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    Liverpool vs West Ham, Arsenal vs Bolton and more: Carabao Cup and Europa League – live | Carabao Cup

    Bronwen Cerys Posted on

    Important events

    Already some early emails!

    Anthony regrets Arteta’s decision:

    Why, oh why risk Saka?

    Marcus wants his team to turn back the years:

    I’m confident Bolton can live up to their class of 1994 against this Arsenal team. I don’t want to curse it, but they can certainly beat a 16-year-old goalkeeper.

    Summary:

    Big challenge for Julen Lopetegui. Yes, he has made changes, but they are still experienced players. So far, this new era at West Ham has not impressed me. Hopefully we haven’t just signed Moyes 2.0! COYI

    Coachman:

    I don’t care what people say, I love the Europa League. Nice vs Real Sociedad is the best game tonight for me.

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    The Europa League has been expanded to 36 teams and the format has changed significantly. Ryan Benson has fired up the supercomputer Opta, which tells us that Porto are the favourites (even though they are losing at the moment), Manchester United are sixth favourites due to their inconsistency and José Mourinho’s Fenerbahce are the underdogs.

    Find out what else the supercomputer has to say below.

    From left to right: Ernesto Valverde of Athletic Club, José Mourinho of Fenerbahce, Erik ten Hag of Manchester United and Ange Postecoglou of Tottenham. Composed: Opta Analyst
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    Bolton may have slipped down the English rankings, but when they were still playing in the top division they were considered a bogey team for Arsenal. Stelios Giannakopoulos and Justin Hoyte share their memories of how Big Sam liked to spoil Arsène Wenger’s party in the league.

    However, they also had some good moments against the Gunners in cup competitions.

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    The nine games taking place today in the Europa League.

    Two of them are already underway. AZ Alkmaar are tied 2-2 against IF Elfsborg and Bodø/Glimt are leading Porto 3-1 despite playing with ten men.

    The rest starts at 20:00 CET. You can follow Manchester United vs Twente with Rob Smyth’s minute-by-minute report.

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    Personnel: Liverpool – West Ham

    Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Jones, Chiesa, Gakpo, Jota; Nunez.

    Chiesa is in the starting line-up for the first time since joining from Juventus in the summer, while Núñez is starting in attack for the second consecutive game after scoring for the first time since March at the weekend.

    West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell, Soucek, Alvarez, Soler, Bowen, Ings, Summerville

    The Hammers have had a slow start to the season and will be hoping to turn things around tonight, with Ings getting the nod against his former side alongside Bowen and Summerville, who both started at the weekend.

    Referee: Andy Madley

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    Team News: Arsenal – Bolton

    Arsenal XI: Porter, Nichols, Kiwior, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri, Jorginho, Rice, Saka, Jesus, Sterling

    Porter is Arsenal’s 16-year-old fourth-choice goalkeeper to receive the nod, making him the youngest goalkeeper in Arsenal’s history to start. First-choice goalkeeper Raya will be assessed after the league game against Manchester City, second-choice goalkeeper Neto is cup-bound having played for Bournemouth in the second round, while third-choice goalkeeper Tommy Setford is injured.

    🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️

    🧤 Porter between the posts
    ©️ Jorginho is captain of the team
    🆕 Sterling makes his debut

    Let’s make it to the next round, Gunners 💪 pic.twitter.com/4JaNpNMBeC

    — Arsenal (@Arsenal) 25 September 2024

    Bolton XI: Southwood, Dacres-Cogley, Forino, Santos, Toal, Williams, Sheehan, Dempsey, Arfield, McAtee, Collins

    There have been some changes since the team’s 5-2 win over Reading, which moved them up to 19th place in League One.

    Referee: Josh Smith

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    preamble

    Hello and welcome to our live ticker for the highlight of English and European football, the Carabao Cup and the Europa League.

    Of course I’m kidding, but at the end of the day a title is still a title and I’m sure all the teams competing tonight (and their fans) would be delighted to get their hands on a title at the end of the season.

    Join me as I follow 7 games for all the goals. And as always, feel free to email me if you have any thoughts, predictions, questions, comments, complaints or recommendations.

    Team news is coming next. Join us!

    Arsenal vs Bolton: Kick-off 19:45 BST, all other matches at 20:00

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