Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea FC LIVE! Carabao Cup result, match stream and latest updates today

Manchester City vs Chelsea LIVE!

Manchester City negotiated a heavyweight Carabao Cup tie with Chelsea as second-half goals from Riyad Mahrez and Julian Alvarez secured a 2-0 home win on Wednesday to send them into the fourth round.

City manager Pep Guardiola made seven changes to the line-up that scraped a 2-1 win over Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday but still named a team brimming with talent costing the champions more than £300million. Chelsea, last season’s beaten finalists, also fielded a strong side including 18-year-old Lewis Hall but City dominated the game and were worthy winners.

Jack Grealish, the Premier League’s most expensive signing, was City’s standout player and created a number of chances but it was Mahrez who broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute from a free kick.

Alvarez doubled City’s lead five minutes later, sending a spectacular crossfield ball towards Mahrez and knocking the loose ball in from close range after Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy had parried the Algerian’s low strike.

Man City vs Chelsea highlights

• GOAL! Mahrez free-kick breaks deadlock

• GOAL! Alvarez quickly adds another

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Manchester City scored a quickfire double after the break to get the better of Chelsea in their Carabao Cup third-round tie.

Recap the action with our match report!

Lewis Hall, Chelsea’s star of the show

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Lewis Hall made his case for a more regular role in Graham Potter’s squad as Chelsea looked ready for their six-week World Cup break in defeat to Manchester City.

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Around the grounds

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Man City and Liverpool join these sides in the fourth round.

Highlights

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Player ratings

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Lewis Hall takes a good mark as Nizaar delivers his ratings on Chelsea’s performers.

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Highlights

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When is the draw?

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The draw for the fourth round of the Carabao Cup will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2022.

It will be held after the conclusion of Manchester United vs Aston Villa at Old Trafford, the final third-round match. Assuming that match does not go to penalties, the draw should begin at about after 10pm GMT.

City march on!

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Full time!

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Man City are into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup!

A third defeat in a row for Chelsea...

GOOOAA-NO!

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90 mins: City escape a goalmouth scramble!

Ortega flaps at Havertz’s cross, Gomez heads onto his own post and Havertz pops up from an offside position to score... and the flag goes up.

Four minutes added on.

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89 mins: Some terse words between Grealish and Azpilicueta leads to a booking for both.

A late challenge from the Chelsea man clipped the heels of Grealish, who reacted with a shove.

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86 mins: Close! Mount spins after a corner is only half cleared, and his effort whips across the face of goal - and wide.

Elsewhere, just the four games have gone to penalties with Liverpool vs Derby set to join them.

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83 mins: Havertz finds space down the left and puts in a nice cross for Sterling, who gets bumped off by Ake before the ball comes in as City sail through another Chelsea push.

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80 mins: Guardiola looks to calm things down as Ake comes on for Laporte, against his old club and the team that tried to sign him in the summer.

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79 mins: Plenty of space for Chelsea’s fresh legs to attack into yet no real precision to their attacks.

A goal would make the final ten minutes very interesting...

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75 mins: On comes Havertz to replace Hall, the 18-year-old coming close to a brace tonight. He can take heart from this outing.

That is Chelsea’s final substitution, so no debut for Hutchinson in this one - or the Carabao Cup at all this year, it looks like.

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73 mins: The flag is up to chalk off another cracking stop by Ortega, this time to turn Pulisic’s close-range effort wide.

The City reserve goalkeeper has been superb all evening.

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71 mins: A real fluff from Mount as he attempts to carry the ball out of his half. Into touch the ball goes with a heap of ironic cheers from the home fans.

They’re sitting pretty now, the Etihad quietly watching another winning display from its team.

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68 mins: Ziyech, whose played rather well, comes off for Sterling. A fine reception from the City fans.

Chalobah, Broja and Zakaria also come off for Azpilicueta, Mount and Gallagher.

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67 mins: Grealish goes on a trademark mazey run before driving a shot into a flying Chelsea block.

Potter is turning to his bench...

CHANCE CHELSEA!

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63 mins: Ziyech produces a simply delightful piece of skill to beat Gomez and finds Hall in the box.

The teenager’s shot is well hit and towards the corner... only for Ortega to protect his clean sheet with a marvellous save!

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61 mins: There is a sense that City will go for the jugular here.

Palmer arrives in the box to test Mendy again and the hosts’ high press is still in full flow. They’ve never been a team to pass up a big scoreline.

Nizaar Kinsella at Etihad Stadium

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Chelsea hadn’t done a lot wrong until the wall failed to jump for Riyad Mahrez’s free-kick goal.

Now they are 2-0 down after lazy defending to not get back in after a very simple Manchester City goal which was turned in by Julian Alvarez.

GGGOOOOAAALLLL!! Man City 2-0 Chelsea | Alvarez

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57 mins: A TAP-IN FOR TWO!

Chelsea had looked decent since the goal and yet get caught on the counter.

Alvarez flings a long ball wide to Mahrez, whose perfect control sets up his shot. Mendy tips it straight at Alvarez, following up.

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55 mins: Watching the replays of that free-kick, Mendy is left on his heels but he had trusted his wall.

The ball flew right over Koulibaly, who didn’t even jump. Criminal.

GGGOOOOAAAALLLL!!! Man City 1-0 Chelsea | Mahrez

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53 mins: From the free-kick, Mahrez buries his effort past Mendy!

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52 mins: Chalobah booked for chopping Mahrez in the D.

CHANCE MAN CITY!

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51 mins: Grealish cuts inside to aim a curler towards the far post but he just doesn’t get enoug on it and Mendy parries...

In comes the corner and it’s those two again! Grealish cuts a deflected shot goalwards and Mendy has to get down low to palm it away.

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50 mins: An early pair of changes in the second half from Guardiola.

Phillips makes his long-awaited return from injury alongside Silva. Gundogan and Rodri come off.

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48 mins: Stunning tackle by Cucurella!

The Chelsea man leaps in at the death to stop Mahrez from firing at goal after Kovacic was caught in possession.

Anything but a perfect challenge and that’s a penalty.

Nizaar Kinsella at Etihad Stadium

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Raheem Sterling was giving Armando Broja a passionate pep talk at half-time in the stadium where he used to play. There’s that senior leadership role coming to the fore.

Kick-off!

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The second half begins with Man City vs Chelsea goalless.

No changes for either side.

A reminder...

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No VAR or extra-time tonight.

Referees’ decisions are final and we go straight to penalties with a draw after 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, at the City ground...

A look at the stats

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Three shots on target for both sides in that half, City edging Chelsea nine to six in shots overall.

No surprise to see the possession numbers 61 to 39 per cent in the hosts’ favour.

City lead seven corners to three, too. 0-0 in goals.

Around the grounds

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Not loads of goals at the break in the third round of the Carabao Cup tonight.

In the other 8pm kick-off, Liverpool and Derby are also goalless.

Half time!

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It’s 0-0 between Man City and Chelsea.

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45 mins: Another promising Chelsea counter falls down as Laporte gets a toe on Kovacic’s lay-off for Pulisic.

One minute added on.

CHANCE CHELSEA!

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44 mins: Hall nearly scores his first Chelsea goal as he picks up a fine break, led by Ziyech then moved on well by Pulisic, and jinks past his man... then hits a shot straight at Ortega!

That was the chance of the half.

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43 mins: Kovacic looks gutted as he poaches possession and looks to play in Broja early, with the whole City half to run into.

But the striker is caught flat-footed and cannot collect the pass.

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41 mins: A bit of a lull in proceedings as City keep a foot on the ball while also quashing any sense of Chelsea breaking out on the counter.

It sounds like a fair few around the ground have made the decision to head for a pie but they may want to hold on for a moment, as Grealish hits one from range to force Mendy into a good stop.

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38 mins: Broja makes a low-key appeal for a penalty as Dias kind-of collects the ball with his arm as he slides in on the Albanian in the City box.

No real case to answer, though.

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35 mins: Grealish has been all over Chelsea tonight and Chalobah has to get a good foot on his cross for Mendy to collect.

Lots of balls in from wide for City so far yet no striker regularly popping up to finish them off.

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31 mins: The hosts continue to bang on the door, Rodri laying a cute ball to Lewis on the overlap.

The decent, low and hard cross beats every Chelsea defender... and every City man too.

Meanwhile, Sterling is out to warm up for the visitors and gets a warm reception from the home fans.

CHANCE MAN CITY!

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29 mins: City once more find success with the pressing game and Gundogan spins a ball towards Alvarez.

As the Argentine swivels to get his shot off, in comes a flying Koulibaly who successfully steers it wide - but not by much,

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26 mins: Gomez and Grealish are causing real issues for Chelsea’s right flank with Ziyech not really tracking back.

Chalobah has now come over to support Loftus-Cheek but that could lead to a spare man emerging unmarked at the far post for the hosts.

CHANCE CHELSEA!

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23 mins: A fine save from Ortega turns Pulisic’s strike away after a run to the 18-yard line on a Chelsea break.

In throwing himself at the shot, Laporte took a knock but looks like he can carry on.

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20 mins: Chelsea give the ball away as Lewis blocks Hall’s pass out from his own half.

Gundogan is there to finish off the quick move but another deflection allows Mendy to claim. That high press again causing problems for the Blues.

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18 mins: Only a yellow card for Koulibaly - was he the last man as he tripped Grealish?

It was outside the box so no double jeopardy, it would surely be a red card if so...

But no VAR tonight.

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16 mins: Palmer is the next to get a shot off, which again hits the crowd and pops up for Mendy to gather. A nice and direct mindset from City tonight. High tempo.

CHANCE CHELSEA!

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13 mins: Pulisic has to score!

Ziyech gets in behind down the right and Lewis diverts the American’s effort from the penalty spot towards Ortega for a simple save.

A lively start from both teams.

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12 mins: And there is Hall, dancing around Lewis to dribble into the City half before winning a free kick.

Elsewhere in Chelsea youngster news, Blackburn loanee Harvey Vale has put his club a goal ahead at West Ham!

Nizaar Kinsella at Etihad Stadium

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The two best-paying academies in English football are showing off the weapons in their armoury.

Chelsea have Lewis Hall and Manchester City have Rico Lewis.

Both are 2004 born and competing directly with each other in front of Graham Potter and Pep Guardiola’s technical areas. Fun.

CLOSE!

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10 mins: City straight back on the offensive as Alvarez and Dias has efforts denied, before Grealish fires off a long-range hit that flies just wide of the near post.

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8 mins: Broja goes it alone after nicking the ball off City.

His shot goes high over the bar as he ignores Ziyech to his right.

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6 mins: Lovely football from City, Palmer and Mahrez involved as Grealish cuts a delightful ball back to Gomez.

A teasing cross beats everyone as the hosts settle for a corner - which is cleared.

That was begging for a lanky Norwegian to poke home at the far post. Whisper it quietly, but those moves were also how a certain Raheem Sterling scored a lot of goals for his old club...

Nizaar Kinsella at Etihad Stadium

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Chelsea are playing in a 3-4-3 with Lewis Hall and Ruben Loftus-Cheek as the wing-backs. That’s two midfielders out of position in typical Graham Potter fashion so let’s see if it works.

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2 mins: A 3-4-3 as expected for Chelsea, young Hall in his second appearance on the left of the midfield.

City are already pressing the away team and Mendy takes too long over a kick clear, and it bounces off Alvarez as he chases it down!

Fortunately for Chelsea, the ball bounces harmlessly wide.

Kick-off!

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Manchester City vs Chelsea in the third round of the Carabao Cup begins!

Here come the players!

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A big big build-up from the home team sound system as a blue moon hovers over the pitch...

And here come the teams. Home kits for both teams.

Lights show!

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The Etihad has been plunged into darkness as blue spotlights roam across the stands.

That can only mean one thing... the teams are about to emerge!

The stage is set!

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Man City vs Chelsea gets underway in just ten minutes’ time.

Kalvin Phillips in last chance to prove World Cup fitness

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Gareth Southgate names his England squad tomorrow so will we see Kalvin Phillips come off the bench tonight?

He has hardly been a favourite of Pep Guardiola’s since signing in the summer...

Pep Guardiola to Sky Sports ahead of kick-off

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“It’s a football game, in a cup that’s prestigious and really good. [Rico Lewis] is excited of course, it’s good for him. They’ve been in the group since day one, they have a good relationship with the staff, they know what we ask of them and they know how to do it.”

Nizaar Kinsella at Etihad Stadium

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Nizaar is on point for the expert analysis tonight, catch his player ratings later on. Marc Mayo is on the play-by-play calls.

Pep Guardiola shows support for Graham Potter

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Some strong words of encouragement from Pep Guardioal for the Chelsea boss ahead of the game.

“If Chelsea accept my humble advice, give him time and he will do well," said Guardiola.

“They got good results but the way they play, when I saw the game against Brighton that they lost, I saw many things I remember from his period in Brighton. But he needs time, everybody needs time.

“No one has success from day one or two, I have a lot of admiration for his work. What he did at Brighton was beyond exceptional and I’m pretty sure with time he will do a good job, I don’t have any doubts.

“He is one of the best managers, from my point of view, we have in this league.”

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The warm-ups are underway!

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Kick-off is in just under half an hour at the Etihad.

Graham Potter on Raheem Sterling

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It is a place on the bench for Raheem Sterling tonight.

Here is what Graham Potter said on the Chelsea winger ahead of the game: “He’s at a prime age, he’s got all the quality you see every day in training and the desire is there.

“He wants to help the team. He’s suffering with the team, just like the rest of us are. We all want to do better and all want to improve our performance, and we want to improve how the team functions.

“That’s where the work is. It’s not about zooming into individuals, I don’t think that’s fair to anybody.”

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Ruben Dias previews the match

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“It’s another trophy, another competition and whatever we’re in, we fight to win. We’re playing against one of the best teams in England, we expect nothing else than a great challenge. But we can beat anyone if we play at our best, that’s where our focus is.”

Seven changes for Chelsea as well

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Mateo Kovacic returns to a midfield featuring young Lewis Hall for Chelsea.

Trevoh Chalobah, Edouard Mendy, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Marc Cucurella are the only players to survive from the defeat against Arsenal.

Like City, the visitors have picked a strong bench but find space for Omari Hutchinson.

As expected for City

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Rico Lewis and Cole Palmer are the two youngsters who come into Pep Guardiola’s XI.

Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne provide able back-up off the bench.

Seven changes from the weekend as Kalvin Phillips returns to the squad.

Tonight’s Man City team

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Manchester City XI: Ortega; Lewis, Dias, Laporte, Gomez; Palmer, Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Alvarez, Grealish.

Subs: Ederson, Phillips, Stones, Ake, Haaland, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Akanji, Foden.

How Chelsea line up

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Chelsea XI: Mendy; Chalobah, Koulibaly, Cucurella; Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Zakaria, Hall; Pulisic, Broja, Ziyech.

Subs: Bettinelli, Azpilicueta, Silva, Mount, Hutchinson, Sterling, Aubameyang, Havertz.

Team news up next!

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Who will make the Man City and Chelsea line-ups tonight?

No Reece James tonight

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As expected, Reece James will be absent from Chelsea’s squad and he confirmed today that he is out of the World Cup.

In an emotional statement on Twitter, James said: “Devastated. The minute I injured my knee, I knew the turnaround to make the World Cup would be tight, but I always felt it was possible.

“I’ve worked harder than I ever thought I could to give myself the best chance of going and truly believed I could have helped the team.

“I appreciate there was risk on both sides but it was one I was willing to take. Good luck to the boys. I’ll be back soon. Stay safe and sending love."

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Chelsea arrive in Manchester

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Thiago Silva, Edouard Mendy and Conor Gallagher spotted entering the building among some rather fresh-faced looking Chelsea youngsters.

Omari Hutchinson, Eddie Beach and Lewis Hall among them.

Tonight’s fixtures

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Lots of Premier League clubs are in action tonight.

Could we see an upset at Anfield or London Stadium?

If you so fancy, you can also follow our live blogs for Arsenal vs Brighton and Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham!

Team news out soon

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Before the line-ups are released, read up on the Chelsea starlets Nizaar Kinsella is tipping to get the call-up for tonight’s game.

Read the full story!

The trophy is in the house!

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You know it’s a big game when the silverware makes an appearance...

Man City vs Chelsea throwback

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While we’re looking at these two teams’ history against each other, enjoy some proper muddy action from yesteryear.

Head-to-head record

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City have beaten Chelsea 1-0 in both of their meetings since the Blues’ famous Champions League final triumph by the same scoreline.

Man City wins: 61

Draw: 39

Chelsea wins: 71

Match odds

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Man City: 4/9

Draw: 18/5

Chelsea: 5/1

Odds via Betfair (subject to change)

Evening Standard score prediction

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Chelsea are not in a good way right now and a trip to the Etihad is perhaps the last thing they need with injuries and a lack of form biting hard.

A 2-0 City win.

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Predicted Chelsea XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Koulibaly, Cucurella; Loftus-Cheek, Kovacic, Gallagher; Pulisic, Havertz, Sterling.

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Predicted Manchester City XI: Ortega; Lewis, Dias, Laporte, Gomez; Palmer, Rodri, De Bruyne; Mahrez, Alvarez, Grealish.

Early Chelsea team news

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The Blues’ injury list includes *deep breath*... Wesley Fofana, Reece James, N’Golo Kante, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Carney Chukwuemeka and Ben Chilwell.

Jorginho is a doubt with a foot knock.

Omari Hutchinson and Lewis Hall are two youngsters vying for a spot in the XI.

Early Man City team news

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Erling Haaland could start after coming off the bench to score on his comeback from an ankle injury.

Joao Cancelo is banned and Kyle Walker is out. Rico Lewis and Cole Palmer are among the youngsters hoping to come in for a rare start.

But Kalvin Phillips could make a long-awaited first start for City having overcome a shoulder problem.

How to watch

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TV channel: In the UK, the match will be televised live on Sky Sports Main Event and Football, with coverage beginning at 7pm.

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to watch the action online via the Sky Go app.

Good evening!

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Welcome to Standard Sport’s live blog for Manchester City vs Chelsea!

A really intriguing night of Carabao Cup action lies in wait with the clash at the Etihad no doubt the headline tie of the third round.

The action gets underway at 8pm GMT so stay tuned for all match build-up, action and reaction...