Newcastle v Leicester: Carabao Cup quarter-final – live

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The teams are out! Newcastle wear their famous black and white stripes, while Leicester sport first-choice blue. There’s a rare old atmosphere at this famous old stadium, but then you knew that’d be the case anyway. We’ll be off in a few minutes! “If the Newcastle defensive line consists of four stellar interlocking players, could they be billed as the Saudi Quattro?” wonders Peter Oh. Vorsprung durch sanften Humor.

Brendan Rodgers speaks to Sky. “Tonight is our sixth quarter-final together as a group. We’ve gained good experiences. It’ll be a top game tonight and we’ll fight to do everything we can to get to the semi-finals. To clubs like ourselves, club competitions are vitally important. We have to treat them with respect and go as far as we can. It’s absolutely vital to start strongly. To make that start [on Boxing Day, when they were 2-0 down at home to Newcastle within seven minutes] cost us the game, so tonight we have to stay strong and concentrate. The mentality has to be right. If we can do that, and play our football, it gives us an opportunity to win.”

There’s another League Cup quarter final being played tonight. Manchester United welcome Charlton Athletic to Old Trafford and will be hot favourites to make it through to the last four. Goal updates when we have them. United take to the field tonight buoyed by the knowledge that attacking reinforcements are on their way in the shape of Dutch striker Wout Weghorst. Cue a few launch-it jokes, Weghorst a towering figure at 6ft 6in, but as world champions Argentina can attest, the big man can be a lot more subtle than he’s given credit for.

Eddie Howe talks to Sky Sports. “It’s a special night for us, an opportunity to progress into a semi-final. A very difficult game, but we’re expecting a really good match. These are the games we want, the pressure that comes with it we will relish and enjoy. The power of the supporters here is huge. We try to play a style of football they enjoy watching, and that they will back, and make the difference. We need the crowd as a powerful force to help us. We will try to use [the Wednesday defeat] to learn from and power us on.”

Newcastle United make eight changes to the starting XI in the wake of the Wednesday fiasco. Joelinton, Sean Longstaff and Sven Botman are the only players to keep their spots.

Leicester also make eight changes after their altogether more pleasant FA Cup trip to Gillingham. Only Marc Albrighton, Youri Tielemans and Ayoze Perez keep their place.

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Preamble

Can Newcastle bounce back from their shock FA Cup defeat at Sheffield Wednesday? Can Leicester rebound from the 0-3 thrashing Newcastle inflicted on them on Boxing Day? We’ll find out tonight, with a place in the semi-final of the League Cup up for grabs. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. It’s on!