Key occasions
Wolves v Everton workforce information
Wolves Johnstone, Bellegarde, Santiago Bueno, Krejci, Doherty, Hwang, Andre Trindade, Hugo Bueno, Larsen, Munetsi, Arias.
Subs: Bentley, Wolfe, Joao Gomes, Agbadou, Arokodare, Rodrigo Gomes, Toti Gomes, Hoever, Lopez.
Everton Travers, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Alcaraz, Coleman, Garner, Dibling, McNeil, Iroegbunam, Barry.
Subs: King, Patterson, Beto, Grealish, Aznou, Gueye, Dewsbury-Corridor, Ndiaye, Mykolenko.
Referee Craig Pawson.
Barnsley v Brighton workforce information
Barnsley Cooper, Durand de Gevigney, Shepherd, Ogbeta, Farrugia, Rooney, Connell, Cleary, Russell, Yoganathan, Keillor-Dunn.
Subs: Flavell, Phillips, Watson, Barratt, Bland, Graham, Earl, Woodcock, Farrell.
Brighton Steele, Veltman, Coppola, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Baleba, Milner, Watson, Welbeck, Gomez, Tzimas.
Subs: McGill, Dunk, van Hecke, Rutter, Kostoulas, Mitoma, Ayari, Tasker, Howell.
Referee Tom Reeves
Ben Fisher on Lincoln v Chelsea
It’s the makings of a pub‑quiz query: what do third‑tier Lincoln Metropolis have in widespread with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt? The reply is rooted of their forward-thinking strategy, with the League One facet one of some golf equipment on the planet to have a devoted innovation arm tasked with maximising potential. There are at all times concepts effervescent away on the floor, one centring on utilizing plant‑primarily based power gels, one other on adjusting dressing-room lighting to intensify efficiency.
Preamble
The Carabao Cup begins right here! What do you imply seven Premier League groups, together with Aston Villa and Manchester United, are already out of the competitors? Honest level. However it’s not the level, so pipe down.
The purpose is that Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis and the holders Newcastle – who between them have received 10 of the final 12 League Cups – are among the many golf equipment becoming a member of the competitors this week.
Chelsea and Liverpool are first up with matches in opposition to Lincoln and Southampton respectively. We’re all mates right here, so can acknowledge that tonight’s fixture record just isn’t essentially the most mouthwatering in Guardian clockwatch historical past. However cup nights often throw up some high quality watercooler fodder, so keep us with unguaranteed pleasure.
These are tonight’s fixtures; all are 7.45pm kick-offs until in any other case jolly properly acknowledged.
