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Tottenham will hope to top-off a fantastic week with a victory over fellow Londoners West Ham when they visit Wembley for a Fourth-Round League Cup meeting on Wednesday evening.
The fixture comes with Spurs at the zenith of their confidence in this young season. After coming away from the Bernabeu with a draw in Tuesday’s Champions’ League group-stage game against Real Madrid, their comprehensive dismantling of Liverpool’s defence in a 4-1 league victory on Sunday underlined not only their dynamism as an attacking force, but that the North Londoners are finally settling in to their adopted home.
All this will not make pleasant viewing for beleaguered West Ham boss Slaven Bilic. Indeed, a meeting with the high-flying Spurs could hardly come at a worse time following his side’s dismal 3-0 home defeat to newly-promoted Brighton at the weekend. Consequently, with the Croat understood to have been given two more games in which to save his job by the club’s owners, it seems likely a weakened Hammers team will be fielded with Saturday’s Premier League meeting with Crystal Palace a priority.
Although Mauricio Pochettino will also be keen to make changes – his squad have important clashes with Manchester United, Real Madrid and Arsenal all in the next month - he has a depth of attacking options at his disposal that could hurt the Hammers, with Fernando Llorente expected to start in place of the rested Harry Kane and Erik Lamela poised to return to the bench after a year out.
The Argentine will surely be eyeing a smooth victory here to take Spurs into the Fifth-Round of the cup competition for the first time since 2014 and extend their unbeaten run to 12 games.
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What time does it start?
Tottenham vs West Ham kicks off at 20:00
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Football from 19:30. Highlights will be shown at 22:30 on Channel 5.
It’s a big game for…
Juan Foyth. The teenaged compatriot of Mauricio Pochettino, signed on a five-year deal from Estudiantes in the summer, will be hoping his manager grants him a second start in the competition after playing 90 minutes against Barnsley in September. With striker Andy Carroll also returning from suspension for the Hammers, the evening may be a useful opportunity to prove himself.
Best stat…
1-2. The score when the two teams last met in the League Cup – at White Hart Lane in December 2013. How Slaven Bilic would savour a similar upset tonight.
Remember when…
Clive Allen netted a cool hat-trick to sink the Hammers in a one-sided quarter-final replay between the two sides in 1987.
Player to watch…
Son Heung-min. After a typically fluid display against Liverpool over the weekend, the South Korean, who has not been a regular starter this term, will be hoping to cement his place with a starring performance here.
Past three meetings…
West Ham 2 (Hernandez, Kouyate) Tottenham 3 (Kane x2, Eriksen), September 2017
West Ham 1 (Lanzini) Tottenham 0, May 2017
Tottenham 3 (Winks, Kane x2) West Ham 2 (Antonio, Lanzini), November 2016
Form Guide…
Tottenham: WWWWDW
West Ham: DWLWDL
Odds…
Tottenham: 10/21
West Ham: 5/1
Draw: 19/5
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Carabao Cup action. We'll be primarily focusing on Everton's trip to Chelsea here with score updates from Tottenham vs West Ham.
Team news from Stamford Bridge coming shortly.
Chelsea's rich record in the League Cup
Only one club has more League Cup trophies in their cabinet than Chelsea and that's Liverpool with eight.
The Blues, who have won the competition three times since the turn of the century, are joint-level with Manchester United and Aston Villa on five titles overall.
Can Antonio Conte's men book their place in the last eight with a win over the struggling Toffees tonight?
What's Thibaut Courtois been saying this week?
The Chelsea stopper already has one League Cup in his trophy cabinet but he's eyeing up another:
"It's a cup, and with any cup you want to win it," Courtois told Chelsea's website.
"It's a different kind of pressure than the Champions League, where we are doing well and we want to stay top of the group. In the Premier League we have to fight to keep on winning games and the Carabao Cup is something else, so we must try to do our best and go far."
Chelsea vs Everton - last five meetings
- Chelsea 2-0 Everton, Premier League (August 2017)
- Everton 0-3 Chelsea, Premier League (April 2017)
- Chelsea 5-0 Everton, Premier League (November 2016)
- Everton 2-0 Chelsea, FA Cup (March 2016)
- Chelsea 3-3 Everton, Premier League (January 2016)
What has David Unsworth been saying this week?
The Toffees legend has taken over as interim manager following Ronald Koeman's exit and he's made no secret of the fact he wants the job on a permanent basis.
"Who wouldn't want the job? I want to manage and this is an amazing club to be manager of. I make no secret of it," Unsworth said earlier this week.
"The chairman has given me an opportunity to hopefully get a run of games where hopefully performance levels go up. From that, performances will dictate any future for me as Everton manager."
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