After yesterday’s shock result that saw Sunderland beat Chelsea to make it to the Capital One Cup semi-final, we have two matches being played today with big implications.
Manchester United is a small step away from playing in the Capital One Cup semi-final, but they face a tough Stoke City side in their path. Meanwhile, over at White Hart Lane, Tim Sherwood will be taking his first game in charge of his Tottenham side with a tough match against West Ham United.
For viewers in the United States, here’s the TV/Internet schedule for today’s League Cup matches:
Stoke vs Manchester United (Capital One Cup), 2:30pm, beIN SPORT and DishWorld
Tottenham vs West Ham (Capital One Cup), 2:30pm, beIN SPORT Play
Programming note: For viewers in the United States, Stoke City vs Manchester United is being shown exclusively on beIN SPORT and DishWorld. Even if you don’t have a TV subscription to beIN SPORT, you can access those channels via online streaming service DishWorld for $10/month. Read our review of DishWorld. And sign up for DishWorld via their website. Setup takes just minutes.
Starting line-ups:
Stoke: Sorensen; Cameron, Shawcross (c), Wilson, Pieters; Walters, Palacios, Ireland, Whelan, Assaidi; Crouch
Manchester United: De Gea; Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Cleverley, Jones, Anderson, Young; Welbeck.
Team news: David Moyes reports that Wayne Rooney is injured.
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Tottenham: Lloris; Walker, Chiriches, Capoue, Rose; Lennon, Dembele, Sigurdsson, Townsend; Adebayor, Defoe
West Ham: Adrian, O’Brien, Rat, Collins (c), McCartney, Diarra, Taylor, Collison, J.Cole, Jarvis, C.Cole
Before, during or after today’s League Cup matches, join the conversation about the games in the comments section below with soccer fans from around the world.
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Gerry
December 18, 2013 at 5:08 pm
United and West Ham have second leg at home which helps. With City strugging away Wet Ham need to get a draw or lose by no more than a couple of goals and they will like their chances. United should see off Sunderland. At least on paper.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 5:01 pm
Draw is
Sunderland Vs. Manchester United
Manchester City Vs. West Ham
Gerry
December 18, 2013 at 4:55 pm
Hoping for City vs United and West ham vs Sunderland semis. Over two legs the Manchester derby would be fantastic.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 4:39 pm
Sorry Gaffer but these two are not up to standards. Phil Schoen thinks boxing day is this Saturday.
Frank
December 18, 2013 at 4:45 pm
Phil Schoen just has a loud voice and doesn’t add anything to the proceedings. In fact he ruins it. Hudson can be very funny with his “liberal” use of the english language and the fact that he played the game helps him somewhat. Whenever I hear Schoen commentating I hit the mute button.
trickybrkn
December 19, 2013 at 7:39 am
Love them or hate them… here is a behind the scenes of commentary off the box, live from South Florida. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/sports/soccer/ray-hudson-mixes-soccer-calls-with-awe.html
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Gaffer any idea when the draw is for the semi final?
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 4:37 pm
It is right after United’s match.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 4:33 pm
In the words of Ray Hudson, “that was orgasmic”.
Guy
December 18, 2013 at 4:31 pm
Stoke caught in defensive confusion. Ah, well.
Christopher Harris
December 18, 2013 at 4:31 pm
Uh-oh. West Ham United just grabbed a second, to take a 2-1 lead away against Spurs.
Guy
December 18, 2013 at 4:32 pm
Bring back AVB!
Christopher Harris
December 18, 2013 at 4:18 pm
Great goal celebrations by United players after scoring the opening goal. Chicharito was over the moon.
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 4:22 pm
It really is a shame he can’t get more playing time as he’s a top pro who doesn’t complain and just gets on with the job.
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 4:17 pm
LOl Hudson talking about Hernandez tremendous hold up play when Hernandez failed to control the ball.
Americano & Proud
December 18, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Ronaldinho still class with a fantastic free kick goal for Athletico Miniero.
Guy
December 18, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Stoke’s passing skills still rudimentary at best. Tough to win like that.
Christopher Harris
December 18, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Stoke-Man United game stopped due to hailstorm disrupting the game.
Christopher Harris
December 18, 2013 at 3:26 pm
Stoke vs Manchester United match starts back up again after 7 minute delay due to hail storm.
Marc L
December 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm
This Spurs-WHU match is unusually entertaining – given what one might have expected coming in.
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 3:16 pm
Lovely weather in Stoke as usual.
Guy
December 18, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Lovely weather.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 3:13 pm
Ray Hudson gets overly excited sometimes.
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 3:07 pm
I’m watching on Comcast and its improved some as I can actually hear the fans now.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 2:54 pm
Theur cutting the live pictures to the fans every now and then. Why?
This is Bein not the live feed.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 2:52 pm
Gaffer. The fans audio is not from this match.
Marc
December 18, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Strong lineup for United. Is the semi-final played at Wembley? I thought the league cup semi was two legs, home and away. Unless they changed this.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 2:52 pm
Yup its played over two legs.
Christopher Harris
December 18, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Nothing wrong with the production on my end. And Phil Schoen is one of the best, if not the best, American announcer in the business. Ray Hudson, love him or leave him, is one of a kind. I love him.
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 2:53 pm
Maybe you watching something different gaffer because all I can hear is the commentator and nothing else. It sounds like they are 10,000 miles from the stadium.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 2:57 pm
I’m guessing their using the fans audio feed from the spurs game.
Christopher Harris
December 18, 2013 at 2:58 pm
I’m watching the match on beIN SPORT via DishWorld. The commentary and audio is fine for me (most of the noise is coming from the United supporters).
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Definitely not. I’m watching it via dishworld as well and that is not United’s fans noise.
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Now they got it right. Wasnt like this for the first 15 minutes of the game.
Cantona
December 18, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Sorry Gaffer can’t stand the fat man and the darts announcer… Absolutely Horrible –streaming time
Have to ask why they don’t just use the UK feed …
On the other hand Dyer and Joy were actually good yesterday… Joy only said “quality” twice
Cantona—
San Fransiscan
December 18, 2013 at 2:48 pm
What is going on?
Just use the feed coming from the UK. Clearly this is not the audio from the ground.
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 2:47 pm
Wow this really is horrendous a production from these clowns.
Mufc77
December 18, 2013 at 2:43 pm
BeIn sports make FSC look professional.