Key occasions
Wigan v Wycombe group information
Wigan Tickle, Weir, Aimson, Fox, Cooper, Borges Rodrigues, Wright, Adeeko, Hungbo, Costelloe, Asamoah.
Subs: Savin, Luke Robinson, Rogers, Smith, Trevitt, Brenan, McManaman, Murray, Mullin.
Wycombe Norris, Huggins, Again, Hagelskjaer, Casey, Abbott, Boyd-Munce, Westergaard, Tilley, Fink, McNeilly.
Subs: Moore, Allen, Gregory, Skura, Leahy, Bartolo, Savage, Onyedinma, Lowry.
Referee Ed Duckworth.
Fulham v Cambridge group information
Fulham Lecomte, Castagne, Diop, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed, Cairney, Traore, Smith Rowe, Kevin, Jimenez.
Subs: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Berge, King, Wilson, Chukwueze, Rodrigo Muniz, Kusi-Asare.
Cambridge Eastwood, Bennett, Jobe, Ibsen Rossi, Bradshaw, Mayor, McLoughlin, Mpanzu, Smith, Brophy, Lavery.
Subs: Hughes, Purrington, Ball, Watts, Kachunga, KaiKai, Knight, Kouassi, Gibbons.
Referee Ruebyn Ricardo.
Liverpool v Southampton group information
Arne Slot adjustments the whole XI that began the Merseyside derby. Alexander Isak begins; Giorgi Mamardashvili, the most effective goalkeeper at Euro 2024, and Giovanni Leoni make their Liverpool debuts.
Liverpool Mamardashvili, Frimpong, Jones, Leoni, Robertson, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Isak.
Subs: Woodman, Kerkez, Bradley, Ekitike, Williams, Danns, Pilling, Gordon, Morrison.
Southampton McCarthy, Jelert, Edwards, Wooden-Gordon, Quarshie, Manning, Downes, Jander, Scienza, Archer, Armstrong.
Subs: Lengthy, Harwood-Bellis, Charles, Matsuki, Fraser, Fellows, Robinson, Stewart, Downs.
Referee Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)
Burnley v Cardiff group information
Burnley Weiss, Tuanzebe, Worrall, Humphreys, Sonne, Ugochukwu, Mejbri, Lucas Pires, Edwards, Broja, Flemming.
Subs: Hladky, Ndayishimiye, Banel, Barnes, Pimlott, Clark, Pouani, Campbell, Brierley.
Cardiff Trott, Ng, Chambers, Fish, Bagan, Wintle, Joel Colwill, Ashford, Rubin Colwill, Davies, Robinson.
Subs: Turner, Osho, Giles, Mafico, Turnbull, Kellyman, Nyakuhwa, Willock, Salech.
Referee David Webb.
Wrexham v Studying group information
Wrexham Burton, Brunt, Scarr, Doyle, Barnett, Lee, Matty James, Thomason, McClean, Broadhead, Smith.
Subs: Okonkwo, Coady, Cleworth, Kabore, Longman, Dobson, O'Brien, Hardie, Moore.
Studying Stevens, Abrefa, Stickland, Jacob, Garcia, Doyle, Elliott, Savage, Kyerewaa, O'Mahony, Ehibhatiomhan.
Subs: Pereira, Fraser, Wing, Rushesha, Lane, Ryan, Duah, Ahmed, Patton.
Referee Simon Mather
Lincoln v Chelsea group information
Lincoln Jeacock, Darikwa, Montsma, Bradley, Hamer, McGrandles, Towler, Varfolomeyev, Road, Home, Draper.
Subs: Obikwu, Okoronkwo, Ring, Thorn, Collins, Bayliss, Hackett, Attain, Wickens.
Chelsea Jorgensen, Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Hato, Fernandez, Santos, Bynoe-Gittens, Buonanotte, Garnacho, George.
Subs: Slonina, Cucurella, James, Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Estevao, Walsh, Harrison, Mheuka.
Referee Matthew Donohue.
Wolves v Everton group 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 group 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 frequent with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt? The reply is rooted of their forward-thinking method, with the League One facet one of some golf equipment on this 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‑based mostly vitality 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? Truthful level. But it surely'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 towards Lincoln and Southampton respectively. We're all pals right here, so can acknowledge that tonight's fixture checklist just isn't probably 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 nicely said.
