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Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGOAL! Barnsley 0-2 Brighton (Gomez 21)Two for Brighton, two for Diego Gomez. The first finish was routine but this is a screamer, blasted into the roof of the net from 20 yards.Share19 min: Lincoln 0-0 Chelsea Gittens misses Chelsea’s first chance, half-volleying Fernandez’s pass over the bar from a tight angle. It was a tough ball to take – not quite a half-volley, in fact, as it bounced a yard or so in front of him.ShareUpdated at 20.05 BST1 min: Liverpool 0-0 Southampton They’re underway at Anfield now.“Looking at that Southampton team,” says Matt Dony, “it’s hard to see who Liverpool might end up buying next. (This joke comes to you from 2017. I’m off to listen to Galway Girl.)”Share14 min: Barnsley 0-1 Brighton Diego Gomez’s goal was pretty straightforward, slid into the net from Tom Watson’s low cross.Share12 min: Lincoln 0-0 Chelsea Lincoln continue to dominate a slightly unnerved Chelsea side. Freddie Draper appeals for a penalty after colliding with Malo Gusto; nothing doing and there’s no VAR in this game.ShareUpdated at 19.59 BSTGOAL! Barnsley 0-1 Brighton (Gomez 9)The first goal of the night has been scored by Brighton’s Diego Gomez, and there’s nothing else to say because I haven’t seen the goal yet.Brighton go a goal up at Oakwell. Photograph: Cody Froggatt/PAShareUpdated at 19.59 BSTLiverpool v Southampton (8pm) Before the match at Anfield, Liverpool will pay tribute to Matt Beard, the former coach of their women’s team who has died at the tragically young age of 47.Share6 min: Lincoln 0-0 Chelsea Lincoln have started superbly and are working the Chelsea defence with a series of long throws. It was the first of those throws that ultimately led to Montsma’s chance.Share4 min: Lincoln 0-0 Chelsea Fofana is on his feet and being tested for concussion. It looks like he’s going to continue.Share2 min: Lincoln 0-0 Chelsea Lincoln comes so close to a dream start, with Lewis Montsma rattling a shot off inside the post after barely 70 seconds. Moments later Jorgensen punches the ball clear and flattens his teammate Fofana in his follow through; he’s face down on the turf.ShareUpdated at 19.49 BSTKick offPeep peep! The seven 7.45pm games are under way.Share“Everton have won some trophies in their history but the League Cup isn’t one of them,” writes Matt Burtz. “After a win at Molineux pre-international break I’m optimistic they can do it again. At the very least we’ll see what Thierno Barry can do in the starting lineup. (Do I immediately think of Gareth Barry when I see the name ‘Barry’? Yes, yes I do. Gareth scored five goals for Everton and I can’t recall any of them, BTW.)”They haven’t won the League Cup but it was the catalyst for the greatest period in Everton’s history, as our friend Gary Naylor explained on a recent episode of Nessun Dorma.ShareSign up for Football DailyShareWigan v Wycombe team newsWigan 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, Back, Hagelskjaer, Casey, Abbott, Boyd-Munce, Westergaard, Tilley, Fink, McNeilly.Subs: Moore, Allen, Gregory, Skura, Leahy, Bartolo, Savage, Onyedinma, Lowry.Referee Ed Duckworth.ShareUpdated at 19.11 BSTFulham v Cambridge team newsFulham 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.ShareUpdated at 19.12 BSTLiverpool v Southampton team newsArne Slot changes the entire XI that started the Merseyside derby. Alexander Isak starts; Giorgi Mamardashvili, the best goalkeeper at Euro 2024, and Giovanni Leoni make their Liverpool debuts.Liverpool Mamardashvili, Frimpong, Gomez, Leoni, Robertson, Jones, Endo, Chiesa, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Isak.Subs: Woodman, Kerkez, Bradley, Ekitike, Williams, Danns, Pilling, Gordon, Morrison.Southampton McCarthy, Jelert, Edwards, Wood-Gordon, Quarshie, Manning, Downes, Jander, Scienza, Archer, Armstrong.Subs: Long, Harwood-Bellis, Charles, Matsuki, Fraser, Fellows, Robinson, Stewart, Downs.Referee Thomas Bramall (Sheffield)Alexander Isak warms up ahead of kick-off at Anfield. Photograph: Getty Images/Sportsphoto/AllstarShareUpdated at 19.50 BSTBurnley v Cardiff team newsBurnley 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.ShareWrexham v Reading team newsWrexham Burton, Brunt, Scarr, Doyle, Barnett, Lee, Matty James, Thomason, McClean, Broadhead, Smith.Subs: Okonkwo, Coady, Cleworth, Kabore, Longman, Dobson, O’Brien, Hardie, Moore.Reading Stevens, Abrefa, Stickland, Jacob, Garcia, Doyle, Elliott, Savage, Kyerewaa, O’Mahony, Ehibhatiomhan.Subs: Pereira, Fraser, Wing, Rushesha, Lane, Ryan, Duah, Ahmed, Patton.Referee Simon MatherShareUpdated at 19.02 BSTLincoln v Chelsea team newsEnzo Maresca makes eight changes to the side that started at Old Trafford on Saturday. Alejandro Garnacho makes his full debut for Chelsea.Lincoln Jeacock, Darikwa, Montsma, Bradley, Hamer, McGrandles, Towler, Varfolomeyev, Street, House, Draper.Subs: Obikwu, Okoronkwo, Ring, Thorn, Collins, Bayliss, Hackett, Reach, 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.ShareUpdated at 19.11 BSTWolves v Everton team newsWolves 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-Hall, Ndiaye, Mykolenko.Referee Craig Pawson.ShareBarnsley v Brighton team newsBarnsley 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 ReevesShareUpdated at 18.59 BSTBen Fisher on Lincoln v Chelsea
It is the makings of a pub‑quiz question: what do third‑tier Lincoln City have in common with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt? The answer is rooted in their forward-thinking approach, with the League One side one of a few clubs in the world to have a dedicated innovation arm tasked with maximising potential. There are always ideas bubbling away at the surface, one centring on using plant‑based energy gels, another on adjusting dressing-room lighting to heighten performance.
SharePreambleThe Carabao Cup starts here! What do you mean seven Premier League teams, including Aston Villa and Manchester United, are already out of the competition? Fair point. But it’s not the point, so pipe down.The point is that Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and the holders Newcastle – who between them have won 10 of the last 12 League Cups – are among the clubs joining the competition this week.Chelsea and Liverpool are first up with matches against Lincoln and Southampton respectively. We’re all friends here, so can acknowledge that tonight’s fixture list is not the most mouthwatering in Guardian clockwatch history. But cup nights usually throw up some quality watercooler fodder, so stay us with unguaranteed excitement.These are tonight’s fixtures; all are 7.45pm kick-offs unless otherwise jolly well stated.Share
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