Dele Alli eases Tottenham's Wembley troubles after Barnsley win.
Mauricio Pochettino's search for a major trophy at Spurs continues in the EFL Cup.
- Dele Alli opens the scoring for Spurs.
- Four-time winners Tottenham Hotspur through to the fourth round.
- Barnsley at 20th in the Championship with two wins from six games.
- Recap: Leicester City 2-0 Liverpool
Carabao Cup fixtures:
Tottenham 1-0 Barnsley
Reading 0-2 Swansea City
Well that is all we have time for on this live blog. But don't go anywhere as we still have three games which have entered extra time. An additional 30 minutes will be played at Bournemouth, Wolves and Burnley, and you can follow the twilight of the matches here.
Full time: Reading 0-2 Swansea
A much-needed win for Paul Clement's men as they double their goal tally for the season in beating Reading to reach round four. Alfie Mawson scrambled one home from a corner before Jordan Ayew struck on the break after a Reading attack was stopped by the ball striking the referee.
GOAL! Reading 0-2 Swansea (Jordan Ayew)
Swansea are heading through to the fourth round but this goal with wrangle with Reading supporters. A Royals attack is halted as a cross-field pass hits referee Andy Davies. The Swans collect possession and with the Championship side having thrown players forward they are sitting ducks, and substitute Ayew cuts inside and thumps into the corner. The home faithful are not happy.
GOAL! Reading 0-1 Swansea City (Alfie Mawson)
Finally we have a goal at the Madejski and it comes for the Premier League side. Mawson meets a corner at the near post and his volley hits Chris Gunter and bounces into the net. Not an own goal I don't think, but Gunter made a hash of trying to clear the shot.
Just four goals in the Carabao Cup ties which have reached half time. But where have they come? Head to our live blog to find out.
No player happier at Wembley right now that the Barnsley goalkeeper Adam Davies, who has had barely anything to do.
Meanwhile, ball in the net at the Madejski as Narsingh slides into the corner, but he is adjudged to have fouled Liam Moore. The Dutchman then goes through on goal but as he loses control Jaakkola comes out and makes the save.
There are nine other ties taking place, kicking of at 7:45pm tonight. The main game sees Leicester City host Liverpool, just four days ahead of the pair's clash in the Premier League. Join Rhod Cannon for live coverage of that game and the other eight here. Kick-off in those games is fast approaching.
The other game we're focusing on tonight sees Reading host Swansea in a repeat of the Championship play-off final from 2011. That day the Swans, then managed by Brendan Rodgers prevailed 4-2 against the Royals. Below is the full team news ahead of the game, and we'll have news of all the goals as they go in.
One name which would have resonated with Tottenham fans from the Barnsley team is that of former defender Zeki Fryers, who had a somewhat inauspicious spell with the club a few years ago.
After joining from Manchester United he made 16 appearances in all competitions in the 2013-14 campaign and was offloaded to Crystal Palace. He move to Barnsley only came in the summer and tonight represents his debut for the Championship side. And what a time for it.
Five changes in all made by Paul Heckingbottom, in response to that heavy 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa.
Out go Adam Jackson, Matty Pearson, Adam Hammill, George Moncur and Tom Bradshaw. In their place come club captain Angus MacDonald, Zeki Fryers, Jared Bird, Ryan Hedges and Ike Ugbo, the Chelsea loanee.
These two sides have only met once in this competition, back in the day when each round included a home and away leg. Spurs won both games in that occasion.
Their last meeting in all competitions came back in the 1998-99 FA Cup, when David Ginola's wonder goal beat the Yorkshire side. You can watch that goal, voted goal of the season from memory, below.
So how might Tottenham line-up tonight?
Well Fernando Llorente could make his full debut after a handful of cameo appearances since his deadline day move from Swansea. Michel Vorm and Kyle Walker-Peters can also expect to be involved.
Marcus Edwards - labelled the new Lionel Messi by his manager Mauricio Pochettino last season - will not be involved however. Harry Wink is also in contention. Erik Lamela (hip), Danny Rose and Victor Wanyama (both knee) are all missing.
Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but Tottenham face another key night in their attempt to dismiss their Wembley hoodoo. Spurs have won one of their last six at the national stadium, and despite overcoming Borussia Dortmund last week the draw with Swansea saw the return of some familiar problems.
Barnsley might be not be enjoying the best of seasons upon their return to the Championship, but they can shelve their domestic troubles and concentrate on winning again on a ground which unlike their opponents, they have a good recent record. The Tykes won two trophies at Wembley in 2016 but a third win on the trot tonight might be the most impressive result of them all.
Tottenham vs Barnsley is not the only 8pm kick-off tonight, with another Championship vs Premier League battle taking place in Berkshire, where Swansea City travel to last season's beaten play-off finalists Reading. Meanwhile, there are nine other games to get your teeth into here.
All the team news and build-up ahead of the 8pm kick-offs on the way.
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