Fixture: Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea
Competition: EFL Cup
Kick-off: 20:00 (UK time)

Chelsea have announced the side and substitutes to go into battle with Tottenham Hotspur in the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final tie this evening at Wembley.

Blues boss Maurizio Sarri will be looking for his men to take a good result back to Stamford Bridge, but knows that his side lost at Spurs in the Premier League this season 3-1, in what was a comfortable win for the hosts.




Sarri is without midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who has a back injury.

The Chelsea boss selects Kepa in goal, while at the back he goes with a centre-back pairing of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger. Jorginho, N'Golo Kante and Ross Barkley are in midfield, while Willian, Eden Hazard and Callum Hudson-Odoi are the attacking threats.

The Italian tactician has a number of options on the bench if he needs to shake things up, with Olivier Giroud and Pedro both available.

 


Chelsea Team vs Tottenham Hotspur

Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Barkley, Willian, Hazard, Hudson-Odoi

Substitutes: Caballero, Zappacosta, Ampadu, Luiz, Kovacic, Pedro, Giroud