Tottenham Hotspurs welcomes their fellow London rivals, Chelsea at White Hart lane, in the fourth round of the Carabao cup competition at 6:45pm UK.

Chelsea defeated Barnsley 6-0 in emphatic style at Stamford Bridge in the third round of the competition to seal a tie with Spurs in the fourth round.

Tottenham were given the bye to progress to this round without having to kick a ball as their opponents in the third round, Leyton Orient were disqualified for having 17 players testing positive for COVID-19.

Jose Mourinho's side also have another game on Thursday in the Europa league. Meaning they will need to rotate heavily with just one day rest from their Sunday's premier league encounter with Newcastle United.

According to the former Chelsea coach, it's common sense to prioritize the Europa league as it's more lucrative than the Carabao cup. A criteria he would use to select the team to play against Chelsea, as the EFL left him no choice with the congested schedule.

"I would like to fight for the Carabao but I don’t think I can." Mourinho said. "The group phase of the Europa gives us a certain amount of money that, for a club like us, is important."

"Chelsea played on Saturday, they have Sunday and Monday. Then they play Tuesday and then they play again on the weekend.

"So, with their fantastic squad, if their manager decides not to rotate, he can perfectly play with the players he wants."

Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard will fancy the extra advantage over his former boss side by being able to select his best team for this encounter and more fresh legs to call upon.

But he believes that whichever team Jose picks will still be able to cause problems for his side as they have some good players that are well rested for this game.

“I know it is a busy time for Tottenham with the Europa League, it is a busy time for us all. They had a free midweek last week, we didn’t, but they have a busy week this week." Lampard said.

“But when I analyse Tottenham and the squad that they have and what team they might have, and the players who didn’t play 90 minutes [against Newcastle], they have a fantastic squad.

“I know that whatever team Jose puts out they will be very strong."

New goalkeeper signing, Edouard Mendy is set for his blues debut tonight having fully trained and whipped into shape since he joined.

Ben Chilwell likewise will have the opportunity to get his first start in a Chelsea shirt as he looked sharp in training.

But Frank Lampard has yet to reveal if both players will start for his side or be involved from the bench.

"Mendy and Chilwell are in the squad for [today]," Lampard reported from Cobham. ‘They’re fit and we will see whether they start or not."

Mendy is tipped as the ideal goalkeeper to sort out the blues awful goals conceding record in recent times with neither of Willy Caballero and Kepa Arrizabalaga able to stop the rot.

Frank will want the Senegalese to swing into action as soon as possible with perhaps tonight's game, a decent opportunity, but is no mood to rush the former Rennes stopper.

"The early signs and the interactions as a man and also on the training pitch have been very positive. He’s settled in very well in those few days and we’ve made him very welcome.

"It’s competition, we know that. He’s a good goalkeeper, we know a lot about him, and we will see how we go." Lampard added.

Also, their are still no chances of injury-recovered duo, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech featuring anytime soon as Frank does not want to risk his star players from recurring setbacks.

"Ziyech and Pulisic are not far away. They are still in their recovery stage so it’s too early for them both." He said.

Marcos Alonso is one player that will obviously will be left out of today's squad following his calamitous display in the first half against Premier league newcomers, West Bromwich Albion.

The Spaniard was also said to have aggravated things further by choosing to continue the second half in the Chelsea team bus away from the rest squad after he was pulled up at half time.

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