Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur Carabao Cup Match Preview or Key Statistics ⚽️
The only previous League Cup meeting between Stoke City and Spurs was in September 2011, a goalless draw with the Potters winning 7-6 on penalties to progress.
Spurs have won their last five games against Stoke, winning all five in the Premier League between April 2016 and April 2018 – four of those wins were by a four-goal margin.
Stoke City are looking to reach the League Cup semi-final as a non-top-flight club for the first time – they have progressed three times previously to that stage, each time as a top-flight team in 1963/64, 1971/72 and 2015/16.
This is Spurs’ 25th League Cup quarter-final, with only London rivals Arsenal appearing in more (29, including this season). They have progressed from their last two ties at this stage, in 2014/15 vs Newcastle and 2018/19 vs Arsenal.
Stoke City have kept clean sheets in all four of their League Cup matches this season and could be the first non-Premier League side to keep five in a row since Preston North End between 1997 and 1999. They are also the first side to have started in the first round and reached the League Cup quarter-final without conceding since Colchester United in 1974/75.
Spurs’ last three League Cup ties have all gone to a penalty shootout (W1 L2) – the only team to be involved in a shootout in four consecutive League Cup matches were Leicester between September 2018 and August 2019.
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