How Chelsea could line-up against Tottenham in Carabao Cup semi-final with Kante in line for return after Covid absence

CHELSEA will look to guide their place within the Carabao Cup closing once they face Spurs within the second leg of their tie on Wednesday night.

Thomas Tuchel's males take a comfy 2-0 benefit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium following a routine win at Stamford Bridge final week.

Right here is how Chelsea are anticipated to line up towards Tottenham

And Chelsea might be boosted much more by the return of midfield maestro N'Golo Kante following his restoration from Covid.

It stays to be seen whether or not the Frenchman might be match sufficient to start out - with centre-back Thiago Silva additionally hoping to have gotten again on top of things following his optimistic take a look at.

Reece James and Ben Chilwell stay sidelined, with Trevoh Chalobah additionally set to overlook the second leg.

However regardless of these defensive abenstees, Tuchel remains to be anticipated to start out with a again three - altering from the 4-2-2-2 formation he used within the first leg.

If that's the case and Cesar Azpilicueta drops again into the three then that would imply Christian Pulisic occupies the suitable wingback function - as he did for the ultimate 10 minutes towards Spurs final week.

Alternatively, Hakim Ziyech may additionally fill in on the suitable facet.

Right here is another method Tuchel may select to line up

Edouard Mendy is now on the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal so Kepa Arrizabalaga will take up his place in between the sticks.

Marcos Alonso will present the width on the left flank, with the in-form Mateo Kovacic more likely to companion the returning Kante in midfield.

It will imply there is no such thing as a place for Saul Niguez - regardless of the Atletico Madrid loanee starting to search out his ft in England.

After which within the ahead areas Tuchel will seemingly go for Kai Havertz, Mason Mount and Romelu Lukaku.

Nevertheless, the German coach has various different choices he could select to go for as a substitute.

These embody Pulisic, Ziyech, Timo Werner, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ross Barkley.

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Chelsea haven't received the Carabao Cup since they beat Tottenham 2-0 within the closing in 2015.

And so they have reached the ultimate simply twice within the final 13 years - the opposite time coming in 2019 when Manchester Metropolis beat them on penalties.

Simply 72 hours after their second leg towards Tottenham, Tuchel's males journey to Premier League champions Manchester Metropolis in a conflict which may successfully finish their title hopes.

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