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Injuries to Nabil Bentaleb, Mousa Dembélé and Ryan Mason have deprived Tottenham of three midfielders for the Capital One Cup third-round meeting with Arsenal. Mauricio Pochettino can take heart from the fact that Arsenal are scarcely in better shape themselves, although Arsène Wenger is optimistic Francis Coquelin will not be a long-term absentee. “His knee is swollen but we hope it is just a short-term problem,” the Arsenal manager said. Rich Flower




Kick-off Wednesday 7.45pm

Venue White Hart Lane

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee A Marriner

Odds H 2-1 A 7-5 D 5-2

Tottenham Hotspur
Subs from Vorm, Walker, Fazio, Alli, Winks, Onomah, Son, N’Jie, Lamela, Alderweireld, Davies

Doubtful None

Injured Dembélé (ankle, 26 Sep), Mason (knee, 26 Sep), Bentaleb (ankle, 17 Oct), Pritchard (ankle, unknown)

Suspended None

Form (all competitions) DDDWWW

Discipline (all competitions) Y15 R0

Leading scorer (all competitions) Son 3

Arsenal
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Subs from Cech, Bellerín, Monreal, Flamini, Chambers, Walcott, Iwobi, Kamara, Campbell, Gabriel

Doubtful Mertesacker (illness)

Injured Coquelin (knee, 30 Sep), Wilshere (fractured leg, Dec), Welbeck (knee, Feb), Rosicky (knee, unknown)

Suspended Cazorla (one match)

Form (all competitions) WDWWLL

Discipline (all competitions) Y14 R3

Leading scorers (all competitions) Giroud, Walcott 3