Hello everybody and welcome in to this Carabao Cup live blog for the last 16 tie between Chelsea and Southampton. Thomas Tuchel's side will welcome Southampton to Stamford Bridge for this cup tie, with a place in the Carabao Cup's next round up for grabs and to be decided this Tuesday night one way or another. If required, Chelsea vs Southampton will go to penalties, so follow along with us as we see what happens.
Chelsea vs Southampton LIVE - Latest updates
This is the start of our Chelsea vs Southampton live blog. We'll have all the updates from this Carabao Cup game, with the most recent entries nearest the top.
17:20 BST: The predicted line-ups for Chelsea vs Southampton
Some rotations are expected from Chelsea, with the probable XI as follows: Kepa Arrizabalaga; Reece James, Trevor Chalobah, Malang Sarr, Marcos Alonso; Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Mateo Kovacic, Saul Niguez; Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz, Callum Hudson-Odoi. As for Southampton, the likely line-up is: Fraser Forster; Yan Valery, Lyanco, Mohammed Salisu, Romain Perraud; Ibrahima Diallo, Oriol Romeu; Nathan Tella, Stuart Armstrong, Moussa Djenepo; Che Adams.
16:55 BST: When and where to watch Chelsea vs Southampton
This evening's clash between Chelsea and Southampton will kick off at 19:45 BST, which is 20:45 CEST for those in central Europe and which is 14:45 EDT for those on the east coast of the USA. As for where to watch this Carabao Cup game, it isn't actually being broadcast in the UK. In the USA, though, it'll be on ESPN+.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com