Liverpool vs Chelsea — League Cup

League Cup Wed, 28 Oct 2026 Finished
Liverpool Liverpool
1 1
Finished
Chelsea Chelsea

Match facts

Kick-off
Wed 28 Oct, 22:00 UTC
Competition
League Cup · England
Round
Round of 16
Stadium
Anfield, Liverpool
Referee
Darren England

Key events

Liverpool Timeline Chelsea

  1. Lewis Koumas

    Yellow card

    11'

  2. James McConnell

    Yellow card

    21'
  3. 40'

    Morgan Rogers

    Penalty kick

  4. Cody Gakpo

    Penalty kick

    43'
  5. 45+1'

    Maxence Lacroix

    Levi Colwill

  6. 50'

    Josh Acheampong

    Yellow card

  7. Lewis Koumas

    Bradley Barcola

    59'

  8. James McConnell

    Florian Wirtz

    59'
  9. 68'

    Danny Welbeck

    Emanuel Emegha

  10. 68'

    Malo Gusto

    Marco Palestra

  11. 68'

    Moises Caicedo

    Valentin Barco

  12. Virgil van Dijk

    Jérémy Jacquet

    72'
  13. 73'

    Romeo Lavia

    Yellow card

  14. Treymaurice Nyoni

    Alexis Mac Allister

    81'

  15. Rio Ngumoha

    Alexander Isak

    82'

  16. Alexis Mac Allister

    Penalty kick

    91'
  17. 92'

    Pedro Neto

    Penalty kick

  18. Alexander Isak

    Penalty kick

    93'
  19. 94'

    Morgan Rogers

    Penalty kick

  20. Cody Gakpo

    Penalty kick

    94'
  21. 95'

    Romeo Lavia

    Penalty kick

  22. Florian Wirtz

    Penalty kick

    96'
  23. 97'

    Valentin Barco

    Penalty kick

  24. Konstantinos Tsimikas

    Penalty kick

    98'
  25. 99'

    Jordan Henderson

    Penalty kick

  26. Bradley Barcola

    Penalty kick

    100'
  27. 101'

    Levi Colwill

    Penalty kick

  28. Ryan Gravenberch

    Penalty kick

    101'
  29. 102'

    Emanuel Emegha

    Penalty kick

  30. Joe Gomez

    Penalty kick

    103'
  31. 104'

    Wesley Fofana

    Penalty kick

Lineups

Liverpool 4-2-3-1

Starting lineup

  • 25 G. Mamardashvili G
  • 2 J. Gomez D
  • 33 R. Araújo D
  • 4 V. van Dijk D
  • 21 K. Tsimikas D
  • 38 R. Gravenberch M
  • 42 T. Nyoni M
  • 67 L. Koumas M
  • 53 J. McConnell M
  • 73 R. Ngumoha M
  • 18 C. Gakpo F

Substitute players

  • 9 A. Isak F
  • 5 J. Jacquet D
  • 10 A. Mac Allister M
  • 1 Alisson Becker G
  • 29 B. Barcola F
  • 44 L. Chambers D
  • 14 F. Chiesa F
  • 3 W. Endo M
  • 7 F. Wirtz M
Chelsea 4-2-3-1

Starting lineup

  • 39 M. Penders G
  • 34 Joshua Kofi Acheampong D
  • 5 M. Lacroix D
  • 3 W. Fofana D
  • 27 M. Gusto D
  • 25 M. Caicedo M
  • 45 R. Lavia M
  • 7 Pedro Neto M
  • 14 J. Henderson M
  • 17 M. Rogers M
  • 18 D. Welbeck F

Substitute players

  • 22 E. Emegha F
  • 41 Estêvão F
  • 32 M. Nicoll-Jazuli M
  • 2 M. Palestra D
  • 23 Geovany Tcherno Quenda M
  • 28 T. Sharman-Lowe G
  • 37 O. Subuloye D
  • 4 V. Barco M
  • 6 L. Colwill D

Match statistics

Liverpool Chelsea
2.19 expected_goals 1.88
347 Passes accurate 334
8 Shots insidebox 8
2 Shots outsidebox 3
5 Blocked Shots 3
8 Free Kicks 10
4 Shots on Goal 4
3 Goalkeeper Saves 3
1 Shots off Goal 4
1 Offsides 3
441 Total passes 422
10 Total Shots 11
2 Yellow Cards 2
7 Corner Kicks 5
12 Fouls 9
0 Red Cards 0
52% Ball Possession 48%

Player ratings

Liverpool

  1. 7.2 C. Gakpo 1 goal · 90'
  2. 6.8 V. van Dijk 72'
  3. 6.6 T. Nyoni 81'
  4. 6.6 R. Araújo 90'
  5. 6.5 B. Barcola 31'

Chelsea

  1. 7.6 M. Rogers 1 goal · 90'
  2. 6.8 W. Fofana 90'
  3. 6.7 M. Lacroix 44'
  4. 6.6 M. Caicedo 68'
  5. 6.5 Pedro Neto 90'

Prediction

LiverpoolDrawChelsea

Combo Double chance : draw or Chelsea and +1.5 goals

Head to head

Liverpool
1–1 FT
Chelsea
Chelsea
2–1 FT
Liverpool
Chelsea
3–1 FT
Liverpool
Liverpool
2–1 FT
Chelsea
Chelsea
0–1 FT
Liverpool
Liverpool
4–1 FT
Chelsea