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Follow Sportsmail's coverage of Wednesday night's football where in the Carling Cup Birmingham host West Ham in the second-leg of their semi-final, with City looking to overcome a goal deficit. In the Premier League Liverpool host Fulham as they look to continue their push for a place in Europe.

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Carling Cup semi-final

Birmingham v West Ham (0-1 agg) (7.45pm)

Premier LeagueLiverpool v Fulham (8pm)
19.28: Without trying to sound too harsh I just think a goalkeeping mistake is going to decide this semi-final.Deflection or not, that was pretty shocking from Ben Foster in the first-leg to let the ball go through his legs like that, and I still remember him being lobbed from an 80 yard Paul Robinson free-kick a few years back.19.25: Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard returns from a three-match suspension to lead the side against Fulham at Anfield.The England international is the one change from the team which beat Wolves on Saturday, with Lucas Leiva out with a slight thigh strain.Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell, signed from Aston Villa earlier this month, is handed his first start after appearing in last weekend's 2-0 win over Stoke as a substitute.He is the only change to the starting line-up, with Dickson Etuhu missing with a hamstring injury.
19.22: And here is the team news from Anfield:Liverpool v Fulham
Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, Meireles, Poulsen, Kuyt, Gerrard, Maxi, Torres. Subs: Gulacsi, Aurelio, Cole, Pacheco, Wilson, Ngog, Shelvey.
Fulham: Stockdale, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Baird, Duff, Sidwell, Murphy, Dempsey, Dembele, Andrew Johnson. Subs: Etheridge, Kelly, Salcido, Gera, Kamara, Greening, Davies.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
19.19: Back to the football, here is the lineups for the semi-final at St Andrews:
Birmingham ! v West H am
Birmingham: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Jiranek, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Bowyer, Gardner, Derbyshire, Jerome. Subs: Taylor, Murphy, Phillips, Fahey, Zigic, Hleb, Beausejour.
West Ham: Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Upson, Bridge, Noble, Parker, Spector, Hines, Cole, Boa Morte. Subs: Boffin, Reid, Gabbidon, Dyer, McCarthy, Sears, O'Neil.
Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)
19.17: The breaking news this evening though is that Richard Keys has resigned from Sky following the sexism scandal that has dominated the headlines this week. Click here to read the full story.
19.15: It has been a mad couple of days as far as football is concerned. On and off the pitch it has been one sensation after another and that has not changed today.It was Chelsea (more specifically Didier Drogba) on Monday, Manchester United and their stunning comeback last night and it's set to either West Ham or Birmingham tonight. One will grab what at the start of the season would have been an unexpected trip to Wembley next month.Team news on the way.

Advantage: Carlton Cole's (right) strike in the first-leg means West Ham take a goal lead to Birmingham

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