Lee Dixon
Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

When you look at the teams that are still in it, Leeds will want to do well.

But that Norwich game at the weekend is looming over them.

Arsenal

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta speaking to Sky Sports: "When you get some momentum in football you have to continue it as long as possible.

"There are so many players who deserve minutes but we respect the level of competition. It is important they get the minutes and use them the right way to make things more difficult for us to make decisions and raise the level of the team.

"We are four games away from winning a title, so that should be a motivation."

Leeds United

Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa tells Sky Sports: "Usually we play with four players who attack decisively and today we do that as well.

"Joe Gelhardt came on in the last game, unbalanced it and that is not simple to do. To have done so increases his chances of participating for frequently."

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Charlie Austin has scored nine goals in his last 12 League Cup appearances, netting three in three in the competition for QPR.

Meanwhile, the Hoops are looking to reach the League Cup quarter-final for the first time since the 1988-89 campaign. They have lost their last five round four matches by an aggregate score of 11-1.

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Sunderland have reached the League Cup quarter-final in just one of the previous 20 campaigns.

But 2013-14 was the season in which they went all the way to the final, where they were beaten by Man City.

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Chelsea haven’t conceded a goal since Southampton were last here. (Granted, it was only 24 days ago).

Alongside Glenn Murray for commentary of Chelsea v Southampton from 19:40 BST on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

Southampton

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No side has had more different goalscorers in the League Cup than Southampton this season (excluding own goals), with their 10 goals being scored by seven different players.

Chelsea

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Chelsea are flying high at the top of the Premier League at the moment and have won two of their three games in the Champions League so far.

However, the Blues' good form elsewhere doesn't mean boss Thomas Tuchel is going to neglect other competitions.

"I am not sure I have priorities because who says that we can select from the trophies?" the German said.

"I am more in the spirit right now that what I like about the team is when we play, we play and we push ourselves to the limit on this very special matchday - and this will be now on Tuesday against Southampton."

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Chelsea and Southampton meet for the second time this month after they faced each other in the Premier League on 2 October.

The Blues ran out 3-1 winners that day with Trevoh Chalobah, Timo Werner and Ben Chilwell on the scoresheet and James Ward-Prowse getting the Saints' goal.

It was a closer game than the scoreline suggests, with two of Chelsea's goals coming after Ward-Prowse was sent off in the 77th minute.

Arsenal

Arsenal full-back Cedric Soares tells Sky Sports: "We always had confidence from day one but sometimes it is difficult when things don't go your way.

"I was sure we could turn it around, the team has shown this and now we need to keep going and keep getting good results."

Arsenal

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Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah has scored six goals in seven appearances in the League Cup, with the striker averaging a goal every 81 minutes in the competition. This includes two strikes while on loan at Leeds United in 2019-20.

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Former Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman on BBC World Service Sport: “There’s a real positivity at Arsenal, the lads know what they’re doing now, they know what sort of pattern Mikel Arteta wants to play. Sometimes they’ll press, sometimes they’ll drop off, there’s a lot more understanding now and confidence is high and you can only get that confidence through winning.

"Even the draws against Crystal Palace and Brighton, we dug in and that is what I’m seeing, the confidence getting higher and higher.

"Top four might be a step too far but you never know if you go on a run, it’s still quite early in the season and a good run is a boost. Top six would be a great season after the way we started.”

Lee Dixon
Former Arsenal and England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

The way the youngsters are playing for Arsenal, they're the ones holding the team together.

I thought Arteta would make changes tonight, I didn't think he'd make nine. Still, it's a very strong side on paper.

Leeds have also put a strong team out. It looks like it'll be really competitive.

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This will be the first meeting between Arsenal and Leeds in the League Cup since September 1979, when the Gunners won a second round second leg match 7-0 at Highbury.

That is their biggest ever win in the competition.

Leeds United

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Leeds hosted Crewe in the second round and the League One side proved a tough challenge as it took until the 79th minute for England midfielder Kalvin Phillips to make the breakthrough, before two goals in the final five minutes from Jack Harrison sealed a 3-0 success.

A trip to Craven Cottage to play Championship side Fulham followed in round three.

It finished 0-0 after 90 minutes so the game went to a penalty shoot-out. Stuart Dallas and Adam Forshaw both missed for Leeds, as did Fulham's Josh Onomah and Joe Bryan before Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier saved from Rodrigo Muniz to give the Premier League side a 6-5 victory.

This match against Arsenal is a repeat of the 1968 League Cup final, which Leeds won 1-0 - the only time they have won this competition.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta makes nine changes to his side following Friday's win against Aston Villa, with only Ben White and Emile Smith Rowe keeping their places.

Bernd Leno, Cedric Soares, Rob Holding, Sead Kolasinac, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Mohamed Elneny, Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah and Nicolas Pepe all come in.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Cedric, White, Holding, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Pepe, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Nketiah

Marcelo Bielsa makes four changes to the Leeds United side that drew 1-1 with Wolves on Saturday, handing a debut to 19-year-old defender Cody Drameh.

Adam Forshaw and Kalvin Phillips come into midfield and Tyler Roberts returns in attack. Liam Cooper, Jamie Shackleton, Mateusz Klich and Raphinha drop out.

Leeds XI: Meslier, Drameh, Llorente, Struijk, Dallas, Phillips, Forshaw, James, Roberts, Harrison, Rodrgio.

Thirteen changes in total for this all-EFL clash.

QPR make six from their 2-1 defeat by Peterborough.

Andre Gray replaces Charlie Austin up front in one of those.

Sunderland make seven from their 1-0 loss to Charlton, including Bayern Munich loanee Leon Dajaku coming back in.

Aiden McGeady is on the bench.

Chelsea make six changes for tonight's Carabao Cup game with Southampton.

Kepa Arrizabalaga starts in goal while Malang Sarr joins Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah in a back three. Captain Marcos Alonso comes in at left wing-back while there are also starts for Saul and Ross Barkley. Hakim Ziyech starts in attack.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; James, Chalobah, Sarr, Hudson-Odoi, Barkley, Kovacic, Saul, Alonso, Ziyech, Havertz.

Subs: Bettinelli, Sharman-Lowe, Chilwell, Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Jorginho, Mount, Vale.

There's nine changes for Southampton with only Ibrahima Diallo and Mohammed Salisu retaining their places from the 2-2 draw with Burnley.

Mohamed Elyounoussi misses out as he recovers from a minor operation on his hand

Southampton XI: Forster, Valery, Lyanco, Salisu, Walker-Peters, S. Armstrong, Diallo, Tella, Djenepo, A.Armstrong, Adams.

Subs: Lewis, Bednarek, Livramento, Smallbone, Perraud, Romeu, Redmond, Walcott, Long.

Arsenal

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Mikel Arteta's side started the 2021-22 campaign with two league defeats before they got their season up and running with a 6-0 demolition of Championship side West Brom in the second round.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang grabbed a hat-trick, with Nicolas Pepe, Bukayo Saka and Alexandre Lacazette also on target.

League One AFC Wimbledon visited the Emirates in the third round, but the hosts took an early lead through a Lacazette penalty, before late goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Eddie Nketiah sealed a routine 3-0 success for Arsenal.

Arsenal have won the League Cup twice, but not since 1992-93, although they reached the final in 2007, 2011 and 2018.