Leicester v Liverpool: Carabao Cup clash live on Sky Sports

Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will make his first start for the club in the Carabao Cup tie at Leicester.

Jurgen Klopp’s side have been finalists and semi-finalists in the last two seasons, but Champions League commitments mean that the Reds boss will make a host of changes for the trip to the King Power Stadium, which is live on Sky Sports Football.

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Jamie Vardy is a major doubt for Leicester ahead of their Carabao Cup clash against Liverpool. The striker has a groin problem following Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Huddersfield while Matty James (Achilles), Robert Huth (ankle) and Christian Fuchs (eye) are out.
Adrien Silva remains sidelined after FIFA blocked his £22million transfer from Sporting Lisbon because his documentation was received 14 seconds after the deadline. Leicester are finalising an appeal.
Oxlade-Chamberlain will be joined in the Liverpool team by third-choice goalkeeper Danny Ward and fellow midfielder Marko Grujic.

Striker Dominic Solanke is also set to be involved and Sadio Mane sits out the second game of his three-match ban.

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These two sides have met just once in the League Cup, with Liverpool beating Leicester 4-1 in the third round en route to the final in 1987.

The Foxes have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 12 League Cup games, last recording a shutout in August 2012 against Torquay in a 4-0 win.
Liverpool have progressed past the third round in each of the last three seasons, reaching the semi-finals twice and final in 2016.

The Reds have only managed to win one of their last five League Cup encounters against Premier League opposition (D1 L3), losing both semi-final legs against Southampton last season.

Leicester have seen 37 goals in their last seven League Cup contests against Premier League opponents – scoring 15 but conceding 22.

Charlie Nicholas’ prediction

When I was looking at my Super 6 selections, this is the one that stood out at me as a potential upset. Leicester have had a tough start but have been playing well and Jamie Vardy should have scored a winner at Huddersfield, but he missed a sitter.

I covered Liverpool at the weekend and I was baffled by Jurgen Klopp’s seven changes. They looked defensively vulnerable again and could have lost the game when Ben Mee went agonisingly close in the dying stages. Other than Liverpool’s reputation, I really don’t see this as an upset, especially as I’m inclined to think they will make another six or seven changes, with Ben Woodburn and the other young guys coming in.

This is a good time for Kelechi Iheanacho to come good. He’s in danger of being the next Saido Berahino in terms of just going through the motions and needs to seize his chance in games like this.Euro Soccer Bonus

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