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Tottenham XI vs Liverpool: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Carabao Cup today

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Tabuteau, S. (2026, September 15). Tottenham XI vs Liverpool: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Carabao Cup today. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-xi-vs-liverpool-fc-predicted-lineup-confirmed-team-news-injury-latest-carabao-cup-2026-b1296957.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-15 · by Sam Tabuteau

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Tottenham will face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, September 15, without players Sandro Tonali and Pedro Porro due to injury. Richarlison remains excluded from the squad despite being eligible after failing to secure a transfer out of Tottenham this summer. Manager Antonio Conte's successor, De Zerbi, also noted that Dejan Kulusevski is still unavailable while Destiny Udogie returns to the lineup. The article details potential lineup changes and fitness concerns affecting Spurs' preparation for the match at Anfield.
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“While both articles discuss Tottenham's situation with Richarlison and upcoming match against Liverpool, they refer to different aspects (one focusing on a dinner date for the manager and team momentum, while the other predicts lineup and discusses Carabao Cup squad details).”
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Sam Tabuteau
95 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 I wouldn't be where I am today without Tottenham, for sure," Kane said.
🔮 United released a statement at the time explaining the need for Sesko to undergo tests before a recovery timeline could be confirmed.
🔮 Read More “Changing the spirit of the group (is important), changing the performance of the players, especially the more fragile players, maybe the younger players,” De Zerbi continued.
🔮 Struggled with Colwill’s physicality early on but found more luck when he dropped off and started spinning into space.
🔮 Both teams are building some momentum after stuttering starts to the season, though the Blues will have to cope with the shock absence of Joao Pedro through injury as Geovany Quenda makes his first start for the club along with Mike Penders.
🔮 Another win today would make it a record-breaking seventh in a row against their north London foes.
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🔮 Against no other team have the Blues won more than against Spurs, and they will relish the opportunity to let their fearsome attacking triumvirate loose on the north Londoners’ patchwork defence.
2026-10-24 · assertive framing · How Tottenham can end their Stamford Bridge hoodoo
🔮 Chelsea had nothing to play for as they welcomed Spurs to Stamford Bridge in May 2016, but knew they could stop their opponents’ title charge in its tracks if they avoided defeat.
🔮 Despite the noise around Carrick’s future, Standard Sport understands he is set to remain in charge against Bournemouth on Sunday and will conduct Friday’s press conference as usual.
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Topics

Everton Liverpool Spurs Tottenham the Carabao Cup

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Richarlison PERSON · 6× De Zerbi PERSON · 3× Spurs ORG · 3× Everton ORG · 2× Liverpool ORG · 2× Porro PERSON · 2× Premier League ORG · 2× Sandro Tonali PERSON · 2× Tonali PERSON · 2× Tottenham ORG · 2×

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Despite being available for selection, De Zerbi confirmed Richarlison would not make the trip to Merseyside, while adding that long-term absentee Dejan Kulusevski was still not ready to return. “No, Kulusevski not available.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-15
🔮 Tottenham will be without Sandro Tonali and Pedro Porro for tonight’s trip to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, while outcast Richarlison remains frozen out after failing to secure a move away from the club.

Claims (14 extracted, 0 hedged)

Tottenham will be without Sandro Tonali and Pedro Porro for tonight’s trip to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, while outcast Richarlison remains frozen out after failing to secure a move away from the club. asserted
Richarlison → remain → club
If their task was not already hard enough, the absence of Tonali and Porro has only served to further deplete a squad struggling for fitness after a disrupted pre-season. asserted
absence → serve → season
The Spurs boss did, however, reveal that Destiny Udogie was back after being left out of the squad against Everton as a precaution. asserted
Udogie → reveal → precaution
Richarlison, though, will continue to be left out in the cold despite being eligible for selection in the Carabao Cup. asserted
Richarlison → continue → Cup
The Brazilian striker repeatedly expressed his desire to leave Spurs this summer and was subsequently left out of the club’s Premier League squad. asserted
striker → express → squad
Richarlison and Spurs tried to facilitate an exit during the closing days of the transfer window, but a move failed to materialise, leaving the former Everton hitman in limbo. asserted
move → try → limbo
Despite being available for selection, De Zerbi confirmed Richarlison would not make the trip to Merseyside, while adding that long-term absentee Dejan Kulusevski was still not ready to return. “No, Kulusevski not available. asserted
Kulusevski → confirm → Merseyside
Richarlison, you already know everything, nothing changed for the Carabao Cup or Premier League. asserted
you → know → Cup
The situation is the same,” De Zerbi said in his pre-match press conference on Monday. asserted
Zerbi → say → Monday
Read More “I don't know, Luca. asserted
I → read → ?
We have to see because many players need to play. asserted
players → have → ?
I forgot to say because he felt a knock.” asserted
he → forgot → knock
De Zerbi has plenty of selection headaches as he grapples with whether to name a near full-strength team, while also managing the minutes of several key first-team players. asserted
he → have → players
Among some of the other fitness concerns the Italian is currently balancing, he admitted Mateus Fernandes, Conor Gallagher and Mohammed Kudus were all short of full match fitness. asserted
Fernandes → balance → fitness
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