Liverpool vs Leicester: Carabao Cup quarter-final preview, team news, stats, kick-off time
Team news, stats and how to follow ahead of Liverpool vs Leicester in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday; kick-off 7.45pm.
Team news
Fabinho, Curtis Jones, Virgil van Dijk and Thiago
are expected to remain out for Liverpool after positive Covid-19 results. Jordan Henderson is also recovering from illness.
Divock Origi, Nathaniel Phillips, Harvey Elliott and Adrian all remain out with injury, while Andy Robertson serves the first of a three-match suspension after his red card against Tottenham on Sunday.
In the last round eight weeks ago, Liverpool made 11 changes, with academy graduates Tyler Morton and Harvey Blair making their full debuts with a further five of their contemporaries on the bench. It appears likely Liverpool will dip into those reserves again.
„We always rely on them. The one thing if you want to have a healthy club is to have a proper inside pathway, that the academy is important, that the academy has a chance to improve inside our club to become first-team players,“ Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders said.
„That is why we construct our squad like we construct it, why we give so many young players opportunities. We have five Liverpool debuts in the League Cup this year. That is healthy, it is something we want.
„We have the talents – it’s not as if we don’t have it – but we want to give them the opportunity to grow inside our club.
„If (senior) players are unavailable, we see it as a challenge, but it is something which will create new players and that is what we want as well, so it’s only a good thing.“
Leicester had Premier League games against Tottenham and Everton postponed following a Covid outbreak at the club, so it remains to be seen who will be available at Anfield.
Jannik Vestergaard, Hamza Choudhury, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez and Ademola Lookman missed the games against Napoli and Newcastle this month because of illness and coronavirus-related issues.
Jonny Evans and Caglar Soyuncu both suffered hamstring injuries during the Foxes’ last match against the Magpies on December 12 and may have been afforded enough time to recover without having missed a fixture. Daniel Amartey will be back in the squad after his recent absence. bet365
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