Burnley discover Carabao Cup third round opponents after beating Nottingham Forest
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Nottingham Forest are their opponents with a spot in the third round at stake.
Follow our blog for build-up, team news, live match updates and post-match reaction.
Nottingham Forest v Burnley - live updates
Key Events
- FT: Forest 0-1 Burnley
- Clarets in Carabao Cup second round action at the City Ground (7.45pm kick-off)
- Vincent Kompany’s men chasing first win of the season
- Burnley handed third round tie against Salford (A)
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Burnley take a short break from the Premier League this midweek as they turn their attention to the Carabao Cup.
Nottingham Forest are their opponents with a spot in the third round at stake.
Follow our blog for build-up, team news, live match updates and post-match reaction.
Match preview
Burnley briefly turn their attention away from the Premier League when they take on Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup tonight.
Vincent Kompany’s men make the trip to the City Ground for their second round tie looking to embark on another good cup run.
The Clarets reached the quarter-final of the FA Cup last season as well as the last-16 of the Carabao Cup.
But having endured back-to-back defeats in their opening Premier League games, Burnley will be keen to register their first victory of the campaign.
As for Forest, they will be out to bounce back from their 3-2 defeat to Manchester United on Saturday, where they threw away an early two-goal lead.
Prior to that, Steve Cooper’s side beat Sheffield United 2-1 having opened the season with a narrow 2-1 defeat to Arsenal.
Bobby Madley is tonight’s referee. The West Yorkshire official has overseen four games so far this season, all in the Championship, dishing out 22 yellow cards and one red.
Madley took charge of two Burnley games last season, the 1-1 draw at home to Hull City and the 2-2 draw at Rotherham United.
Team news
Vincent Kompany is expected to use this opportunity to make changes and utilise his squad.
Aaron Ramsey (above) could be handed his first start having made his debut off the bench against Aston Villa on Sunday.
Fellow substitutes Nathan Redmond and Jacob Bruun Larsen could also be given a run out from the start.
Anass Zaroury misses out again, serving the second game of his three-match ban for the red card he picked up against Manchester City.
Jordan Beyer (injured), Darko Churlinov (health scare) and Michael Obafemi (injured) are also sidelined.
As for Forest, Joe Worrall misses out through suspension after being sent off against Manchester United while Scott McKenna also suffered an injury during that game.
Wayne Hennessey, Felipe and Orel Mangala are also sidelined.
Vincent Kompany’s pre-match thoughts
“It’s a key game, it’s the type of game we need at this moment in time.
“The reality is we’re playing Nottingham Forest on Wednesday and they have a day extra of recovery than us.
“Then we play Tottenham on Saturday and they’ve got an extra day of recovery than us as well because they play Tuesday, so we’ve got to manage this week in a clever way.
“We’ve built the squad for these moments and as much as I’m excited by the competition, I’m also excited by the players [that are going to play].
“You’ve seen some of them come on [against Aston Villa] and some of them started as well.”
How will the Clarets line up?
Having played against Aston Villa on Sunday and another league game against Spurs coming up next Saturday, we’re expected to see the Clarets make plenty of changes.
With that in mind, here’s how we think they might line up...
Analysis
Vincent Kompany has made wholesale changes to his Burnley side for tonight’s Carabao Cup clash against Nottingham Forest.
The Clarets head to the City Ground looking to seal their place in the third round of the competition ahead of tonight’s draw.
Kompany’s men are also aiming to seal their first victory of the season having suffered back-to-back defeats in their opening league games against Manchester City and Aston Villa respectively.
With a third game in the space of just six days coming on the horizon against Tottenham on Saturday, Kompany has used this opportunity to freshen up his side.
The Belgian makes 10 changes in total from Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa, with Dara O’Shea the only player to keep his spot.
Arijanet Muric replaces James Trafford in goal, while Jay Rodriguez comes in for Lyle Foster in attack.
Aaron Ramsey, Jacob Bruun Larsen and Nathan Redmond are all handed their first starts of the season.
Jordan Beyer and Michael Obafemi miss out through injury, while Darko Churlinov remains unavailable due to his summer health scare.
Anass Zaroury, meanwhile, serves the second game of his three-match suspension following the straight red he was shown against Man City on the opening day.
