Summary

  • Use audio icon at the top of page for BBC 5 Live commentary

  • Carabao Cup semi-final first leg

  • FT: Middlesbrough 1-0 Chelsea - Hackney slots home after Palmer miss

  • Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Thanks for joining us

    Middlesbrough v Chelsea (20:00 GMT)

    Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg as Middlesbrough take on Chelsea at a packed Riverside Stadium.

    We will have live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live which you will be able to listen to in this very page.

  2. Dreaming of Wembley

    Middlesbrough v Chelsea (20:00 GMT)

    Middlesbrough are halfway up the Championship table...

    MiddlesbroughPA Media

    ...and Chelsea are halfway up the Premier League table.

    ChelseaReuters

    But both sides are only two games away from getting to Wembley and reaching the Carabao Cup final.