Date and Time: Wednesday, January 10, 20:00 GMT
Venue: Anfield
Team Overview
Liverpool’s Final Hopes
Premier League leaders Liverpool will look to take an important step toward qualifying for the EFL Cup final when they host Premier League side Fulham at Anfield on Wednesday.
Recent Form | WWDDW |
Key Players to Watch | Darwin Nunez |
Team Strengths | Pressing and attacking on the front foot |
Team Weaknesses | Vulnerable on the counter-attack |
Fulham Spoiling for an Upset
Fulham will look for a good first-leg results away to Anfield, ahead of the second leg at Craven Cottage, on Wednesday as they bid to make it into the EFL Cup final.
Recent Form | WLLLW |
Key Players to Watch | De Cordova-Reid |
Team Strengths | Defensive solidity and transition attacks |
Team Weaknesses | Consistency |
Head-to-Head Statistics
Liverpool is the football pick to prevail in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final on Wednesday, given their head-to-head dominance in this fixture.
Liverpool | Draw | Fulham |
10 | 3 | 3 |
Statistics | ||
32 | Goals | 15 |
5 | Yellow cards | 11 |
0 | Red cards | 0 |
Last Matches | ||
Liverpool | 4-3 | Fulham |
Liverpool | 1-0 | Fulham |
Fulham | 2-2 | Liverpool |
Liverpool | 0-1 | Fulham |
Fulham | 1-1 | Liverpool |
Player Focus
Players and their form are pivotal to football predictions. In this case, Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez and Fulham’s De Cordova-Reid will be crucial in determining the first leg’s result on Wednesday.
Darwin Nunez
Nunez has eight goals and eight assists in 20 appearances for Liverpool this season. Football prediction analysis shows that in the absence of Mohammed Salah, who is away for AFCON duty, Nunez will be a pivotal part and a decisive player for Jurgen Klopp’s side, starting with Wednesday’s semi-final clash against Fulham.
De Cordova-Reid
The 30-year-old Jamaican international has five goals and two assists for Fulham in 23 appearances this season. These numbers make him the most influential attacker for Fulham this season, and his performance will be central to the Londoners’ hopes of getting a positive result at Anfield.
Tactical Analysis
Tactical information is pivotal to football bet predictions; in this regard, Liverpool will maintain their high-press and attacking style, whereas Fulham will look to be compact and solid in their approach, frustrating Liverpool and launching transition attacks.
Liverpool vs. Fulham Expert Analysis
Jurgen Klopp, according to expert soccer predictions, will maintain a 4-3-3 approach designed to display a high work rate, pressing, and hard running, especially in the middle of the pack.
Fulham will look to pack the midfield with an extra player to counter Liverpool’s aggression and screen their defense better. Silva will also get his charges working at a high rate by pressing and closing down spaces.
Betting Odds
Free football predictions at 22bet highlight the pre-match odds for the match-up on Wednesday; the Reds are the odds-on favorites to get the win in the first leg, ahead of the second leg at Craven Cottage. 22bet will also offer live prediction football after kickoff on Wednesday.
Liverpool | Draw | Fulham |
1.33 | 5.45 | 8.3 |
Liverpool will have the Anfield advantage in this first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final. Jurgen Klopp’s focus will be getting the best result in the home leg before traveling to Craven Cottage for the second leg.
Liverpool will win the home match and take a significant advantage of qualifying for the final at Wembley.
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