Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur League Cup semifinal: time, TV channels, lineups, how to watch online

It’s Tottenham Hotspur in a cup semifinal — that’s always a good thing, right? Spurs are in west London to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semifinals. Tottenham narrowly defeated the Blues 1-0 in the first leg at Wembley, but that’s a tenuous lead even when you have a fully healthy squad.

And Spurs... don’t. They are without Harry Kane and Dele Alli due to injury, and Son Heung-Min due to international duty. They do, however, have Eric Dier and Lucas Moura back, and Victor Wanyama could start on the bench. So that’s good. Chelsea were hoping to sign their new striker Gonzalo Higuain in time to start against Spurs, but they missed the deadline, so expect a strikerless formation, probably with Eden Hazard as a false 9.

All Spurs need is a draw in order to advance to face Manchester City in the final, who rolled to a 10-0 aggregate win over Burton Albion today.

Can Spurs pull out what would be a huge two-legged victory and reach a cup final?

COYS!

Lineups

How to Watch

Once again, this cup match is only legally watchable in the USA streamed online via ESPN+.

Date/time: Thursday, January 24, 2019 | 2:45 p.m. (ET), 7:45 p.m. (UK)
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, UK
TV: not televised (USA), Sky Sports Football/MainEvent (UK), DAZN (Canada), beIN Sports 2 (Australia), other listings at livesoccertv.com
Streaming: ESPN+ (USA)
Radio: Audio streamed at tottenhamhotspur.com. UK - check local listings

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