Everything you need to know about our Carabao Cup fourth round tie against Manchester United, including Frank Lampard’s press conference to preview it…
When and where The match takes place at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday 30 October. Kick-off is 8.05pm UK time.
Frank Lampard’s press conference
Frank Lampard will be speaking to the media at
Cobham on Tuesday from around 1.30pm UK time.
You can watch the press conference live on the 5th
Stand App and this website.
Here are some of the possible discussion points…
Team selection
Lampard made plenty of changes for our last outing
in the Carabao Cup, against Grimsby, but Man
United represent sterner opposition and the boss
could be asked what sort of team he will put out as
Chelsea seek to make the quarter-finals for the third year
running.
Injury news
Factored in to his thinking will be the latest injury
situation, which the boss will report on. He
suggested before the Burnley game that Ross
Barkley in particular wasn’t far away from a return.
Christian Pulisic
There was no doubt who the star of the show was
on Saturday and the name of Pulisic remains big
news, so could be brought up by the journalists
present.
Carabao Cup significance
With the Blues challenging on four different fronts
this season, the significance of the Carabao Cup
might be asked of Lampard, who won’t forget it was
the first trophy he won as a Blue after we had
beaten Man United in the semi-finals.
Latest Chelsea team news
Ross Barkley and Toni Rudiger could be back, while
the timeframe on N’Golo Kante’s return remains
unclear. Andreas Christensen is likely to be out and
Ruben Loftus-Cheek definitely is.
Latest Manchester United team news
Paul Pogba is out until December, and the Red
Devils are also missing Luke Shaw, Nemanja Matic
and Axel Tuanzebe through injury. Diego Dalot is an
injury concern, and Eric Bailly a long-term absentee.
Comparison since ownership takeover
Chelsea vs Manchester head to head record
Since Roman Abramovich became owner of the club
in 2003, Chelsea and Manchester United have won
more major trophies than any other English club –
Chelsea 16, Man Utd 14.
Chelsea and Man Utd are drawn against each other
in the League Cup for the fifth occasion. The most
recent being the 2012/13 fourth-round tie.
Previous meetings in the carabao cup
Chelsea v Man Utd in the League Cup
1970/71 Fourth round Old Trafford (Chelsea lost)
2002/03 Quarter-final Old Trafford L 0-1 (man united won
2004/05 Semi-final first leg Stamford Bridge D 0-0
Semi-final second leg Old Trafford 2-1 (Chelsea won)
2012/13 Fourth round Stamford Bridge W 5-4 aet (Chelsea win on penalties)
Chelsea overall cup record against the Red Devils in the carabsois
seven wins, four draws and 13 defeats. Our last
meeting at the Bridge was in the FA Cup last
season.
How to Watch?
Sky Sports will be broadcasting the game live in
the UK. Highlights will be available on the Fifth
Stand App and this website from 1am on Thursday
morning.
How to Listen live?
Chelsea TV will be providing live audio commentary
on the Fifth Stand App and this website, and there
will also be live text commentary on those
platforms.
Who is the referee?
Referee: Paul Tierney
When is the Carabao Cup quarter-final draw?
Any teams who advance, they will find out thier quarter-final
opponents from 8.45am on Thursday morning, with
the draw live on BBC Radio 2.
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