Reece James headlines the injury list for Chelsea, with other notable missing players such as Wesley Fofana, Ben Chilwell, Romeo Lavia, Noni Madueke, and several others. Most notably, we saw Christopher Nkunku grace the bench in their Saturday fixture for the first time since his signing back in December last year, so we could see him step onto the pitch for the first time in the Chelsea shirt against Newcastle and is 2/1 to hit the back of the net on his Stamford Bridge debut.

Chelsea are 7/10 favourites to win this fixture, with Newcastle at 29/10.īoth teams are suffering with injuries following the weekend’s Premier League fixtures, so it will be interesting to see which starting XIs that Mauricio Pochettino and Eddie Howe opt for to give themselves the best chances of progressing through to the semi-finals. Chelsea come into this game off the back of a 2-0 victory against Blackburn in the previous round, with Newcastle managing to dispatch Man United 3-0 to secure their place in the quarters.

It is looking like this domestic cup competition is the highest chance both Chelsea and Newcastle will have to secure some silverware this season, so this is undoubtedly the headline game of the round. We preview two of the stand-out fixtures below. The football does not stop anytime soon as the League Cup returns this week, with only eight teams remaining to battle it out and decide who will proceed into the semi-final of the tournament.

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