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Liverpool and Leeds meet in Anfield, Liverpool, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup.
The record of clashes between the two teams favors the Liverpool team: in the last 15 games played, for various competitions, the home team have won 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
Liverpool
Liverpool come to this game with a 2-0 win at home to Sunderland, registering the 14th consecutive game without losing for several competitions: Origi and Milner made the team’s goals. To reach this stage of the competition, Liverpool eliminated the Burton, Derby County and Tottenham teams.
Over the last 10 games Liverpool have scored 2.6 goals and averaged 0.7 goals per game, which means they show great quality in the most advanced sector. It is worth mentioning that 70% of these games finished with more than two goals in the final scoreboard.
The best moment of the Liverpool team is between the 16 ‘to 60’ game, when they scored 21 goals and conceded just 3 goals. In the 7 games in which he opened the scoring, in all these games he won in the late 90 ‘. For this match coach Jürgen Klopp can not count on Sturridge, Coutinho, Lallana, Firmino, Ojo, Matip and Bodgan, players who recover from injury.
Leeds United
The Leeds side have come to this confident game because of a 1-2 away away win against Rotherham in the second division of English football: the goals were scored by Wood and Doukara. In the previous League Cup qualifiers, Leeds beat Fleetwood, Luton, Blackburn Rovers and Norwich.
Analyzing the last 10 games it is possible to state that the visitors scored on average 1.2 goals and suffered on average 1 goal per game, demonstrating some lack of effectiveness when finalizing. It is worth mentioning that 70% of these games finished with less than 2.5 goals in the final scoreboard.
In addition, Garry Monk’s players opened the scoring in 5 of the last 10 games, and in 4 of these games they managed to win winners in the late 90’s. It is important to emphasize that the best moment of the team, is between the 31 ‘to 45’, period in which they scored 3 goals and did not concede a goal. It seems that the visiting coach can not count on Coyle, Pablo Hernandez and Bridcutt, all injured.
Prediction: over 1.5 goals at HT @ 2.10