Overview
- Kick-off is 20:00 GMT at Cardiff City Stadium, with live coverage on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football and streaming via Sky Go.
- Chelsea travel without Liam Delap, Romeo Lavia, Dário Essugo and Levi Colwill through injury, with Marc Guiu cup-tied and Marc Cucurella suspended; Moisés Caicedo is available after a three-game league ban.
- Cardiff are without Gabriel Osho, Rubin Colwill and Ollie Tanner through injury, and Chelsea loanee Omari Kellyman cannot play against his parent club.
- The tie is a sell-out, with betting markets pricing Chelsea heavily to progress, while Cardiff enter as League One leaders on a three-match league winning run.
- The match reunites managers Brian Barry-Murphy and Enzo Maresca from their Manchester City coaching days, and recalls Cardiff’s unbeaten run across their past three League Cup meetings with Chelsea.