Brentford v Newcastle: Carabao Cup quarter-final – live!

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5.16pm GMT

Steve Bruce has a chat with Sky:

The situation’s been difficult, but we’ve put out as strong a team as we can and let’s hope we’ve got enough. It would be great for a club like hours. Since I’ve walked in the door I’ve stressed the importance of the cup competitions and we haven’t been in the semi-finals since 1975, so there’s a carrot for us. What an incentive.

They’ve been a good side for years now. They’ve been terrific. They’ve played a certain way for years now, and been there or thereabouts at the top end. We know what to expect. We know what’s coming, and I hope we can match it and go on to win the match.

5.01pm GMT

Here are the teams again, in purely textual form this time:

Brentford: Daniels, Thompson, Pinnock, Sorensen, Fosu, Da Silva, Janelt, Ghoddos, Forss, Marcondes, Canos. Subs: Raya, Goode, Norgaard, Jensen, Toney, Mbeumo, Stevens.
Newcastle: Darlow, Yedlin, Hayden, Clark, Lewis, Murphy, Sean Longstaff, Shelvey, Fraser, Wilson, Almiron. Subs: Carroll, Joelinton, Ritchie, Gayle, Hendrick, Krafth, Gillespie.
Referee: Robert Jones

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