Welcome to the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, with Chelsea taking on Premier League-strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux. Domestic cups may be our best opportunity for silverware this season,
so despite the expectation rotation, we should be fully focused on getting through to the next round.
Enzo Maresca has made all the promised changes and then some to the lineup, though Josh Acheampong starts once again just days after supposedly leaving the game early due to cramps. Ty George starts up top, ahead of Marc Guiu. The bench is full of first-team players, plus Liam Delap back from injury.
Here we go!
Wolves starting XI:
Sa | Tchatchoua, Doherty, Mosquera, Adbadou, Toti, Wolfe, J.Gomes, Lopez, Hwang, Arokodare
Substitutes from: Bentley, H.Bueno, Munetsi, Strand Larsen, R.Gomes, Chirewa, Bellegarde, Mane, Krejci
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Jorgensen | Hato, Tosin, Acheampong, Gusto | Santos, Lavia | Gittens, Bounanotte, Estevao | George
Substitutes from: Sánchez, Fofana, James, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo, Neto, Joao Pedro, Delap
Date / Time: Wednesday, October 24, 2025, 19.45 GMT; 3:45pm EDT; 1:15am IST (next day)
Venue: Molineux, Wolverhampton, England
Referee: Jarred Gillett (on pitch; no VAR because there were some teams in this Round of 16 that do not have the technology at their stadiums)
On TV: Sky Sports (UK); none (USA); none (India); Startimes Sports Life (NGA); elsewhere
Streaming: Sky Go (UK); Paramount+ (USA); FanCode (India); DStv Now, SuperSport GOtv (NGA)
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!
