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There's build-up to all of tonight's action on 5 Live Sport now, with Kelly Cates in the chair before full comms of Birmingham v Fulham - featuring goal updates from everywhere no doubt.

Tune in on your radio/device/speaker or simply press play above.

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Did you want your side to put out a first-choice XI tonight? Or is it important to rotate your squad?

At this stage of the season are you all about the league or should your club be targeting a cup run at all costs?

Let us know your League Cup musings please.

Fulham

Fulham have changed their entire team for this fixture. Summer transfer window signings Joachim Andersen, Jorge Cuenca, Ryan Sessegnon and Sander Berge all start. Jay Stansfield, who was on loan at Birmingham last season, also starts.

Fulham XI: Benda, Castagne, Cuenca, Andersen, Sessegnon, Berge, Reed, Wilson, Cairney, Stansfield, Jimenez.

Subs: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Lukic, King, Smith Rowe, Traore, Iwobi, Rodrigo Muniz.

Birmingham's XI includes nine players who started the 2-1 win at Leyton Orient on Saturday. New signing Ben Davies is on the bench.

Birmingham XI: Allsop, Laird, Klarer, Bielik, Cochrane, Paik, Leonard, Anderson, Willumsson, Hansson, May.

Subs: Peacock-Farrell, Sampsted, Davies, Khela, Roberts, Hall, Miyoshi, Yokoyama, Jutkiewicz.

Incredible Joe Murphy stat...

Leicester City

Ricardo Pereira captains Leicester as the Foxes make eight changes to the team that started Saturday’s defeat at Fulham.

New signings Oliver Skipp and Jordan Ayew both start, while Jamie Vardy is not in the matchday squad.

Leicester XI: Ward, Ricardo, Okoli, Faes, Thomas, Winks, Skipp, Ndidi, Mavididi, McAteer, Ayew

Subs: Iversen, Justin, Coady, Nelson, Choudhury, Alves, Fatawu, De Cordova-Reid, Popov

Goalkeeper Joe Murphy, who faced Leicester in the 2000 EFL Cup final 24 years ago, starts for Tranmere at the King Power Stadium.

Tranmere XI: Murphy, Norman, Walker, Davies, Turnbull, Saunders, O’Connor, Merrie, Patrick, Jennings, Davison

Subs: McGee, Bradshaw, Morris, Dennis, Solomon, Wood, Williams

Everton

Everton manager Sean Dyche has made six changes from Saturday's thrashing at Tottenham but still has named a strong side.

Seamus Coleman and James Garner are back from injury while summer signings Jake O'Brien, Jesper Lindstrom and Iliman Ndiaye all make their full debuts.

Doncaster are boosted by the return of midfielder Ben Close who is fit enough for the bench.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane (C), O'Brien, Mykolenko, Garner, Iroegbunam, Lindstrom, McNeil, Ndiaye, Beto

Doncaster XI: Lawlor, Olowu, Molyneux, Gibson, Nixon, Bailey (C), Ironside, Kelly, Senior, Westbrooke, Mcgrath

Hats off to the good people of MIddlesbrough who have seen sense in getting at least one of tonight's 18 ties wrapped up as soon as humanly possible.

Boro have strong League Cup pedigree of course, winners in 2004 under Jamaica's Steve McClaren and runners up twice in the 90s. Stoke have also won the cup before but way back when, in 1972. Gordon Banks in nets.

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A strange split of fixtures means these are the only games tonight featuring Premier League sides. Cupset chances everywhere:

• Brighton v Crawley (19:45 BST)
• Everton v Doncaster (19:45 BST)
• Leicester v Tranmere (19:45 BST)
• Birmingham v Fulham (20:00 BST)
• Crystal Palace v Norwich (20:00 BST)

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There's only one 2025 date at Wembley we're concerned about tonight and it's got nothing to do with Liam - or Noel - Gallagher.

Forget the Live in 25 stuff and worry about the Carabao Cup final on 16 March.

Thirty-two teams are hoping to progress tonight into round three, including five top-flight sides. Hyped?