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Arsenal will welcome Championship visitors Norwich on Tuesday evening hoping to continue the elegant form they displayed in their triumph against Everton over the weekend.
The Gunners, buoyed by the dangerous form of attacking duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in their 5-2 win at Goodison Park, will also be eyeing a third win in as many competitions following their Europa League victory over Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade last Thursday. Such a string of victories would doubtlessly reassure the Arsenal faithful that, after a classically-capricious start to the Premier League season that saw them lose at Watford last weekend, their team were beginning to gather some encouraging momentum.
Norwich, however, may prove to be more resilient than the opposition the North Londoners have faced in the past week. Whilst Ronald Koeman’s Everton have slumped into the relegation zone after enduring a terrible start to the league campaign, the Canaries come to the capital on the back of a rousing victory over Ipswich Town in the East Anglian derby on Sunday that has propelled them into the play-off places.
Moreover, the Norfolk team have also demonstrated impressive away-form this term. Having strung together four consecutive wins on the road, Daniel Farke’s side will not be overawed by their visit to the Emirates and may be quietly confident of improving upon their showing in the Cup last year, when they were knocked out at this stage.
If both sides can find reasons to be cheerful ahead of the fixture, however, a victory for either would by no means guarantee progress much further in the competition. With 12 top tier teams playing in the Fourth-Round this week, advancing past the quarter-finals may prove too stern a challenge for whichever team that triumphs at the Emirates.
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What time does it start?
Arsenal vs Norwich kicks off at 19:45
Where can I watch it?
Highlights will be shown at 10:30 on Wednesday on Channel 5
It’s a big game for…
Jack Wilshere. Having featured in Arsenal’s 1-0 Third-Round victory over Doncaster, a commanding performance by the central midfielder here could persuade his manager Arsene Wenger that he is worth more to the team in the League than the 13-minute substitute showing he was granted against Everton.
Best stat…
It has been 25 years since Arsenal last lost at home to the Canaries: they were defeated 4-2 at Highbury on the opening weekend of the newly-christened Premier League on 15 August 1992.
Remember when…
Okay, it wasn’t in the League Cup, but who could forget Jack Wilshere scoring the ‘most beautiful goal in history’ when the two sides met at Carrow Road in October 2013. How he would love for a repeat of this magic on Tuesday.
Player to watch…
James Maddison. The midfielder is in a rich vein of form after netting in the derby on Sunday. He has now been involved in five goals in his past four appearances with three goals and two assists.
Past three meetings…
Arsenal 1 (Welbeck) Norwich 0, Premier League, April 2016
Norwich 1 (Grabban) Arsenal 1 (Ozil), Premier League, November 2015
Norwich 0 Arsenal 2 (Ramsey, Jenkinson), May 2014
Form guide…
Arsenal: WWWLWW
Norwich: WDWWDW
Odds…
Arsenal to win: 1/3
Norwich to win: 7
Draw: 24/5
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
Pre-match comments from Jose Mourinho
On the importance of bouncing back after Saturday's loss to Huddersfield: "I think everybody was upset after the match, which I think is the perfect reaction to such a bad defeat.
"The next match is another match though and we have to try to not make the same mistakes and for me the mistake, as some of the players agree with, was the attitude
"I'm expecting the team to have a good answer. I cannot say if that will be a win. We've made lots of changes and some players deserve a start, especially the two young kids (McTominay and Tuanzebe). It's a very good opportunity for them because this is like a Premier League match in terms of who we're playing."
Quotes from Sky Sports
Just under five minutes to go until kick-off in South Wales! Can Swansea eliminate the defending champions or will United bounce back from Saturday's defeat to Huddersfield with a win to progress to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals?
2' - Close! Chris Smalling almost bags an early opener for the visitors but his header from Marcus Rashford's corner goes wide of Kristoffer Nordfeldt's goal.
5' - Anthony Martial dribbles away from a couple of Swansea defenders before playing the ball infield to Jesse Lingard. He doesn't get great connection on his shot from distance but Kristoffer Nordfeldt is forced to make the save and tips the ball over the crossbar for another United corner.
9' - Marcus Rashford wants a free-kick following a coming together with Roque Mesa just outside the Swansea penalty area but the referee waves play on. I'm yet to see a replay but it looks like Bobby Madley may have got that one wrong.
12' - Wayne Routledge gets a head to Martin Olsson's floaty cross but he can't direct the ball towards goal and Sergio Romero collects it with ease.
15' - Jesse Lingard threads Anthony Martial through on goal with a cute pass but the Frenchman's touch lets him down at the crucial stage and United's attack fizzles out. That was the away team's best chance of the match.
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