It is down to the last sixteen standing in the League Cup now after the midweek round of matches. There are some massive ties to come as well in the fourth round and it has all left Arsenal as new 5/1 outright favourites to get their hands on the trophy. That is because they have been rewarded for their third round win over Nottingham Forest with a home tie against another Championship side, Reading, in the last sixteen. The Gunners are 1/3 to take the home win there.
It has left them are strong favourites now because of all of the other main contenders having been landed with a tough draw in the fourth round. There is a London derby in Stratford to come between West Ham and Chelsea. The Blues powered their way past Leicester In the last round, while West Ham just managed to edge past League Two side Accrington Stanley with a 1-0 home win. It’s all Premier League and Championship sides left in at this point. Chelsea go as 19/20 favourites for the clash at the Olympic Stadium, with the Hammers at 7/2.
The title of the round though is the Man Utd v Man City affair from Old Trafford. These two have already met in the Premier League of course, with City taking the win at the home of their rivals and now Pep Guardiola’s men will have a chance to dump Jose Mourinho’s men out of contention for a piece of silverware. Will that happen or will the Red Devils can some kind of revenge for that league defeat? They go into the game at 13/8 for the win, with City at 7/4.
Liverpool v Tottenham is the other major clash in the four round of the EFL Cup. These two will have a huge clash at Anfield, with both liking to get the ball down and attack and Liverpool are 6/5 for the match win, with Spurs at 11/4. This could be a cracking match up and really none of the big clubs aside from Arsenal have an easy path through to the quarter finals at all. Liverpool are running as 11/2 second favourites with Chelsea at 13/2 and that is on the back of neither of them having European duties. Man City and Man Utd are both 7/1 shots. Fourth round matches are to start the week of October 24th/
League Cup Winner Odds
Arsenal 4/1, Liverpool 5/1, Chelsea 6/1, Man City 7/1, Man Utd 7/1, Spurs 10/1, Southampton 16/1, West Ham 20/1, Newcastle 22/1, 40/1 bar
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