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Bradford know all about what a League Cup run can do to a club's fortunes after reaching the final in 2013, and then winning promotion to League One. They will fancy their chances of deepening Leeds' woes in a tasty Yorkshire derby this evening.

Leeds boss Dave Hockaday was almost sacked just four matches into the league season on Saturday and you can't help wonder how owner Massimo Cellino would react to defeat.

Bradford City XI: Williams, Darby, McArdle, Sheehan, Meredith, Liddle, Knott, Kennedy, Clarke, Mclean, Hanson.

Subs: Urwin, Dolan, Yeates, Shariff, Routis, McBurnie, Morais.

Leeds United XI: S Taylor, Wootton, Pearce, Cooper, Warnock, Tonge, Murphy, Bianchi, Norris, Smith, Sharp.

Subs: Silvestri, C Taylor, Cook, Poleon, Antenucci, Ajose, Benedicic.

Burton Albion: McLaughlin, Edwards, Cansdell-Sherriff, Mousinho, Taft, Sharps (c), MacDonald, Knowles, McGurk, Palmer, Harness. Subs: Lyness, McFadzean, Bell, Weir, Beavon, Blyth, Slade

QPR: Murphy, Simpson, Hill, Phillips, SWP, Onuoha, Faurlin, Henry, Dunne, Hoilett, Taarabt. Subs: Green, Fer, Mutch, Zamora, Ehmer, Doughty, Harriman

BBC Radio 5 live

The build-up all tonight's action is starting on BBC Radio 5 live now with full commentary of Arsenal v Besiktas from 19:45. You can listen by clicking on the Live Coverage tab at the top of the page.

Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish will be live just after 19:00 BST, talking about the return of Neil Warnock as manager.

Striker Darren Bent makes his first start for Aston Villa since May 2013, while midfielder Joe Cole is handed a debut and goalkeeper Shay Given plays for the club for the first time in 20 months.

Aston Villa XI: Given (c), Baker, Bacuna, Cole, Senderos, Westwood, Richardson, Bent, Hutton, Sanchez, Grealish.

Subs: Guzan, Clark, Weimann, Agbonlahor, Delph, Herd, N'Zogbia.

Leyton Orient XI: Woods, Omozusi, Sawyer, Baudry, Cox, James, Mooney (c), Lowry, Pritchard, Bartley, Simpson.

Subs: Legzdins, Vincelot, Cuthbert, Clarke, Lee, Dagnall, Henderson.

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Arsenal looked as though they would be going into tonight's crucial Champions League tie on a downer after 82 minutes of Saturday's Premier League trip to Everton.

2-0 down, out played and looking short of ideas until, inspired by substitute Olivier Giroud, they hit back to earn an unlikely point.

There will be no Giroud this evening, due to his ankle injury, and with Aaron Ramsey suspended after a red card in the first leg in Turkey goals might be in short supply.

Birmingham City XI: Doyle, Eardley, Edgar, Hall, Robinson, Duffy, Gleeson, Caddis, Cotterill, Donaldson, Thomas.

Subs: Randolph, Grounds, Spector, Davis, Gray, Novak, Johnstone.

Sunderland XI: Pantilimon, Jones, Brown, O'Shea (c), Vergini, Johnson, Larsson, Bridcutt, Gomez, Wickham, Altidore.

Subs: Van Aanholt, Cattermole, Rodwell, Fletcher, Giaccherini, Mannone, Buckley.

Our focus won't only be on Europe this evening with five second-round League Cup ties to keep our eye on as well.

After Manchester United's stunning 4-0 drubbing at League One MK Dons last night, what shocks could we have in store this evening? Here are tonight's League Cup matches (all kick-offs 19:45)

Aston Villa v Leyton Orient

Birmingham v Sunderland

Bradford v Leeds

Burton v QPR

Stoke v Portsmouth

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has made three changes from the side who drew 2-2 with Everton on Saturday. Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla and Mathieu Flamini come in for Calum Chambers, Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Wilshere, Ox, Flamini, Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez

Arsenal aren't the only team in Champions League play-off action this evening.

Napoli manager Rafael Benitez takes his side to Athletic Bilbao, drawing 1-1 from the first leg, while FC Copenhagen face a tough task to turn around a 3-2 deficit at Bayer Leverkusen.

Elsewhere Austria's FC Salzburg travel to Malmo, of Sweden, leading 2-1 and Romanian club Steaua Bucharest travel to Ludogorets Razgrad of Bulgaria leading 1-0.

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Talking about strikers, it appears Arsene Wenger is prepared to ride out his latest potential problems in attack.

There are fears France international Olivier Giroud is facing a substantial spell on the sidelines with an ankle injury, but the Gunners boss isn't about to rush into signing a replacement,

With Alexis Sanchez, Joel Campbell, Yaya Sanogo, Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott, he believes he already has enough.

A gamble? Only time will tell.

Arsene Wenger has already said Arsenal are "desperate" to navigate their way beyond the play-off. A quick look at the financial side and it is no wonder why.

Qualification to the Champions League group stages will bring Arsenal £6.8m in prize money, with each subsequent group match worth in the region of £2.4m in additional match-day revenue.

That could buy a striker Arsene......

Good evening and welcome to the latest live text offering from BBC Sport, where Arsenal are bidding to book their place in the Champions League group stages for a 17th consecutive season.

Drawing 0-0 with Besiktas from the first leg of their play-off in Istanbul, the Gunners know what it takes to complete the job. The Emirates expects.

No pressure then.

In August 1997, Tony Blair's reign as Prime Minister was in its infancy.

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Will Smith was top of the singles chart with 'Men in Black'.

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And Arsenal had not qualified for the 1997/98 Champions League group stages. Seventeen seasons on and the Gunners haven't failed to do so since.