Confirmed: Roberto De Zerbi has named Martin Dúbravka in goal for Tottenham Hotspur’s Carabao Cup trip to Anfield, with Mathys Tel and Omar Marmoush leading the line. Liverpool, who host Tuesday’s third-round tie at 20:00 BST, start Cody Gakpo and Giorgi Mamardashvili as they look to end Spurs’ cup run. Both managers have made wholesale changes from their respective weekend line-ups, and the team sheets confirm a genuinely competitive look from either side despite the rotation.
Carabao Cup Team News Confirmed at Anfield
The official team sheets have been submitted ahead of kick-off, with Liverpool the home side for this third-round Carabao Cup meeting on Tuesday 15 September 2026. Both clubs have shuffled their squads, as is customary for this stage of the competition, but neither selection can be described as second-string. De Zerbi has kept a strong spine of first-team regulars in place for Spurs, while Liverpool’s own lineup blends fringe players with senior figures introduced from the bench. For the wider context around Tottenham’s selection, De Zerbi’s instructions to Tottenham attackers set out how he wants his forward line to approach the game, while his squad has also been shaped by fitness matters covered in De Zerbi’s pre-match squad update.
Liverpool Confirmed XI and Substitutes Bench
Liverpool’s starting eleven is built around a settled back four protecting Giorgi Mamardashvili, with Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez providing width from full-back either side of Ronald Araujo and Joe Gomez in the middle. Ahead of them, Trey Nyoni, Alexis Mac Allister, Rio Ngumoha and James McConnell form a busy midfield unit, with Cody Gakpo and Lewis Koumas paired up top.
Liverpool Starting XI:
- Giorgi Mamardashvili (GK)
- Jeremie Frimpong, Ronald Araujo, Joe Gomez, Milos Kerkez
- Trey Nyoni, Alexis Mac Allister, Rio Ngumoha, James McConnell
- Cody Gakpo, Lewis Koumas
Liverpool Substitutes: Alisson, Wataru Endo, Jérémy Jacquet, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak, Víctor Muñoz, Bradley Barcola, Ryan Gravenberch, Luke Chambers.
Mac Allister’s involvement in a more advanced central role, alongside the youthful energy of Nyoni and Ngumoha, gives Liverpool’s midfield a mix of experience and pace to break at Tottenham. Gakpo’s selection as the senior outlet up front is significant given the bench options behind him: Alexander Isak, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch are all available to be introduced, meaning Liverpool retain the capacity to escalate the game’s intensity from around the hour mark if the tie is still live. Bradley Barcola offers a direct alternative out wide, while Alisson’s presence among the substitutes, rather than in goal, underlines how firmly this selection has been rotated without weakening the squad’s overall spine. With Kerkez and Frimpong pushing on from full-back, Liverpool look set to attack the flanks early, which will ask questions of Tottenham’s own wide defenders.
Tottenham Hotspur Confirmed XI and Substitutes Bench
Tottenham line up with Martin Dúbravka behind a back four of Archie Gray, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marcos Senesi and Destiny Udogie. Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall, Mohammed Kudus and Conor Gallagher make up a four-man midfield, with Mathys Tel and Omar Marmoush sharing the attacking load in front.
Tottenham Hotspur Starting XI:
- Martin Dúbravka (GK)
- Archie Gray, Tosin Adarabioyo, Marcos Senesi, Destiny Udogie
- Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall, Mohammed Kudus, Conor Gallagher
- Mathys Tel, Omar Marmoush
Tottenham Hotspur Substitutes: Andrew Robertson, Jan Paul van Hecke, James Maddison, Savinho, Mateus Fernandes, Dominic Solanke, Antonín Kinský, Ben Davies, Micky van de Ven.
De Zerbi’s selection retains Bentancur as the anchor of a midfield asked to control possession against a Liverpool side capable of quick transitions through Nyoni and Ngumoha. Bergvall and Gallagher offer the legs to support both defensively and in support of Tel and Marmoush, who will look to stretch Araujo and Gomez with movement in behind. Kudus, operating from a more advanced role, gives Spurs a route to isolate Kerkez or Frimpong in one-on-one situations, an area where Tottenham’s rotation has produced real attacking threat this season. The bench tells its own story: with James Maddison, Savinho and Dominic Solanke all in reserve, De Zerbi has options to change the game’s tempo or add fresh legs to a front line without disrupting defensive shape, while Micky van de Ven’s presence among the substitutes offers cover across the back line if the match tightens. For readers weighing up whether Tottenham’s attacking personnel changes further, Richarlison availability details are covered separately, and the broader squad picture is addressed in De Zerbi’s pre-match squad update. Given the balance of both team sheets, this looks set to be a genuinely open tie rather than a mismatch dictated by team news alone.
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