Carabao Cup fourth round fixtures IN FULL: Liverpool host Arsenal, Tottenham to face Chelsea

Defending champions City in action tonight.
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Malik Ouzia @MalikOuzia_24 September 2020

Three third round fixtures remain before fourth round action commences next week.

Lincoln host Premier League champions Liverpool while Manchester City welcome Bournemouth to the Etihad,

Nathan Ake could line up against his former club this evening with Diogo Jota hoping to make his Liverpool debut.

Bristol City host Aston Villa in the other remaining game this evening.

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Lincoln vs Liverpool: How to watch

TV channel: The match will be televised on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football, with coverage starting from 7:30pm.

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the website and SkyGo app.

Man City vs Bournemouth: How to watch

Live stream: The match will not be televised live in the UK, but fans will still be able to watch via the carabaocup.live website.

Match passes cost £10.

Liverpool team news

The Reds will still be without Joe Gomez and Joel Matip, who both missed the win over Chelsea, as well as Jordan Henderson, who was forced off at half-time in that game.

Man City team news

Guardiola has confirmed that he will field mostly academy players against Bournemouth - a game that comes just three days after that hard-fought win at Wolves - as he seeks to keep his key senior stars fresh for the Premier League challenges ahead.

City's ranks have been depleted by the absences of Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva, Joao Cancelo, Eric Garcia, Aleks Zinchenko and Aymeric Laporte, while Ilkay Gundogan is currently self-isolating after becoming the club's third player to test positive for coronavirus over recent weeks.

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Ten changes is also the order of the day for Jurgen Klopp. You suspect he'd like to have made 11, but shortages at centre-half mean Virgil van Dijk is pressed into action again.

Kostas Tsimikas gets a debut at left-back but Diogo Jota is only on the bench. 

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Ten changes for City 

Phil Foden is the only man who keeps his place in the Man City side that started the 3-1 win at Wolves on Monday. 

Summer signing Ferran Torres is handed his first start for the club, while Zack Steffen makes his debut in goal, as does Liam Delap up front. 

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Bournemouth team news vs Man City 

Bournemouth XI: Travers, Ofoborh, Simpson, Kelly, Smith, L.Cook, Gosling, Billing, Rico, Brooks, Surridge

Subs: Begovic, Stacey, Cook, Zemura, Lerma, Kilkenny, Anthony 

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Lincoln team news vs Liverpool 

Lincoln XI: Palmer, Bradley, Montsma, Eyoma, Melbourne, Bridcutt, Edun, Jones, Grant, Anderson, Scully

Subs: Ross, Jackson, McGrandles, Howarth, Roughan, Archibald, Hopper

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Man City team news vs Bournemouth 

Man City XI: Steffen, Walker (C), Garcia, Harwood-Bellis, Rodrigo, Doyle, Foden, Bernabe, Torres, Mahrez, Delap.

Subs: Carson, Ake, Sterling, De Bruyne, Mendy, Nmecha, Palmer.

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Liverpool team news vs Lincoln 

Liverpool XI: Adrian, N.Williams, R.Williams, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Grujic, Jones, Elliott, Shaqiri, Minamino, Origi.

Subs: Kelleher, Fabinho, Keita, Jota, Wilson, Alexander-Arnold, Van den Berg.

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Bournemouth - form report

The Cherries have made a solid start to life in the second tier following their relegation at the end of last season and the departure of manager Eddie Howe. 

They've taken four points from their first two Championship fixtures and reached the third round of this completion via a remarkable 11-10 penalty shootout win over Crystal Palace. 

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Man City team news

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will miss the start of the season after failing to recover from a knee injury.

The Argentinian is yet to take part in full training since breaking down in June and has been ruled out of Man City’s opening game against Wolves tonight.

Pep Guardiola had hoped Aguero would be able to take part in the Champions League closing stages last month, but his recovery has taken longer than club medics expected.

City’s manager said: “He still hasn’t had one training session with us.”

It means Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus leads City’s attack at Molineux as Guardiola’s only like-for-like back up.

Riyad Mahrez has been back in training this week after testing positive for Covid-19 and takes a seat on the bench, but Aymeric Laporte, who also tested positive, is out of the Wolves game along with Ilkay Gundogan, whose own positive test was announced by the club earlier on Monday.

“Riyad came back a few days ago, he’s training,” said Guardiola.

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Liverpool team news

Liverpool will be without both Joe Gomez and Joel Matip once again when they face Lincoln City in the Carabao Cup tonight, assistant boss Pep Lijnders has confirmed.

Both players missed Sunday’s meeting with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge after picking up a knock and hamstring injury respectively in training.

That meant Fabinho was forced to fill in as a makeshift centre-half, though he was among the Reds’ standout players as they claimed a 2-0 win.

It appears Jurgen Klopp will be forced to get creative once again in that position on Thursday when his team visit Sincil Bank.

Asked for an update on the pair, Lijnders said: “Joe will train hopefully Friday with the team to prepare the Arsenal game.

“Joel will be longer out, he has a hamstring [injury] so it’ll take another two weeks, hopefully the international break will solve that one so he’s ready after for the Everton match.”

Liverpool lost Jordan Henderson at half-time of their weekend outing in the capital, the captain feeling tightness in his thigh.

Asked whether he might be available for Lincoln, Lijnders added: “Hendo is a little bit difficult.

“We have to see but for sure not tomorrow and Arsenal (next Monday) will be tight but let’s see day by day.”

With both Gomez and Matip out, 17-year-old defender Billy Koumetio could be in line for a start after impressing in training with the first-team squad in pre-season.

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Good afternoon!

Carabao Cup action continues tonight with Premier League champions Liverpool looking to avoid an upset away to Lincoln.

Manchester City meanwhile host Bournemouth with Nathan Ake in line to take on his former employers.

Stick around for all your team news and build-up. 

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