White Hart Lane, London
Tuesday, September 21
19:45 BST, 2:45 EDT
- Referee: Lee Probert
- Last League Match: Tottenham 2 - 1 Arsenal; April 14, 2010
- All-Time in All Competitions: 68 Arsenal wins, 51 Tottenham wins, 44 draws
- All-Time in League Cup: 5 Arsenal wins, 3 Tottenham wins, 3 draws
- Arsenal's League Form: D-W-W-W-D
- Tottenham's League Form: D-W-L-D-W
News and Notes
- Official word on Cesc Fabregas's scan will come tomorrow, but he has said "2 weeks" on his Twitter account. There's nothing that actually confirms that that Twitter account is authentic, but his sister is following him and they look so alike it's insane. That's enough proof, right?
- Alex Song, who was sent off for two yellow cards on Saturday, gets to serve his one match ban in this cup tie, a match he was never going to appear in anyway. How fortunate!
- Predicting the Arsenal squad for this match is even more difficult that normal and not because of Arsene Wenger's reliance on youth in the Carling Cup. Even considering that, Arsenal's injury woes don't stop at the first team. Injuries will likely keep Conor Henderson and Havard Nortdveit from appearing.
- Reports indicate that Wenger will only name three reserves to the starting XI tomorrow, those being Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Henri Lansbury, and Craig Eastmond. That's fewer than one would expect.
- That means it's Lukasz Fabianski in goal and not Wojciech Szczesny.
- You can bet on seeing a few of the first team's bench players getting starts; including Fabianski. This means Johan Djourou will almost certainly start. Carlos Vela should start up front with JET. Kieran Gibbs will probably start, as might Emmanuel Eboue and Denilson.
- With Thomas Vermaelen returning from injury this coming Saturday, Wenger might even start Sebastien Squillaci at center back with Djourou.
- I'd expect a squad of similarly surprising strength coming from Tottenham.
Match Facts
- We hate Tottenham and we hate Tottenham.
- We hate Tottenham and we hate Tottenham.
- We hate Tottenham and we hate Tottenham.
- We are the Tottenham haters.
The Referee
- The referee is Lee Probert.
- Last year, Probert worked Arsenal's 3-1 win over Birmingham City at the Emirates and their 0-0 draw against Aston Villa at Villa Park.
- For Tottenham last year, he worked only their 1-0 home loss to Stoke City.
Other Carling Cup 3rd Round Ties
(P = Premier League, C = Championship, L1 = League One, L2 = League Two)
(P = Premier League, C = Championship, L1 = League One, L2 = League Two)
- Tuesday: Birmingham City (P) v. Milton Keynes Dons (L1); St. Andrew's, Birmingham
- Tuesday: Brentford (L1) v. Everton (P); Griffin Park, London
- Tuesday: Burnley (C) v. Bolton Wanderers (P); Turf Moor, Burnley
- Tuesday: Millwall (C) v. Ipswich Town (C); The Den, London
- Tuesday: Peterborough United (L1) v. Swansea City (C); London Road Stadium, Peterborough
- Tuesday: Portsmouth (C) v. Leicester City (C); Fratton Park, Portsmouth
- Tuesday: Stoke City (P) v. Fulham (P); Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
- Tuesday: Sunderland (P) v. West Ham United (P); Stadium of Light, Sunderland
- Tuesday: Wolverhampton Wanderers (P) v. Notts County (L1); Molineux, Wolverhampton
- Wednesday: Aston Villa (P) v. Blackburn Rovers (P); Villa Park, Birmingham
- Wednesday: Chelsea (P) v. Newcastle United (P); Stamford Bridge, London
- Wednesday: Liverpool (P) v. Northampton Town (L2); Anfield, Liverpool
- Wednesday: Scunthorpe United (C) v. Manchester United (P); Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
- Wednesday: West Bromwich Albion (P) v. Manchester City (P); The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
- Wednesday: Wigan Athletic (P) v. Preston North End (C); DW Stadium, Wigan
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