Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the Carabao Cup fourth round clash between Tottenham and Chelsea. Spurs have a Europa League play-off on Thursday, and Jose Mourinho has said the EFL has "made a decision" for his team. You can sense, then, he won't be taking this cup tie very seriously... Team news will follow in a moment.
League Cup / Matchday 1
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium / 29.09.2020
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Updated 29/09/2020 at 20:48 GMT
19:10
Pre-match stat: Chelsea have won their last four matches against Tottenham in all competitions, their best winning run against their London rivals since a run of six between January 2000 and January 2002.
19:05
Alli's exclusion is weird. You can understand why he may not feature in Jose's first-choice XI, but not to even make the bench tonight is simply baffling.
19:00
Mass changes for Chelsea, too. Edouard Mendy starts in goal for his debut, while there's also a place at left-back for Ben Chilwell, who is yet to make a Premier League appearance for the Blues. Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount and Timo Werner keep their places from the 3-3 draw at West Brom, with Olivier Giroud amongst those restored to the line-up.
18:55
Sergio Reguilon makes his debut for Tottenham, as Jose Mourinho rings the changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Newcastle. Nine in total, as Hugo Lloris and defender Eric Dier are the only survivors. There's opportunities for players such as Steven Bergwijn tonight. Harry Kane is on the bench, but Dele Alli once again doesn't make the squad.
18:50
Tottenham XI: Lloris, Alderweireld, Dier, Tanganga, Aurier, Gedson, Ndombele, Sissoko, Reguilon, Bergwijn, Lamela.. subs: Hart, Doherty, Sanchez, Davies, Hojbjerg, Lucas, Kane /// Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Chilwell, Jorginho, Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi, Mount, Werner, Giroud.. subs: Kepa, James, Emerson, Kante, Barkley, Havertz, Abraham.