After wins over AC Milan and Manchester United in the last six days, Bournemouth manager Marco Rose has used tonight's League Cup to rest and rotate his squad.

The German has made eight changes to the Cherries side that thrashed Manchester United 3-0 atOldTrafford on Sunday, with Antonio Silva, Lewis Cook and Marcus Tavernier the only players to retain their places.

Bournemouth: Di Gregorio; Sanchez, Silva, Diakite, Soler; Cook, Christie; Gannon-Doak, Tavernier, Adli; Rodriguez

Subs: Petrovic, Truffert, Hill, Brooks, Adams, Smith, Kluivert, Kroupi, Rayan

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has also made wholesale changes for tonight's match at the Vitality Stadium.

The Spaniard has made nine changes to the side that beat Manchester City on Saturday, with summer signing Leon Goretzka making his first start for the Europa League winners.

Aston Villa: Bizot; Bogarde, Harwood-Bellis, Mings, Maatsen; Goretzka, Gomes; Mbaye, Buendia, Hemmings; Madjo.

Subs: Suzuki, Cash, Barkley, McGinn, Kamara, Garnacho, Abraham, Alysson, Cisse.

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The quarter-final draw for the 2026-27 Carabao Cup will take place tonight following the fourth-round match between Liverpool and Chelsea.

The draw will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

The final eight teams will play their fixtures during the week commencing Monday, 14 December.

While six of the teams in the quarter-finals are guaranteed to be from the Premier League, there will also be a League One and League Two side in the draw.

Bradford City beat fellow League One team Peterborough United on Tuesday night to reach the final eight - the furthest stage they have reached since the final in 2012-13.

Meanwhile, League Two Fleetwood Town produced one of the greatest shocks in EFL Cup history by dumping out reigning Premier League champions Arsenal.

Shamoon Hafez
Football reporter at Etihad Stadium

Holders Manchester City make nine changes for the Carabao Cup tie, with Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias, Elliot Anderson and Josko Gvardiol all on holiday.

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Abdukodir Khusanov Enzo Fernandez, Iliman Ndiaye and Jeremy Doku all drop out from Saturday's defeat at Aston Villa.

England defender Marc Guehi, who has struggled for form in recent games, takes the captain's armband.

Man City XI: Rulli, Lewis, Reis, Guehi, O'Reilly, Bouaddi, Kovacic, Foden, Cherki, Allan, Samba

Brighton make seven changes following the defeat against Liverpool at the weekend.

First-team regulars such as Bart Verbruggen, Luka Vuskovic, Lewis Dunk and Maxim de Cuyper all drop out.

Brighton XI: Steele, Costinha, Hajdam, Svoboda, Boscagli, Gross, Hinselwood, Gomez, Yalcouye, Ayari, Rutter.

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Nevermind upsets, tonight's League Cup action has a very round of Premier League fixtures feel to it with five ties taking place, all between top-flight clubs.

Manchester City and Brighton kick off the night's action, with Liverpool hosting Chelsea in the later kick-off.

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This week's Carabao Cup action kicked off in dramatic style as Fleetwood produced one of the greatest upsets by knocking out Premier League champions Arsenal.

None of the fixtures tonight will provide that level of giantkilling but Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool are among the sides in action looking to reach the quarter-finals.