Manchester City manager Enzo Maresca will heavily rotate his starting lineup when Championship club Norwich City comes to town on Thursday night. The EFL Cup, which is basically fourth in line, priority wise when it comes to competitions, could see summer signings Geronimo Rulli and Allan feature for the first time in a Man City shirt. Rulli is a backup goalkeeper who came back … [Read more...] about Manchester City Predicted XI vs Norwich: Likely Debuts for Allan and Geronimo Rulli
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Manchester City Team News vs Norwich City: Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku
Phil Foden and Jeremy Doku are the only unavailability concerns for Manchester City, as they commence their 2026-27 EFL Cup campaign. Enzo Maresca's men will welcome Norwich City to the blue side of Manchester on Thursday night, for a third round clash. Foden is now suspended, after drawing a red card in the 1-0 Manchester derby win at Old Trafford on Sunday. Doku is still … [Read more...] about Manchester City Team News vs Norwich City: Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku
Chelsea Draw Luton Town in EFL Cup 2nd Round
The second-round EFL Cup ties were announced in full, only a few hours ago, and all of these clashes will take place during the week in between Premier League matchdays 1 and 2. Then, at some point during the midweek, they'll host Luton Town in the EFL Cup second round. In matchweek 2, they will welcome in Brighton & Hove Albion for their Premier League home opener. … [Read more...] about Chelsea Draw Luton Town in EFL Cup 2nd Round
Newcastle United Team News at Man City: Bruno Guimaraes, Sven Botman, Lewis Miley
Newcastle United certainly had injuries, added to insult, in getting thrashed 4-1 by Liverpool on Saturday. They have a trio of new injury concerns heading into the cup clash at Manchester City on Wednesday night- Bruno Guimaraes, Sven Botman and Lewis Miley. Will any of them be back in the lineup in midweek? Let's take a look at that, as well as the overall injury/team … [Read more...] about Newcastle United Team News at Man City: Bruno Guimaraes, Sven Botman, Lewis Miley
Man United Team News at Grimsby: Kobbie Mainoo, Lisandro Martinez, Noussair Mazraoui
Manchester United have just two injury concerns right now, and they're both in the back line- Lisandro Martinez (knee) and Noussair Mazraoui (thigh). The situation is the same as it was entering the score draw with Fulham yesterday. Lucha won't be in the squad for Wednesday, but Mazraoui might have a chance of being passed fit. What's ultimately more interesting, with MUFC, is … [Read more...] about Man United Team News at Grimsby: Kobbie Mainoo, Lisandro Martinez, Noussair Mazraoui
West Ham United at Wolves (EFL Cup) Starting Lineup Predictions
This week reminds us that this season, simply put, is just not that young. We are into the second, yes, the second round of the EFL Cup now, plus Champions League draws come out on Thursday, the summer transfer window closes a week from today and the first international break commences the following week. Yes, we're getting into the thick of it now, with one match on Tuesday … [Read more...] about West Ham United at Wolves (EFL Cup) Starting Lineup Predictions
West Ham United at Wolves Team News: Earthy, Gomes, Gonzalez
Round two of the EFL Cup commences this week, and with that, we welcome in some of the bigger clubs. The second round features two all-Premier League ties in West Ham United at Wolverhampton Wanderers and AFC Bournemouth at Brentford FC. Right now we focus on the first one, with five availability concerns to cover here: George Earthy, Crysencio Summerville and Luis Guilherme … [Read more...] about West Ham United at Wolves Team News: Earthy, Gomes, Gonzalez
Liverpool FC vs Newcastle United Starting XI Predictions (EFL Cup)
Liverpool FC have one hand on a trophy (Premier League) right now. But the only chance for Arne Slot's men to bag a double comes Sunday when they face Newcastle United in the EFL Cup final. For the Magpies, it's a chance to end a 70 year trophy drought. Yes, they have not won a domestic top flight piece of silverware since the 1955 FA Cup. So we can't stress enough how amped … [Read more...] about Liverpool FC vs Newcastle United Starting XI Predictions (EFL Cup)
Liverpool vs Newcastle Team News: Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Hall
Bad news at the Liverpool right-back position, as Trent Alexander-Arnold is injured again. The English superstar and Prince lookalike (or at least they looked alike when TAA had that haircut) limped out of the Reds Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, due to an ankle injury. Reds boss Arne Slot has effectively ruled him out of the League Cup Final against … [Read more...] about Liverpool vs Newcastle Team News: Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Hall
Newcastle United Starting XI Prediction vs Arsenal
Newcastle United have yet to win a trophy under their new ownership, the Saudi Arabian consortium that took over the club in 2021. This group has big and I mean BIG money behind them. However, thus far they have not been able to "pull a Roman Abramovich," and by that we mean essentially buy titles, like the Russian oligarch did at Chelsea. Or like the Abu Dhabi led consortium … [Read more...] about Newcastle United Starting XI Prediction vs Arsenal