Carabao Cup: Buckle up for the Stoke City - Tottenham Hotspur clash

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Competition: England Carabao Cup
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stoke City & Tottenham Hotspur face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

It's no vacation for neither Stoke nor Tottenham Hotspur as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Stoke City form and stats

Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

When playing at home in the Championship, Stoke City have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Carabao Cup for Stoke City.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Adam Davies not having conceded a league goal in 284 minutes.

The Stoke supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Blackburn Rovers in Championship and win 1-0. 0-0 away at Queens Park Rangers before that.

There will be little rest for Stoke after this match as they are travelling to Coventry City for a Championship game in only three days.

Stoke have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bet365 Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Stoke have conceded 15 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

Spurs's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.

Tottenham Hotspur have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Leicester City with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Liverpool wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The Spurs manager J. dos Santos Mourinho has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stoke two wins, one draw and Tottenham Hotspur seven victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Son
H. Son
11 goals
Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
9 goals
StokeT. Campbell
T. Campbell
6 goals

Stoke City missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
13 6   Won W   7 14
7 3   Drew D   3 6
5 3   Lost L   3 5
29 17   Scored S   27 54
20 15   Conceded C   15 26
80% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
44% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 80%
28% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 52%
20% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 32%
16% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 20%
28% 50%   BTTS BTTS   69% 56%
64% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 32%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   15% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.1
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.6 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 13
2.8 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.5
42% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 20 13 4 3 29 18 10 6 3 1 13 7 10 7 1 2 16 11 11 43
2 AFC Bournemouth 20 10 8 2 35 16 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 3 6 1 15 8 19 38
3 Swansea City 20 10 6 4 23 12 10 6 3 1 13 4 10 4 3 3 10 8 11 36
4 Brentford 20 9 8 3 31 18 10 4 5 1 16 10 10 5 3 2 15 8 13 35
5 Watford 20 9 7 4 23 15 10 7 2 1 19 9 10 2 5 3 4 6 8 34
6 Middlesbrough 20 9 6 5 24 15 10 7 2 1 15 4 10 2 4 4 9 11 9 33
7 Stoke City 20 9 6 5 25 20 10 5 2 3 16 15 10 4 4 2 9 5 5 33
8 Reading 20 10 3 7 30 26 10 6 0 4 14 11 10 4 3 3 16 15 4 33
9 Bristol City 20 9 3 8 20 21 10 4 2 4 8 9 10 5 1 4 12 12 -1 30
10 Cardiff City 20 8 5 7 26 20 10 4 2 4 16 11 10 4 3 3 10 9 6 29
11 Blackburn Rovers 20 8 4 8 34 24 10 5 2 3 17 11 10 3 2 5 17 13 10 28
12 Huddersfield Town 20 8 4 8 24 27 10 6 1 3 14 8 10 2 3 5 10 19 -3 28
13 Barnsley 20 8 4 8 23 26 10 5 2 3 12 10 10 3 2 5 11 16 -3 28
14 Luton Town 20 7 6 7 17 21 10 4 4 2 13 10 10 3 2 5 4 11 -4 27
15 Preston North End 20 8 2 10 27 30 10 3 1 6 8 12 10 5 1 4 19 18 -3 26
16 Millwall 20 5 10 5 17 18 10 1 7 2 8 10 10 4 3 3 9 8 -1 25
17 Birmingham City 20 5 7 8 17 23 10 2 2 6 8 15 10 3 5 2 9 8 -6 22
18 Coventry City 20 5 7 8 20 28 10 4 4 2 12 13 10 1 3 6 8 15 -8 22
19 Queens Park Rangers 20 4 8 8 19 27 10 3 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 8 16 -8 20
20 Nottingham Forest 20 4 5 11 14 25 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 1 2 7 4 14 -11 17
21 Rotherham United 19 4 4 11 18 27 9 3 2 4 11 10 10 1 2 7 7 17 -9 16
22 Derby County 19 3 7 9 10 22 10 1 4 5 5 13 9 2 3 4 5 9 -12 16
23 Sheffield Wednesday 20 4 6 10 11 21 10 2 5 3 6 7 10 2 1 7 5 14 -10 12
24 Wycombe Wanderers 20 2 6 12 12 29 10 1 4 5 5 10 10 1 2 7 7 19 -17 12
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 14 9 4 1 36 19 7 7 0 0 20 7 7 2 4 1 16 12 17 31
2 Leicester City 14 9 0 5 26 17 7 3 0 4 9 10 7 6 0 1 17 7 9 27
3 Manchester United 13 8 2 3 28 21 7 2 2 3 9 12 6 6 0 0 19 9 7 26
4 Everton 14 8 2 4 25 19 7 4 1 2 15 11 7 4 1 2 10 8 6 26
5 Tottenham Hotspur 14 7 4 3 25 14 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 4 2 1 15 6 11 25
6 Southampton 14 7 3 4 25 19 7 4 0 3 13 9 7 3 3 1 12 10 6 24
7 Manchester City 13 6 5 2 19 12 6 3 2 1 12 7 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 23
8 Chelsea 13 6 4 3 26 14 6 3 2 1 14 7 7 3 2 2 12 7 12 22
9 Aston Villa 12 7 1 4 24 13 6 2 1 3 12 11 6 5 0 1 12 2 11 22
10 West Ham United 13 6 3 4 21 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 3 1 2 11 8 5 21
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 13 6 2 5 13 17 7 3 2 2 8 7 6 3 0 3 5 10 -4 20
12 Newcastle United 13 5 3 5 17 22 7 3 1 3 9 13 6 2 2 2 8 9 -5 18
13 Crystal Palace 14 5 3 6 19 25 7 2 2 3 8 14 7 3 1 3 11 11 -6 18
14 Leeds United 14 5 2 7 24 30 7 2 2 3 12 13 7 3 0 4 12 17 -6 17
15 Arsenal 14 4 2 8 12 18 7 2 1 4 6 10 7 2 1 4 6 8 -6 14
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 2 6 6 16 22 7 0 4 3 7 11 7 2 2 3 9 11 -6 12
17 Fulham 14 2 4 8 13 23 7 1 2 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 7 11 -10 10
18 Burnley 12 2 4 6 6 18 5 1 1 3 2 6 7 1 3 3 4 12 -12 10
19 West Bromwich Albion 14 1 4 9 10 29 7 1 2 4 5 15 7 0 2 5 5 14 -19 7
20 Sheffield United 14 0 2 12 8 25 7 0 1 6 4 11 7 0 1 6 4 14 -17 2