Matchday 4 in the Continental Tyres Cup and we might now see a number of teams qualifying for the quarter-finals by Wednesday night.

Injury-hit Arsenal are at home to Charlton, hoping to seal qualification for the knock-out stage with a win.

Let’s take a look at how the groups stand:

Group one North

Three teams out of six are in the running with the three championship sides unlikely to go through.

Bristol will be at home to Villa and need a win to keep their chances alive.

Manchester City are in the driving seat and a win at home to Sheffield would guarantee them qualification.

Birmingham are away to Leicester and a win would also see them through should Bristol fail to win on the night.

Group two North

Leaders Reading have a bye, so all the chasing teams will try to close the gap before the final matchday in a week’s time.

Durham are away to Manchester United and are playing their final group game. They trail Reading by two points. Any result other than a win would see them struggle to qualify with only four or five points.

Liverpool and Everton have a rematch of last Sunday’s derby and the Reds will be looking to avenge the defeat that sent them tumbling towards the relegation zone.

Anything other than a win will see Liverpool eliminated from the tournament.

Group one South

Chelsea have a 100% record and a win against Yeovil would see them go through.

Spurs in second place are away to London Bees and any positive result would keep them in contention.

Brighton are at home to Palace and both teams have an outside chance of qualifying should they manage to get a win.

Group two South

Arsenal have a 100% record and will now face two Championship sides which means they should win at least one of those two games to qualify for the knock-out stage.

They will be at home to Charlton and then away to Millwall that signed our Development team manager and several players in the summer as well as hiring Pedro Losa as General Manager.

Millwall will be at home to Lewes, who need a win to be with a chance to go through on the final day.

Considering the current state of the squad, hopefully, Joe Montemurro will rest ALL the players carrying a knock and give the youngsters a game and a chance to prove themselves against a top quality Championship side.

Four of them were in the matchday squad on Sunday at Chelsea and it would be great to see them all four start the game.

Ruby Grant, Amelia Hazard, Ava Kuyken and Paige Bailey-Gayle would certainly benefit from playing against Charlton and Millwall.

Some of the knockout rules to be applied once the group stage is finished:

15.11 The matches in the Knock Out Stage shall be played to a conclusion with extra time (a period of 30 minutes split into two halves of 15 minutes) to be played if there is no winner after 90 minutes. If there is no winner after extra time, the winner shall be determined by the taking of penalty kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with the procedure adopted by the International Football Association Board.

15.12 Clubs shall be permitted to use an additional (fourth) substitute during a period of extra time.

15.13 The Clubs which progress from the Group Stage as per Cup Rule 15.9, shall progress to the Quarter Finals.

15.14 In order to determine which Clubs will play each other in the Quarter Finals, those Clubs which finished first in a Group shall be drawn against those Clubs which finished second in a Group save that Clubs which played in the same Group will not play each other in the Quarter Finals.