Tottenham vs Chelsea
EFL Cup, semi-final first leg
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Kick-off: 8pm GMT, tonight
Welcome to the Evening Standard’s live coverage of tonight’s EFL Cup semi-final first leg between Tottenham and Chelsea.
Wembley Stadium stages the opening encounter between these two sides, what is 162nd meeting between these London rivals.
Tottenham inflicted Chelsea’s first defeat of the season back in November, but the bookmakers are split on which way this one will go.
We have a five-strong team at Wembley tonight, with Dan Kilpatrick, Simon Johnson, James Olley, Jack Rosser and Vaishali Bhardwaj all in attendance, so stay tuned for full live coverage right here.
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Team News
The lineups we expect tonight…
Tottenham (4-3-3): Gazzaniga; Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Rose; Sissoko, Winks, Eriksen; Dele, Son, Kane.
Chelsea (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic; Willian, Morata, Hazard.
Head to Head (h2h)
This will be the 162nd edition of this famous old fixture with Chelsea claiming 68 wins over the years. Spurs are catching up with 53 of their own however and have won the last two by the scoreline of 3-1.
