Liverpool vs Chelsea: Confirmed Lineups & Match Prediction

Liverpool vs Chelsea Confirmed Lineups

The starting lineups for the EFL Cup fixture between Liverpool and Chelsea have been confirmed.

Liverpool Starting XI

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Starting XI: Giorgi Mamardashvili (GK); Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Ronald Araujo, Kostas Tsimikas; Trey Nyoni, Ryan Gravenberch; Rio Ngumoha, James McConnell, Cody Gakpo; Lewis Koumas

Substitutes: Alexis Mac Allister, Federico Chiesa, Luke Chambers, Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Wataru Endo, Jérémy Jacquet, Alisson Becker

Chelsea Starting XI

Formation: 4-3-3

Starting XI: Mike Penders (GK); Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Maxence Lacroix, Josh Acheampong; Jordan Henderson, Moisés Caicedo, Roméo Lavia; Morgan Rogers, Pedro Neto, Danny Welbeck

Substitutes: Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli, Estêvão, Marco Palestra, Olutayo Subuloye, Geovany Quenda, Valentín Barco, Emmanuel Emegha, Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Levi Colwill

Liverpool vs Chelsea Immediate Reaction

Liverpool

Liverpool line up in a 4-2-3-1 with Giorgi Mamardashvili in goal and Virgil van Dijk partnering Ronald Araujo at the heart of the back four. Trey Nyoni and Ryan Gravenberch form the double pivot, with Rio Ngumoha, James McConnell and Cody Gakpo behind Lewis Koumas up front.

Chelsea

Chelsea set up in a 4-3-3 with Mike Penders in goal and Wesley Fofana and Maxence Lacroix in central defence. Jordan Henderson, Moisés Caicedo and Roméo Lavia make up the midfield three, with Morgan Rogers, Pedro Neto and Danny Welbeck leading the attack.

Liverpool vs Chelsea Reactive Bet Builder

The suggested bet builder for this fixture combines four selections: Liverpool to win, a goal from de Jesus Joao Pedro at any time, both teams to score, and Wesley Fofana to be shown a card.

Liverpool vs Chelsea Prediction After Confirmed Lineups

Liverpool are undefeated in their last five home matches against Chelsea in all competitions, and WhoScored's head-to-head facts show Liverpool with three wins, one draw and two defeats in previous meetings. Based on the confirmed lineups, the result call is not yet settled by the data available.

Result Prediction: No projected score has been supplied for this fixture, so no scoreline is given here.

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