All of the Carabao Cup last eight fixtures will be shown live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, with the Chelsea match available on the Main Event and Premier League channels, as well as Sky GO. There is just one destination in the United States and that is Paramount+, while fuboTV and DAZN are showing the fixture in Canada.

They are six points behind the Bluebirds, with City holding a game in hand on their opponents. Former City man James Collins is Lincoln City's top goalscorer in the league this term, but the forward will miss Saturday's game having suffered a long-term knee injury earlier this month,

Adam Pierce, Senior Partnerships Manager at Cardiff City FC, said: “We are delighted to welcome Radnor Hills on board as the new Official Water Partner of Cardiff City Football Club.

Yet even with the lead, Chelsea still allowed Cardiff to get back in the game, conceding an equaliser in the 75th minute. Had it not been for Pedro Neto’s late winner, the Blues were looking at a shock scoreline once the final whistle sounded.

Cardiff City: Trott, Ng (Fish 89’), Lawlor, Chambers, Bagan, Wintle, Turnbull, J. Colwill (Robertson 80’), Ashford, Davies (Willock 56’), Robinson (Salech 56’). Subs not used: Turner, Giles,, Mafico, Donczew, Nyakuhwa.

Cardiff City has claimed the agent who arranged the fateful flight, Willie McKay, was acting on behalf of FC Nantes during Sala's transfer, a claim that the French club deny. The club has claimed losses of more than 120m euros (£104m) in relation to Sala's death, and claimed the striker could have kept the club in the Premier League.