Liverpool and Tottenham are set to reconnect at the scene of one of the most entertaining Premier League matches of the season.
The Reds won 6-3 when the sides met at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League on December 8, and Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou may not relish another meeting with the league leaders for his team exhausted in the first leg of the EFL Cup. semi-finals.
Four of Postecoglou’s first-choice defenders are among the Australian’s absentees, while Liverpool manager Arne Slot also has decisions to make three days after his side shared a 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Anfield.
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–Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 8, 2025
Tottenham vs Liverpool line-ups
New £12.5million signing Antonin Kinksy makes his debut in goal for Spurs after the 21-year-old joined from Sparta Prague on Sunday.
Forward Son Heung-min and midfielders Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma replace the suspended Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson and Pape Mate Sarr.
Tottenham starting lineup: Naughty; Pedro Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Spence; Bergvall, Bentancur, Bissouma; Kulusevski, Solanke, son
Substitutes: Austin, Dorrington, Johnson, Lankshear, Moore, Olusesi, Reguilon, Werner, Yang Min-hyuk
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Yang is in the team for the first time in tonight’s Carabao Cup match 🙌 pic.twitter.com/9oU5mS490k
–Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 8, 2025
Line-ups for Liverpool vs Tottenham
Liverpool’s four changes include three in defence, where Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah and Kostas Tsimikas replace Trent Alexander-Arnold – whose performance against United was criticized, with speculation continuing to link the wide player to Real Madrid – Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson.
Diogo Jota replaces Luis Diaz in attack and midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai remains out after missing Sunday’s match through illness.
Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Jones, Gravenberch, MacAllister; Salah, Jota, Gakpo
Substitutes: Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Diaz, Nunez, Chiesa, Elliott, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold
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–Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 8, 2025
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Liverpool are EFL Cup holders and favorites to retain the trophy, which would give Slot his first title since arriving from Feyenoord before the start of the season.
The 10-time competition champions won at home to West Ham and at Brighton & Hove Albion and Southampton to reach this stage, part of a 22-match unbeaten run since their Premier League defeat at home to Nottingham Forest in September. 14.
Spurs’ fourth EFL Cup title, in 2007/08, is also their most recent trophy, and Postecoglou has publicly highlighted his record of winning silverware during his second club season.
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–Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 8, 2025
Twelfth in the Premier League, Tottenham won by a goal at Coventry City, second division, and at home against Manchester City and Manchester United to reach the last four.
The second leg will take place at Anfield on February 6 (8:00 p.m. GMT), with extra time if the aggregate score is level, no away goals rule and penalties if necessary.
The final will take place at Wembley Stadium on March 16.
