BrentfordFC #OTBC pic.twitter.com/6FyUEmaW9m
— MPS Football Unit (@MPSFootballUnit) September 19, 2017
The half-time whistle has blown in most of the 7.45pm kick-offs. The games at Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Bristol City, Burnley, Leicester and Wolves are all goalless. Norwich at Brentford and Crystal Palace at home to Huddersfield lead 1-0, while West Ham are two goals to the good against Bolton. The two 8pm kick-offs are also both goalless. Harumph.
I have just been made aware of this. Oh my god, my ears.
Tottenham For Life: 🎥 genius from Jessie Barnett on Vimeo https://t.co/8PuWZ2hiSn pic.twitter.com/5yntxsQxs5
— Tottenham Hotspur-US (@Spurs_US) September 19, 2017
I have just seen the free-est header-from-a-set-piece that I have ever seen. It’s from a Spurs corner on the right wing, and it picks out Llorente, who is absolutely fantastic with his head but is clearly overwhelmed with agoraphobia or something, so much space is he in, and his effort goes over the bar.
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Coutinho’s shot is terrible, and both wide and high.
Liverpool have a free-kick in an excellent shooting position, with five minutes of the first half remaining. Meanwhile Swansea have had a goal disallowed at Reading.
25: Narsingh slides the ball into the back of the net, but the referee has blown up for a foul. Looked harsh!#REASWA 🔵 0-0 🔴
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) September 19, 2017
Tonight’s is the first league hat-trick of Zaza’s career.
3 - Simone Zaza ha marcado el primer triplete liguero de su carrera (Liga, Serie A y Premier League). Depredador. pic.twitter.com/4KDTkE0WZH
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 19, 2017
“Watching Burnley’s second string against Leeds’ second string is like … well, it’s like something. Burnley’s second stringers look more likely to score,” reports JR. “The only things to report are Phil Bardsley has taken three very stupid, bad, and ultimately futile shots from way outside the box and the Leeds fans seem to be enjoying themselves a lot by abusing Charlie Taylor.”
Talking of West Ham and goals, a former Hammers flop is making headlines elsewhere tonight – Simone Zaza has scored an eight-minute hat-trick for Valencia against Malaga. His side are 4-0 up, with 25 minutes to play.
GOAL! West Ham 2-0 Bolton (Sakho, 31 mins)
A pull-back from the left and Sakho sidefoots smartly across goal and in at the back stick.
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More penalty action at Griffin Park. The clearest of silly sliding fouls, and the wildest of wild penalty misses.
Penalty to Brentford. Wes Hoolahan adjudged to have commited a foul in the box and the hosts have a spot-kick... #ncfc
— Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) September 19, 2017
BFC 0-1 NCFC (29)
30' Missed! Yoann gets under it and sends it flying over the bar from 12 yards (0-1)
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) September 19, 2017
Liverpool’s ability to miss chances continues to astound. Coutinho brings the ball to the edge of the area, Solanke’s shot rebounds to Robertson, and he drives low across goal. Somehow it misses everybody and goes out the other side for a goal kick.
Liverpool are 7-1 up on shots at present. Gray had Leicester’s shot, running the length of the field after a Liverpool corner before shooting gently down the middle of goal.
Liverpool miss another chance, Robertson’s lovely cross being spooned over the bar at the far post by Solanke.
It is extremely inconsiderate for the same club to employ both Sako and Sakho, and there should be something in the regulations to prevent them both being on the field simultaneously.
@Simon_Burnton Sako not Sakho ;-)
— Max. (@Maxio2016) September 19, 2017
Liverpool seem to be having much the better of things at Leicester, but remain goalless. Oxlade-Chamberlain wasted their latest effort, blasting wide from an unpromising position on the right.
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It was, I’m informed, a Bakary Sako header from an Andros Townsend corner.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Huddersfield (Sako, 13 mins)
I can’t tell you much more about this, except that it has happened.
13: GOAL! Bakary Sako header!
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) September 19, 2017
[1-0] #CRYHUD pic.twitter.com/zmd984zdWO
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GOAL! Brentford 0-1 Norwich (Vrancic pen, 10 mins)
Watkins is fouled in the penalty area, and Mario Vrancic scores from the spot!
At Leicester, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Solanke both go close, the former leading to a corner and the latter from the corner. Neither effort goes in, though.
GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Bolton (Ogbonna, 4 mins)
West Ham take a free-kick from the right wing, send in a lovely cross and Ogbonna thumps in the most emphatic of headers.
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On foreign shores, Barcelona are kicking off at 10pm. Mad crazy Spaniards with their late-night antics.
⚽️ #BarçaEibar
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 19, 2017
👍 XI
🔵🔴 Força Barça! pic.twitter.com/il90RQbSiX
We have a kick-off situation. I repeat, we have a kick-off situation.
The teams are out (except where there are 8pm kick-offs) and we’re about to get some actual action to chat about!
One further headline, courtesy of Tony Bartholemew:
“BONG! There’s a bloke in the Brighton line-up called Bong.”
Indeed, and with Bong and Skalak next to each other on the team sheet, tonight would seem a perfect opportunity for the Brighton fans to go the full Apache Indian.
Jürgen Klopp talks about Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain:
I don’t care about his best position. I don’t want to see him always on one wing or something like this. I don’t want to see him fixed in his position. It’s football. You have to be very flexible, and that’s what I expect from him in the long term. Today he will start for the first time, and that’s another thing I’m excited about.
A pretty strong Spurs side, with Juan Foyth making his full debut.
Tottenham Hotspur v Barnsley
Tottenham Hotspur: Vorm, Walker-Peters, Foyth, Vertonghen, Trippier, Winks, Dembele, Son, Alli, Sissoko, Llorente. Subs: Alderweireld, Kane, Nkoudou, Dier, Gazzaniga, Eriksen, Oakley-Boothe.
Barnsley: Davies, McCarthy, MacDonald, Lindsay, Fryers, Potts, Bird, Joe Williams, Barnes, Ugbo, Hedges. Subs: Hammill, Bradshaw, Moncur, Townsend, Jackson, Pearson, Thiam.
Referee: Tim Robinson.
And yet more teams. Mamadou Sakho starts for Crystal Palace, for the first time since April:
Brentford v Norwich
Brentford: Daniels, Clarke, Barbet, Chatzitheodoridis, Mepham, Mokotjo, Yennaris, Jozefzoon, McEachran, Archibald, Maupay. Subs: Bentley, Watkins, Egan, Woods, Sawyers, Dalsgaard, Shaibu.
Norwich: Gunn, Ivo Pinto, Klose, Zimmermann, Husband, Vrancic, Hoolahan, Reed, Trybull, Watkins, Murphy. Subs: Jerome, Wildschut, Stiepermann, Tettey, Franke, Matthews, Phillips.
Referee: James Linnington.
Teamchangeometer: Brentford take this one 7-5.
Crystal Palace v Huddersfield
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Kelly, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Townsend, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Schlupp, Sako, Lee. Subs: Ward, Cabaye, Hennessey, Benteke, Mutch, Souare, Delaney.
Huddersfield: Coleman, Hadergjonaj, Cranie, Hefele, Malone, van La Parra, Lolley, Ince, Hogg, Billing, Kachunga. Subs: Lossl, Smith, Whitehead, Mooy, Sabiri, Lowe, Jorgensen.
Referee: Lee Probert.
Reading v Swansea
Reading: Jaakkola, Gunter, Tiago Ilori, Moore, Obita, Swift, Evans, Bacuna, Beerens, Clement, Popa. Subs: Van den Berg, Bodvarsson, Blackett, Kelly, Rinomhota, Legg, Smith.
Swansea: Nordfeldt, Rangel, van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson, Sanches, Roque, Fer, Narsingh, Bony, Routledge. Subs: Britton, Abraham, Ayew, Mulder, Naughton, Fernandez, Fulton.
Referee: Andy Davies.
Teamchangeometer: Nine changes for Swansea sees them take the honours.
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More teams. Chris Wood is in Burnley’s squad to face Leeds, his former club, but not in the starting XI. Leeds win the most-changes head-to-head against Burnley 9-7, the first upset of the night. Bristol City win the most-changes head-to-head against Stoke 9-6:
Bristol City v Stoke
Bristol City: Steele, Vyner, Flint, Hegeler, Magnusson, Eliasson, Pack, Brownhill, O’Dowda, Diedhiou, Taylor. Subs: Fielding, Bryan, Wright, Baker, Smith, Reid, Kelly.
Stoke: Grant, Wimmer, Zouma, Martins Indi, Tymon, Adam, Fletcher, Johnson, Sobhi, Choupo-Moting, Crouch. Subs: Butland, Pieters, Allen, Berahino, Jese, Diouf, Shaqiri.
Referee: Geoff Eltringham.
Burnley v Leeds
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Long, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Hendrick, Arfield, Vokes, Barnes. Subs: Lowton, Cork, Mee, Wood, Brady, Defour, Legzdins.
Leeds: Lonergan, Ayling, Shaughnessy, Berardi, Borthwick-Jackson, Klich, Vieira, Roofe, Grot, Dallas, Cibicki. Subs: Lasogga, Alioski, Wiedwald, Hernandez, Phillips, Sacko, Gomes.
Referee: Darren Bond.
Wigan v Northampton
Wigan: Jones, Byrne, Dunkley, Burn, James, Morsy, Evans, Jacobs, Massey, Gary Roberts, Grigg. Subs: Sarkic, Bruce, Elder, Perkins, Power, Toney, Colclough.
Northampton: Ingram, Moloney, Barnett, Taylor, Buchanan, Poole, Powell, Kasim, Grimes, Hanley, Richards. Subs: Cornell, Waters, Foley, Revell, Bowditch, Pierre, Long.
Referee: Anthony Backhouse.
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Here are the Bournemouth v Brighton teams. Bournemouth make nine changes from the side that played Brighton last week. Not to be outdone, Brighton make 10!
Bournemouth: Boruc, Fraser, Francis, Steve Cook, Brad Smith, Stanislas, Lewis Cook, Gosling, Ibe, Mousset, Afobe. Subs: Pugh, Ramsdale, Adam Smith, King, Hyndman, Mahoney, Simpson.
Brighton: Krul, Goldson, Hunemeier, Rosenior, Schelotto, Ahannach, Molumby, Bong, Skalak, Murphy, Izquierdo. Subs: Dunk, Knockaert, Maenpaa, March, Propper, Mateju, Tilley.
Referee: Kevin Friend.
Here are the Leicester v Liverpool teams. Headlines: Oxlade-Chamberlain starts his first game for Liverpool as Jürgen Klopp makes eight changes; Danny Ings is back in the first-team squad for the first time since a substitute appearance in this competition last October.
Leicester: Hamer, Amartey, Morgan, Dragovic, Chilwell, Gray, Ndidi, Iborra, Albrighton, Slimani, Ulloa. Subs: Iheanacho, Musa, Jakupovic, Okazaki, Mahrez, Benalouane, Choudhury.
Liverpool: Ward, Flanagan, Gomez, Klavan, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Grujic, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Solanke, Coutinho. Subs: Karius, Milner, Moreno, Ings, Markovic, Woodburn, Alexander-Arnold.
Referee: Stuart Attwell.
Today’s starting XI: Hamer, Amartey, Dragović, Morgan (c), Chilwell, Albrighton, Iborra, Ndidi, Gray, Slimani, Ulloa. #LeiLiv pic.twitter.com/YoIcbCe2xW
— Leicester City (@LCFC) September 19, 2017
📋 The #LFC team to face @LCFC. pic.twitter.com/TtlIbRK3ed
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 19, 2017
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Team news is starting to trickle in. Standby!
Hello world!
So, tonight’s Carabao Cup-flavoured fixtures in full:
Aston Villa v Middlesbrough
Bournemouth v Brighton and Hove Albion
Brentford v Norwich City
Bristol City v Stoke City
Burnley v Leeds United
Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town
Leicester City v Liverpool
Reading v Swansea City (8pm)
Tottenham Hotspur v Barnsley (8pm)
West Ham United v Bolton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bristol Rovers
And the big headlines:
BONG! More than half the games feature home teams beginning with either A, B or C!
BONG! We know what might happen between Aston Villa and Middlesbrough because they played at Villa Park exactly a week ago. Unpromisingly, they drew 0-0!
BONG! We know what might happen between Bournemouth and Brighton because they played last Friday. Bournemouth won 2-1!
BONG! Will Roy Hodgson stop Crystal Palace from capitulating at home to Huddersfield again?
BONG! Leicester are playing Liverpool, as you may have noticed. This is probably the night’s biggest match. That’s certainly what the Sky bigwigs thought when they picked it for live televisation!
BONG! Other matches are also taking place!
BONG! This may not in fact be the most exciting Carabao-sponsored sporting event of the season!
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