Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Chelsea's Carabao Cup third round clash with Barnsley from Stamford Bridge. With the Blues very much in transition, this tie is the perfect opportunity for Frank Lampard to experiment a little, shuffle his pack and help get him closer to knowing what his best XI is!
League Cup / Matchday 1
Stamford Bridge / 23.09.2020
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- T. Abraham(20')
- K. Havertz(29', 56', 66')
- R. Barkley(50')
- O. Giroud(84')
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Updated 23/09/2020 at 20:36 GMT
12'
Great block from Cesar Azpilicueta to deny Styles. Super football from Barnsley!
10'
Callum Styles is really taking the game to Chelsea here, darting between defenders at any given opportunity.
8'
Barnsley are pressing really, really high. They are not here to sit back and defend.
6'
Thiago Silva is looking very assured so far, passing the ball around at will.
4'
New role for Havertz this evening it seems, down the middle behind Tammy Abraham.
2'
SAVE! Already Chelsea are on the offensive with Callum Hudson-Odoi forcing a good save from Barnsley goalkeeper Brad Collins after good work from Kai Havertz.
1st Half
1'
KICK OFF! We are up and running here at Stamford Bridge.
19:43
So here we go. With such a strong team, surely Chelsea won't slip up here, will they? Chelsea have progressed from 20 of their last 21 League Cup ties against sides from a lower division, with the exception being a penalty shootout defeat to Burnley in 2008-09.
19:35
Ahead of kick off, catch up with all the latest transfer talk from across Europe with Euro Papers!
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Tottenham swoop for €60m-rated Skriniar – Euro Papers
19:29
That training top looks like something I used to wear when trying to get into clubs as a teenager...
19:27
HEAD TO HEAD: This will be the first ever League Cup meeting between Chelsea and Barnsley, and the first in any competition since the Tykes won 1-0 in the 2007-08 FA Cup quarter-final.
19:18
Transfer news alert!!!
19:17
Tonight's debutant spoke ahead of the game, highlighting that age is but a number...
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'Age is just a number' for Chelsea's Thiago Silva
19:01
SILVA MAKES DEBUT, NO KEPA IN XI: Another day, another fresh face at Chelsea, with veteran Brazilian Thiago Silva handed his Blues debut this evening. It is a strong Chelsea XI with Kai Havertz part of a front three, with Tammy Abraham the central striker. There is no place in the Chelsea squad, however, for under-fire goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. Barnsley, too, have shuffled their pack, making five changes from the weekend defeat to Reading.
19:01
TEAM NEWS - CHELSEA: Caballero, Azpilicueta, Tomori, Silva, Emerson, Barkley, Kovacic, Mount, Havertz, Abraham, Hudson-Odoi... Subs: Baxter, James, Zouma, Chilwell, Jorginho, Werner, Giroud. /// BARNSLEY: Collins, Ludewig, Sollbauer, Halme, J Williams, Styles, Ritzmaier, Mowatt, Woodrow, Frieser, Schmidt Subs: Walton, Oduor, Moon, Simoes, Chaplin, Adeboyejo, Thomas.
18:59
The teams are in...