Tottenham to play Chelsea in cup after virus-enforced bye

By: The Associated Press Posted: 5:34 AM CDT Friday, Sep. 25, 2020

LONDON - Tottenham received a bye Friday to advance to a League Cup meeting with Chelsea after its game against Leyton Orient was called off due to a coronavirus outbreak at the fourth-tier team.

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LONDON - Tottenham received a bye Friday to advance to a League Cup meeting with Chelsea after its game against Leyton Orient was called off due to a coronavirus outbreak at the fourth-tier team.

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LONDON – Tottenham received a bye Friday to advance to a League Cup meeting with Chelsea after its game against Leyton Orient was called off due to a coronavirus outbreak at the fourth-tier team.

Tottenham will now host Chelsea on Tuesday in the fourth round in a run of three home games in three different competitions across five days. Jose Mourinho’s side plays Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday and Maccabi Haifa in Europa League qualifying on Thursday.

Orient’s League Two game on Saturday against Walsall has also been called off due to members of the squad having to self-isolate.

Tottenham's Harry Kane and his teammate Son Heung-min walk together after scoring the third goal of his team against Shkendija during a Europa League third qualifying round soccer match between Shkendija and Tottenham at the National Arena Todor Proeski in Skopje, North Macedonia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

The east London club had hoped to rearrange the match against Tottenham after it was called off hours before Tuesday’s kickoff. League Cup organizers decided that it “was unable to fulfil its obligations to complete the fixture … and shall therefore forfeit the tie.”