The Capital One Cup is The Football League’s showpiece cup competition and is one of the three major honours of the domestic football season.
Tonight we have the clash between Tottenham and Arsenal which is also the North London derby. As usual in the derby matches, the intensity for the matches increase and the fans would expect their team to emerge winners.
The home side playing at White Hart Lane would be pressing hard for a win at home. Mauricio Pochettino took the Capital One Cup seriously enough last season to guide Tottenham Hotspur to the Final at Wembley Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten in their last 6 games in all competitions since a 1-0 loss at Manchester United, while they are back in some sort of form having won 3 in a row heading into this game. They are unbeaten in 5 games at White Hart Lane in all competitions and Tottenham Hotspur have won consecutive games here over the last seven days.
No new injuries for the team so we can expect a strong team against Arsenal. The hero for last week, Son Heung-Min will be hoping that he gains the playing time to prove himself in front of the fans against. Harry Kane will be hoping to open his goal scoring account too. It will be an interesting encounter against Arsenal for this competition.
Arsenal's great run in the Premier League was halted by Chelsea with a 2-0 loss to the defending Champions.Frustrations boiled through the match with red cards from Gabriel Paulista and Santi Cazorla which eventually changed the whole game plan for the Gunners. Arsene Wenger will have to prepare his team both mentality and physically for this derby match.
No new injuries but Arsenal will be without midfielder Francis Coquelin because of a knee injury. Per Mertesacker is available following illness and fellow defender Gabriel could also feature after having a three-match ban overturned on Tuesday afternoon. Midfielder Santi Cazorla is suspended after he was sent off at Chelsea on Saturday.
Manager Arsene Wenger is expected to rotate his squad, with the likes of youngsters Alex Iwobi and Glen Kamara likely to be included. David Ospina should be selected between the posts for this match.
For this match, Arsenal is giving 0.25 ball under the Asian Handicap and in my opinion this would be a great opportunity to take the home team. Go with Tottenham for the victory at home!
