Stoke v Tottenham LIVE commentary and confirmed teams: Full coverage of Carabao Cup quarter-final clash

Stoke host Tottenham in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals tonight.

The Potters have already seen off Wolves and Aston Villa in the competition this season and will now be gunning for their third big scalp.

Stoke take on Tottenham tonight with a place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals up for grabsGetty Images - Getty

Michael O’Neill’s men are going well in the Championship too and would love to pull off a shock against Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham.

Spurs beat Chelsea on penalties in the last round but going into this tie having suffered a dip in form as of late.

They’ll want to put that right and book a place in the semi-finals.

Stoke v Tottenham: How to listen

This match will get under way at 5:30pm on Wednesday, December 23.

Full coverage from the Britannia Stadium will be exclusively live on talkSPORT 2, with our coverage starting at 5pm.

Commentary will come from Jim Proudfoot and Dean Ashton and to tune in, click the radio player below or HERE for the live stream.

Here are the other ways to listen…

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Stoke v Tottenham: Confirmed teams

Stoke XI: Lonergan, Collins, Batth, Souttar, Smith, Cousins, Thompson, Fox, Oakley-Boothe, Brown, McClean.

Substitutes: Nna Noukeu, Ince, Vokes, Shawcross, Fletcher, Powell, Tymon.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Doherty, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Hojbjerg, Winks, Alli, Bale, Kane, Lucas.

Substitutes: Hart, Alderweireld, Reguilon, Sissoko, Lamela, Son, Vinicius.

Stoke v Tottenham: What has been said?

Despite their injury issues, Stoke boss Michael O’Neill hopes to see more of the spirit that has served the team well lately. 

He said: “That’s the message we have to hammer home to the players. We did very well, particularly against Villa when we played extremely well.

“It will be a tough test but a game when we’ve everything to gain and that’s how we’ll approach it.

“Whatever team they put out, given the quality in their squad and depth of their squad, it’s going to present a huge challenge to us but we can’t focus too much on that.

“Our focus has to be on our game and making life difficult for them, making it an uncomfortable night for them.”

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho will want no mistakes at Stoke in the cupgetty

Stoke v Tottenham: Match stats and facts

The only previous League Cup meeting between Stoke City and Spurs was in September 2011, a goalless draw with the Potters winning 7-6 on penalties to progress. Spurs have won their last five games against Stoke, winning all five in the Premier League between April 2016 and April 2018 – four of those wins were by a four-goal margin. Stoke City are looking to reach the League Cup semi-final as a non-top-flight club for the first time – they have progressed three times previously to that stage, each time as a top-flight team in 1963/64, 1971/72 and 2015/16. This is Spurs’ 25th League Cup quarter-final, with only London rivals Arsenal appearing in more (29, including this season). They have progressed from their last two ties at this stage, in 2014/15 vs Newcastle and 2018/19 vs Arsenal. Stoke City have kept clean sheets in all four of their League Cup matches this season and could be the first non-Premier League side to keep five in a row since Preston North End between 1997 and 1999. They are also the first side to have started in the first round and reached the League Cup quarter-final without conceding since Colchester United in 1974/75. Spurs’ last three League Cup ties have all gone to a penalty shootout (W1 L2) – the only team to be involved in a shootout in four consecutive League Cup matches were Leicester between September 2018 and August 2019.