GREAT SAVE!published at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea 0-0 Durham
Maika Hamano takes aim from just outside the box and forces Tatiana Saunders into a brilliant save up to her right hand side.
Summary
FT: Tottenham 1-2 West Ham - Seraina Piubel and Kirsty Smith score as West Ham come from behind to beat Spurs
FT: Chelsea 5-0 Durham - Aggie Beever-Jones, Oriel Jean-Francois, Erin Cuthbert & Guro Reiten all score
FT: Man Utd 1-2 Man City - Laura Coombs & Lily Murphy score for Man City either side of Millie Turner equaliser
FT: Brighton 0-4 Arsenal - Frida Maanum, Katie McCabe, Kyra Cooney-Cross and Mariona Caldentey with Gunners' goals
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GREAT SAVE!published at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Postpublished at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea 0-0 Durham
Chelsea taking control in the early stages as expected but Durham are doing well to hold them at bay.
Ashley Lawrence's cross from the right is cleared without fuss in the middle.
KICK-OFFpublished at 18:45 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea 0-0 Durham
Chelsea striker Aggie Beever-Jones gets us under way.
Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea v Durham (18:45 GMT)
The teams are out at Kingsmeadow ready for the first game of the night.
Image source, Getty ImagesImperious Chelseapublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea v Durham (18:45 GMT)
Chelsea are unbeaten in 21 matches in all competitions, winning 20 and drawing just once.
They last tasted defeat on 1st May 2024, when they fell to a 4-3 defeat at Liverpool in the WSL.
Image source, BBC SportPostpublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea v Durham (18:45 GMT)
DurhamChampionship side Durham haven't kept a clean sheet in 8 matches in all competitons.
Up next: six in a row WSL champions Chelsea who have scored 55 goals so far this season, scoring at least once in each of their 17 games in all competitions.
Can Slegers lead Gunners to League Cup treble?published at 18:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Brighton v Arsenal (19:15 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal have been in superb form since Renee Slegers took over the side on an interim basis in October.
On Saturday, in their first game since she became permanent head coach, the Gunners thumped Crystal Palace 5-0 in the WSL at Meadow Park to extend her unbeaten run to 12 games in all competitions (11 wins, 1 draw).
Having won the League Cup in each of the last two seasons, Slegers will be aiming to make it three in a row, starting with a victory at Broadfield Stadium this evening.
Ready to do it all again?published at 18:38 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Man Utd v Man City (19:00 GMT)
Media caption, WSL Highlights Manchester City 2-4 Manchester United: Watch Ella Toone's hat-trick
Derby days - you wait months for one and then two come along at once.
Ella Toone scored a hat-trick as United triumphed 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, though the game will be remembered more for mistakes than quality.
A risky pass by City goalkeeper Khiara Keating was intercepted and slotted away by Toone to put United 3-0 up after 36 minutes, yet the hosts managed to pull two goals back before half-time.
Toone was then presented with an open goal seconds into the second half to complete her hat-trick when Keating's attempted clearance was charged down.
Victory saw United leapfrog City into third place in the WSL table and extend their winning run to five games in all competitions.
Team news - Six changes for Arsenalpublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Brighton v Arsenal (19:15 GMT)
Brighton make three changes to the side which lost 2-1 at Liverpool in the WSL on Friday.
Melina Loeck replaces Sophie Baggaley in goal while Maria Thorisdottir and Madison Haley also come into the XI.
Brighton XI: Loeck, Thorisdottir, Pattinson, Bergsvand, Losada (c), Cankovic, Seike, Olislagers, Vilamala, Haley, McLaughlan.
Subs: Baggaley, Bremer, Parris, Carabali, Rayner, Symonds, Stefanovic, Milner, Johnson
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal boss Renee Slegers makes six changes after defeating Crystal Palace 5-0 on Sunday.
Captain Katie McCabe is the sole survivor at the back, with Lotte Wubben-Moy, Laia Codina, and Katie Reid joining her in a new-look defence and Manuela Zinsberger in goal.
Lia Walti and Rosa Kafaji also start while Stina Blackstenius returns on the bench.
Arsenal XI: Zinsberger, Reid, Wubben-Moy, Codina, McCabe (c), Walti, Cooney-Cross, Maanum, Kafaji, Mead, Russo
Subs:Van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson, Catley, Wienroither, Caldentey, Little, Foord, Blackstenius
Can Bompastor break the curse?published at 18:33 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea v Durham (18:45 GMT)
While Chelsea have conquered all before them in the Women's Super League in the past six years, they have found the League Cup a much tougher nut to crack.
Their last win in this competition came back in 2021, when they beat Bristol City 6-0 in the final.
The Blues have reached the final in each of the three years since that triumph, but have finished runners up in all of them.
Can Sonia Bompastor be the one to bring the trophy back to Stamford Bridge?
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, 31/03/24: Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (A.E.T)
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, 05/03/23: Chelsea 1-3 Arsenal
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, 05/03/22: Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea
Road to the quarter-finalspublished at 18:31 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Image source, Getty ImagesWe're down to the last eight in the Women's League Cup, but how did each team get to this stage?
Manchester United, Durham, West Ham, Tottenham and Brighton & Hove Albion all won their groups to secure a place in the knockouts.
United, West Ham and Tottenham topped their groups with three wins from three.
Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal did not compete in the group stage as they competed in the group stage of the Uefa Women's Champions League. They begin their League Cup campaigns in the quarter-finals.
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Team news - Toone drops out, Keating keeps placepublished at 18:25 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Man Utd v Man City (19:00 GMT)
Image source, Getty ImagesMan United boss Marc Skinner makes six changes to the side that won 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, with Anna Sandberg, Aoife Mannion, Grace Clinton, Melvine Malard, Simi Awujo and Rachel Williams coming in.
Derby day hat-trick hero Ella Toone drops to the bench, as does top-scorer Elisabeth Terland.
Man United XI: Tullis-Joyce, Sandberg, Le Tissier (c), Mannion, Clinton, Malard, Galton, Awujo, Miyazawa, Turner, Williams
Subs: Middleton-Patel, George, Riviere, Bizet, Janssen, Toone, Terland
Gareth Taylor makes three changes to his Man City side, wth Laura Coombs, Laura Blindkilde Brown and Lilly Murphy coming in for Jill Roord, Jess Park and Vivianne Miedema.
Khiara Keating keeps her place in goal after making two mistakes that led to goals on Sunday.
Man City XI: Keating, Aleixandri (c), Coombs, Fowler, Ouahabi, Casparij, Blindkilde Brown, Fujino, Hasegawa, Knaak, Murphy
Subs: Yamashita, Roord, Kerolin Nicoli, Park, Prior, Oyama, Davies
Team news - Seven changes for Chelseapublished at 18:22 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Chelsea v Durham (18:45 GMT)
Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor has made seven changes from Sunday's 5-0 Women's Super League win over West Ham.
Nathalie Bjorn, Niamh Charles, Sjoeke Nusken and Aggie Beever-Jones are the only players to start both games.
Chelsea XI: Musovic, Lawrence, Bjorn, Mpome, Charles, Jean-Francois, Nusken, Reiten, Kaneryd, Hamano, Beever-Jones
Subs: Bright, Ramirez, Cuthbert, Macario, Perisset, Kaptein, Bronze, Bernabe, Hampton
Image source, Getty ImagesDurham XI: Saunders, Ayre, Wilson, Blake, Crosthwaite, Bradley, Novak, Wilson, Foster, Ryan-Doyle, Holmes
Subs: Foster, Salicki, Hepple, Lambert, Johns
Postpublished at 18:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Here's what we have in store for you this evening:
- Chelsea v Durham (18:45)
- Man Utd v Man City (19:00)
- Brighton v Arsenal (19:15)
- Tottenham v West Ham (19:30)
Welcome alongpublished at 18:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 January
Image source, Getty ImagesThe winter break is long over and the fixtures continue to arrive at a rapid pace.
This evening we step back into domestic cup action for the League Cup quarter-finals.
Defending champions Arsenal head to Brighton and last year's beaten finalists Chelsea host second tier Durham.
Oh and there's also the small matter of the Manchester derby and a London derby between Tottenham and West Ham.
Let's get started shall we?
Women's League Cup Scores and fixtures
Wednesday 22nd January
Quarter-finals
All times are UK and subject to change. BBC is not responsible for any changes.
Women's League Cup Table
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Group A
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Manchester United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
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| 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
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| 3 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
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| 4 | Newcastle United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 1 |
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Group B
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Durham | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
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| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
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| 3 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
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| 4 | Sheffield United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
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Group C
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | West Ham United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 9 |
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| 2 | London City Lionesses | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
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| 3 | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
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| 4 | Portsmouth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 0 |
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Group D
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
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| 2 | Leicester City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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| 3 | Birmingham City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 3 |
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| 4 | Bristol City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 2 |
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Group E
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
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| 2 | Aston Villa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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| 3 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
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| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1 : Quarter-finals
- Position 2 : Possible Quarter-finals