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Tottenham Hotspur are taking on Stoke City tonight in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Spurs have enjoyed an excellent start to the season in the Premier League but back-to-back defeats by Liverpool and Leicester leave them sixth in the table and in need of a boost.
That could come tonight against a Stoke City side who are in mixed form under Michael O’Neill, with 33 points from 20 games placing them just outside the play-off places in seventh. But Stoke will be positive of a result here after taking the scalps of Wolves and Aston Villa en route to the last eight. The former Manchester United midfielder Nick Powell carries threat from midfield but Stoke’s top scorer this season, the 20-year-old Tyrese Campbell, is injured and out for most of the campaign.
Follow all the latest updates from the game at the bet365 Stadium below.
STOKE 0-1 TOTTENHAM
31’: He’s up and walking again, but it doesn’t look like he can continue, and will come off.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 18:04
STOKE 0-1 TOTTENHAM
30’: Stoke midfielder Fox is down with an injury, and it looks uncertain whether he can continue in this game.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 18:03
STOKE 0-1 TOTTENHAM
24’: That was a really gorgeous cross from Winks. One of those crosses where the attacker just needs to add a bit of direction.
Tottenham in complete control.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:58
STOKE 0-1 TOTTENHAM
22’: GOAL! Bale gives Spurs the lead. The Welshman flicks a Harry Winks cross off the back of his head – no doubt helped by the ponytail – and the ball nestles in the corner of the Stoke net.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:55
STOKE 0-0 TOTTENHAM
17’: Very nearly a clear chance for Spurs, as Lucas Moura’s wonderfully lofted pass is hit in the direction of Bale, who’d darted in behind the Stoke defence. But the ball is a little too high.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:51
STOKE 0-0 TOTTENHAM
13’: First shot of the game by Harry Kane, who is slipped through by Doherty. Kane goes for the near post, but Stoke’s Andy Lonergan parries the ball away.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:47
STOKE 0-0 TOTTENHAM
9’: Bale highly involved early on in the game. Bale has struggled for starts this season, with only one in the Premier League so far.
He’ll want to make a strong impression tonight.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:42
STOKE CITY 0-0 TOTTENHAM
4’: A bright start, as expected, by the away side.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:37
STOKE CITY 0-0 TOTTENHAM
The teams about to kick off at the Bet365 Stadium.
Stoke in their usual red and white kits. Tottenham wearing a very un-Tottenham like green and black apparel.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:33
STOKE CITY 0-0 TOTTENHAM
The last time these two met in this competition was in the third round at the beginning of the 2011/12 season.
Stoke advanced after winning 7-6 on penalties.
Emmet Gates23 December 2020 17:15