2018/19 Carabao Cup
Semi-Final 2nd legs
Wednesday, January 23
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Burton Albion vs Manchester City (AGG: 0-9)
Pirelli Stadium
Thursday, January 24
th
Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur (AGG: 0-1)
Stamford Bridge
Both matches expected to kick-off at 19:45 (7:45pm) GMT
It would require nothing short of a miracle for
Burton Albion to overturn a nine goal first-leg deficit against the defending Carabao Cup champions Manchester City on Tuesday evening so attention will inevitably turn toward the second semi-final between London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday with the tie slightly more poised at 1-0.
Can the Blues turn the tie around or will the Lily Whites hold on for a famous win?
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Fifty-six places separate Manchester City, who currently second in the English Premier League, and Burton Albion of League One. That gulf in class could not have been more apparent than in their last meeting when Pep Guardiola’s side quite simply humbled Nigel Clough’s Brewers by an astounding 9-0 scoreline. Gabriel Jesus was the star of the show that night, bagging four goals as Burton simply were not good enough to cope with the sheer brilliance of the Citizens.
City followed up that demolition with back-to-back 3-0 victories over Wolves and Huddersfield respectively as they keep tabs on the league leaders Liverpool – their sixth straight win in all competitions since defeat at Leicester City on Boxing Day. Burton meanwhile will just be hoping for a better showing in this their second-ever meeting with Manchester City. Burton head into this clash without a win in three after they lost 3-2, cruelly in stoppage time, at home to Gillingham before John Brayford scored a late leveller to secure a point at Doncaster Rovers on Saturday.
Burton Albion recent results:
19/01/2019 – Doncaster 2-2 Burton
12/01/2019 – Burton 2-3 Gillingham
09/01/2019 – Man City 9-0 Burton
Manchester City recent results:
20/01/2019 – Huddersfield 0-3 Man City
14/01/2019 – Man City 3-0 Wolves
09/01/2019 – Man City 9-0 Burton
Chelsea head into Thursday’s second-leg affair with cross-town counterparts Tottenham Hotspur knowing that they need to win by two clear goals if they are to book their spot in the showpiece final next month – something they have failed to achieve at Stamford Bridge since December 2014 when Eden Hazard opened the scoring in 3-0 victory. The Blues lost the corresponding league fixture on April Fools’ Day last season courtesy of a pair of second-half Dele Alli headers for the visitors.
Harry Kane netted from the penalty spot to hand Spurs a narrow first-leg win in what was the lowest scoring game between Spurs and Chelsea since a 0-0 stalemate in 2015. This fixture has produced an astonishing 62 goals in the last 16 meetings between them in all competitions at an average of 3.9 goals per game.
Chelsea followed up that defeat a fortnight ago by beating former manager Rafa Benitez’ Newcastle 2-1 before stumbling to a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal on Saturday, leaving Maurizio Sarri’s men hanging on to the final UEFA Champions League qualification spot by a thread.
Spurs will be without Harry Kane who limped off injured following Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Wembley last weekend as well as the services of Heung Min Son whose superb second half solo goal sealed all three points in the league in November. The South Korean has departed for the Asian Games and the duo both missed Sundays last-gasp 2-1 win at Fulham across the capital.
Chelsea recent results:
19/01/2019 – Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea
12/01/2019 – Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle
08/01/2019 – Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea
Tottenham recent results:
20/01/2019 – Fulham 1-2 Tottenham
13/01/2019 – Tottenham 0-1 Man United
08/01/2019 – Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea
Chelsea vs Tottenham recent head-to-head:
08/01/2019 – Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea
24/11/2018 – Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea
01/04/2018 – Chelsea 1-3 Tottenham
20/08/2017 – Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea
22/04/2017 – Chelsea 4-2 Tottenham
04/01/2017 – Tottenham 2-0 Chelsea
26/11/2016 – Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham
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