Key events
Manchester City name the same League Cup team they selected at Swansea City in the previous round, with the exceptions of the injured Jeremy Doku and the Afcon-bound pair of Rayan Ait-Nouri and Omar Marmoush. Still plenty of attacking power in the shape of Rayan Cherki and Savinho, but just in case things go belly up, Erling Haaland, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden are on the bench.
Brentford also mix it up, with only five players from XI that started the 1-1 Premier League draw with Leeds on Sunday starting again tonight. Michael Kayode, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt, Sepp van den Berg, and captain Nathan Collins keep their places. Jordan Henderson and Igor Thiago are missing altogether, as is Dango Ouattara who is off to Afcon.
Man City v Brentford teams
Manchester City: Trafford, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, O’Reilly, Gonzalez, Reijnders, Savio, Cherki, Bobb, Mukasa.
Subs: Donnarumma, Dias, Haaland, Silva, Gvardiol, Matheus Luiz, Foden, Mfuni, Gray.
Brentford: Valdimarsson, Kayode, Ajer, Collins, van den Berg, Henry, Yarmolyuk, Janelt, Jensen, Damsgaard, Schade.
Subs: Kelleher, Hickey, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Peart-Harris, Konak, Nunes Gomes, Arthur, Donovan.
Referee: Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire).
Preamble
Chelsea are already in the semi-finals; Arsenal and Crystal Palace aren’t in a position to sort themselves out until next week. Meanwhile tonight we’ll discover the identity of the two other semi-finalists in a staggered style …
… so with this in mind, we’re going quadbox on NFL RedZone segueing into SuperClocko™ mode, incorporating the very first runout for our patented Three-Half MBM System©. Team news when we have it, and advance apologies for the fiasco that will undoubtedly unfold should the game at the Etihad go to penalties while four goals in as many minutes are scored at St James’ Park. Oh, and don’t forget the draw for the semis, which will take place after the end of the third half. It’s on!
