Injuries to Nabil Bentaleb, Mousa Dembélé and Ryan Mason have deprived Tottenham of three midfielders for the Capital One Cup third-round meeting with Arsenal. Mauricio Pochettino can take heart from the fact that Arsenal are scarcely in better shape themselves, although Arsène Wenger is optimistic Francis Coquelin will not be a long-term absentee. “His knee is swollen but we hope it is just a short-term problem,” the Arsenal manager said. Rich Flower
Kick-off Wednesday 7.45pm
Venue White Hart Lane
Live Sky Sports 1
Referee A Marriner
Odds H 2-1 A 7-5 D 5-2
Tottenham Hotspur
Subs from Vorm, Walker, Fazio, Alli, Winks, Onomah, Son, N’Jie, Lamela, Alderweireld, Davies
Doubtful None
Injured Dembélé (ankle, 26 Sep), Mason (knee, 26 Sep), Bentaleb (ankle, 17 Oct), Pritchard (ankle, unknown)
Suspended None
Form (all competitions) DDDWWW
Discipline (all competitions) Y15 R0
Leading scorer (all competitions) Son 3
Arsenal
Subs from Cech, Bellerín, Monreal, Flamini, Chambers, Walcott, Iwobi, Kamara, Campbell, Gabriel
Doubtful Mertesacker (illness)
Injured Coquelin (knee, 30 Sep), Wilshere (fractured leg, Dec), Welbeck (knee, Feb), Rosicky (knee, unknown)
Suspended Cazorla (one match)
Form (all competitions) WDWWLL
Discipline (all competitions) Y14 R3
Leading scorers (all competitions) Giroud, Walcott 3
