Arsenal V Brighton, Swansea V Manchester City And More: Carabao Cup Clockwatch – Live

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There are only a fewer teams that tin astir apt warrant not fielding their champion XI for these Carabao Cup fourth-round matches, but for most, location are nary existent excuses why each broadside shouldn’t beryllium going afloat throttle to scope Wembley.

We saw past play pinch Newcastle United conscionable what a League Cup triumph can do to a shot club and its fanbase, conscionable ideate what a successful defence would mean to nan Geordies, aliases what mightiness mean to nan mid-table stalwarts of Brighton (no awesome honours ever), Crystal Palace (one awesome honour ever), aliases nan Championship’s Swansea City (one awesome honour). With relegation heavy improbable for each these sides, and pinch only insignificant European qualification (or a play-off place) to play for, location is nary logic why these sides shouldn’t put successful this title (especially arsenic Europa League qualification comes pinch nan silverware). Win tonight, and they are successful nan quarter-finals, and astir wrong rubbing region of Wembley. Woof.

Even for Mikel Arteta, trophyless for nan past 5 seasons, a sensation of Carabao would beryllium sweet, though fewer expect nan title-chasing Gunners to section their first XI (in fairness, their 2nd XI is jam packed afloat of internationals) against Brighton.

Liverpool will beryllium wary of different damaging home defeat. Palace are a formidable distant team, and location mightiness beryllium less changes to Arne Slot’s broadside than expected arsenic he looks to guarantee safe transition and different PR crisis.

Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City and Wolves (no awesome honours successful 45 years) are astir apt nan only sides coming that are nailed connected to remainder players. In fairness to nan latter, Wolves do person a spot of a relegation scrap connected their hands, and a important travel to Fulham this weekend. Vítor Pereira is apt much concerned that and astir keeping his occupation for different week, than a Carabao Cup last successful February.

It’s a expansive operation of intriguing ties arsenic nan teams look to subordinate Brentford, Fulham and Cardiff successful nan past eight. Following Wednesday’s ties (below), I will besides bring you unrecorded updates from nan quarter-final draw, truthful please do instrumentality astir aft nan last whistles.

Photograph: Guardian

A reminder that Scott Murray is doing a dedicated minute-by-minute study of Liverpool v Palace, truthful travel him here for that game. I will station updates erstwhile I can, but will attraction my astir of my attraction of nan different 4 matches.