Chelsea vs Luton LIVE: Carabao Cup match stream, latest score and updates after Danny Welbeck goal

Off the mark: Danny Welbeck celebrates scoring his first goal for Chelsea against Luton in the Carabao Cup Getty George Flood , Senior Sport Editor @ GeorgeFlood24 | Dom Smith at Stamford Bridge 4 minutes ago Chelsea vs Luton LIVE!

The Carabao Cup second round concludes tonight as Chelsea host Luton at Stamford Bridge, with the winners set to face Leeds. The Blues meet League One opposition as they look to build some quick momentum under Xabi Alonso, whose reign began with a 3-2 west London derby win over Fulham on Monday. The attacking trio of Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Joao Pedro were electric in that opener, though Chelsea were haunted by familiar problems in defence and in goal as they kicked off another new era.

Mike Penders gets the chance to stake his claim to replace Robert Sanchez as Chelsea’s No1 amid a deal for Emiliano Martinez being agreed and five changes from Alonso, though there is no Enzo Fernandez in the squad at all as Manchester City prepare to make a late transfer bid. Luton make six changes from their draw with Notts County, with Kasey Palmer lining up against his former club.

The Hatters - a Premier League club in 2023/24 before suffering successive relegations - have made an encouraging start to the season under former Arsenal favourite Jack Wilshere and are eyeing a return to the Championship. Follow Chelsea vs Luton live below!

74 mins: Boos ring around Stamford Bridge and Alonso is in animated discussion with the fourth official as 10-man Chelsea desperately try and send on Joao Pedro following those bizarre delays.

A reminder that one of the new rules introduced this season is for substituted players to leave the field at the nearest point within 10 seconds.

If they don’t do that, then their replacement cannot come on for at least a minute and the team in question has to play with 10 men.

Chelsea falling foul of that new law there. Joao Pedro is now finally on and the Blues are back to a full complement.

73 mins: Err, Welbeck has gone off here but Joao Pedro didn’t come on and has just put his green bib back on.

71 mins: Something of a lull now in this otherwise entertaining second half.

England boss Thomas Tuchel is here at Stamford Bridge watching Cole Palmer, Reece James, Morgan Rogers (and perhaps Josh Acheampong and Danny Welbeck?)

67 mins: Alonso looks to his Chelsea bench for the first time tonight, making a triple change.

Jorrel Hato, Romeo Lavia and Pedro Neto replace Gusto, Rogers and James.

Gusto looks to be having some ice applied as he sits down on the bench, with strapping on his right knee.