Stage is set: Arsenal host Brighton in the Carabao Cup last 16 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night
Arsenal are looking to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup as they host Brighton in a fourth round clash tonight. The Gunners are in superb form having notched up their seventh successive victory at the weekend that saw them open up a four-point gap at the Premier League summit. Mikel Arteta’s dominant set-piece specialists also boast a 100 per cent record in the Champions League and brushed aside third-tier Port Vale in the last round of this competition.
Arsenal have won 11 of their 13 matches so far this season, conceding just three times in that span - and only once from open play. Arteta will hope that the changes he makes to his team this evening will not disrupt that momentum, with William Saliba and Gabriel Martinelli both unavailable but Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Riccardo Calafiori all passed fit to feature if needed. There are expected to be chances for the likes of Ethan Nwaneri, with Max Dowman also potentially in line for more minutes.
The Seagulls have endured a rather inconsistent start to the league season but won 6-0 in back-to-back Carabao Cup rounds to reach this stage. Follow Arsenal vs Brighton live below, with expert analysis from Simon Collings at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal team news
Mikel Arteta is expected to make widespread changes to his Arsenal team tonight, as he did at Port Vale in round three.
That should mean further chances to impress for the likes of Ethan Nwaneri, with 15-year-old Max Dowman also likely in line for more minutes.
William Saliba and Gabriel Martinelli have both been ruled out, though Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka were all passed fit to feature if required after recent injury scares and illness.
Martin Odegaard, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus all remain sidelined.
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How to watch Arsenal vs Brighton
TV channel: In the UK, tonight’s game will be televised live on Sky Sports+, with coverage beginning at 7:45pm GMT.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Sky Go app.
Arsenal vs Brighton live
Good evening and welcome to Standard Sport’s live coverage of Arsenal vs Brighton in the Carabao Cup last 16.
A quarter-final berth is up for grabs as the in-form - and likely much-changed - Gunners aim to notch up an eighth successive victory across all competitions against a Brighton team who have been inconsistent in the Premier League so far this term but hit both Oxford and Barnsley for six in this competition.
Kick-off in north London tonight is at 7:45pm GMT, so stay tuned for match build-up, breaking team news and live updates, including expert analysis from Arsenal correspondent Simon Collings at the Emirates Stadium.