Liverpool will be without Trent Alexander-Arnold for this match.
Tottenham will miss several key players, including Guglielmo Vicario, Radu Drăgușin, Destiny Udogie, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke, and Timo Werner.
Match Facts & Statistics
The two teams have faced each other nine times in the English League Cup. Liverpool has won twice, while Tottenham has secured five victories. The goal difference is 16-11 in Tottenham’s favor.
Liverpool last lost at home to Tottenham on May 15, 2011, with a 0-2 scoreline. Since then, the Reds have remained unbeaten in 14 home games against Spurs (10 wins, 4 draws).
Tottenham has a chance to defeat Liverpool in back-to-back matches for the first time since September 18, 2011.
Mohamed Salah has registered 12 goals and 4 assists in 17 appearances against Tottenham across all competitions. The only teams he has scored more against are West Ham (13 goals) and Manchester United (16 goals).
Liverpool
The Reds, last season’s League Cup champions, are aiming to reach their 15th final in the competition.
Liverpool has lost the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals three times in their history. However, they have twice managed to turn things around and reach the final – in 2000/01 (vs. Crystal Palace) and 2002/03 (vs. Sheffield United).
This is Liverpool’s 20th appearance in the League Cup semi-finals. The only time they lost both legs was in the 2016/17 season against Southampton.
Since that loss, Liverpool has won all six of their semi-final ties in cup competitions.
Liverpool is unbeaten in their last 9 home matches in the League Cup (4 wins, 5 draws).
Since losing to Nottingham Forest on September 14, 2024, Liverpool has played 15 matches at Anfield across all competitions and remains unbeaten (13 wins, 2 draws), scoring at least two goals in every match. Their last similar streak came in 2019 (17 consecutive home games with 2+ goals).
Mohamed Salah has 11 goals and 8 assists in 19 home games this season, failing to register a goal or assist in only two of those matches.
Diogo Jota has scored in five consecutive League Cup matches.
Cody Gakpo has scored 4 goals in this season’s League Cup. The club’s single-season record is held by Robbie Fowler (6 goals in 2000/01).
Gakpo has scored in six consecutive home matches. Among current squad members, only Mohamed Salah has had a longer home scoring streak (9 games in 2023).
Tottenham
Tottenham is aiming to reach the League Cup final for the first time since 2021 and for the 10th time in their history.
Lucas Bergvall, who scored the winner in the first leg, could become the first Spurs player since Roman Pavlyuchenko (2008/09) to score in both legs of a League Cup semi-final.
