Liverpool vs Chelsea predicted line-ups
EFL Cup · Wed 28 Oct
Starting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Liverpool
4-2-3-1Formation· Coach: A. Slot
Chelsea
3-4-2-1Formation· Coach: Xabi Alonso
- 1E. Martínez
- 34Joshua Kofi Acheampong
- 6L. Colwill
- 21J. Hato
- 29Pep Chavarría
- 4V. Barco
- 45R. Lavia
- 32M. Nicoll-Jazuli
- 7Pedro Neto
- 23Geovany Tcherno Quenda
- 10C. Palmer
- 9A. Isak
- 42T. Nyoni
- 8D. Szoboszlai
- 7F. Wirtz
- 38R. Gravenberch
- 10A. Mac Allister
- 33R. Araújo
- 5J. Jacquet
- 21K. Tsimikas
- 4V. van Dijk
- 1Alisson Becker
Bench
- 25G. Mamardashvili
- 30J. Frimpong
- 67L. Koumas
- 23Víctor Muñoz
- 73R. Ngumoha
- 1H. Davies
- 28F. Woodman
Out
- C. Gakpo · Muscle Injury
- M. Kerkez · Injury
- W. Endo · Off the roster
- B. Barcola · Injury
- H. Elliott · Coach's decision
- S. Bajcetic · Hamstring Injury
- F. Chiesa · Back Injury
- G. Leoni · Knee Injury
Bench
- 39M. Penders
- 5M. Lacroix
- 17M. Rogers
- 41Estêvão
- 11J. Bynoe-Gittens
- 18D. Welbeck
- 28T. Sharman-Lowe
Out
- Joao Pedro · Injury
- M. Gusto · Injury
- E. Fernandez · Coach's decision
- M. Palestra · Injury
- M. Sarr · Transfer negotiations
- E. Emegha · Injury
- M. Caicedo · Injury
- A. Anselmino · Inactive
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Liverpool vs Chelsea line-ups published?
Clubs in the EFL Cup release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
