⚽ EFL Carabao Cup 2025/26 Season

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Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

On paper this match should not provide any surprises because Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in very good form. So I took a bet on over 3 with odds @1.5 and BTTS (Yes) with odds @1.71.
Total parlay odds @2.57
Hopefully there are no surprises in today's match.

[Nheer]

Nkunku has scored 2 goals for Chelsea now. They have conceded 2 goals in just 20 minutes and from Chelsea's performance against Barrow at Stamford Bridge, two goals is not enough. Betting on the over would be a good bet.
This game is an opportunity for Mudryk to gain Enzo Maresca's trust.

In another game, Manchester City have only managed to score 1 goal against Watford. Doku was the scorer.
This game is also a good bet for the over.

An impressive performance from Chelsea 2nd squad although it was an easy opponent but i am impressed with the way they played. Every player played well even Mudryk played well and even assisted Neto’s goal early in the second half, maybe Barrow is not a worthy opponent to test the strength of these players because they barely got an attempt on target. Nkunku got his hattrick later in the match after a disastrous mistake from Barrow’s goalkeeper to make it 5 for Chelsea. I believe Enzo Maresca will be impressed with the performance of his players.

Manchester City ended the match 2-1 they managed to win and gave a brilliant performance but Watford didn’t make it easy for them they also performed brilliantly.

Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

I like your predictions about those two matches, Liverpool and Westham are likely to score a goal both and Arsenal should be able to score above 3 goals against Bolton and i expect Bolton should be able to score at least a goal but then Arsenal have been more defensive minded recently and it has affected their goal ratio recently.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

On paper this match should not provide any surprises because Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in very good form. So I took a bet on over 3 with odds @1.5 and BTTS (Yes) with odds @1.71.
Total parlay odds @2.57
Hopefully there are no surprises in today's match.

Nice prediction. The odds for betting on over 3 goals are not tempting. This is because Arsenal is still in its prime.

I'd rather take asian handicap home -2/-2.5 for Arsenal. This is because they're gonna play a home game against a very weak team such as Bolton. Though they're gonna play without their main goalie, Raya. This is because he got a minor knock, and their coach, Arteta, is not keen in taking the risk to play him.

Anyways, Bolton is 14th in the League 1, and it must be very easy for them to win.




As for Liverpool vs Westham game, and BTTS's odds very tempting. But i think Liverpool is gonna win it. Though, i recently hear that if Slot decides to rest Salah, and Alison. He puts Chiesa & Endo in.

That's not good enough, but i think Carabao cup is not that important for them, they win it last season.

[Marvelockg]

 OMG! Chelsea's game yesterday was as easy as 1,2,3,4,5 goals. Like they were the only ones who came to the party. For the first time in a while now the Blues are playing football that is entertaining and resembling the type that we saw in the days of Drogba and the rest.
 Nkunku showed that he can be very useful when he produced the first goal in as a little as 8' and the goal rain began pouring from then on.
Their performance is top notch but I'm hoping this won't be just it because if they continue like this, not only will their confidence strengthen to be able to beat bigger clubs, they will also be at the top ranks.

No doubt that Chelsea have started playing good football recently, but FC Barrow in not in anywhere close to Chelsea in terms of ranking. Chelsea is far superior than FC Barrow and if Barrow had scored a single goal against Chelsea, I would have considered them the better side in that encounter. Chelsea played very well and I expected that they would have score up to 10 goals or more when comparing the team they played against. As for Nkunku he is a very good player and there is no doubt about that. If he continue to be fit he is going to be scoring more important goals for Chelsea. Chelsea should reserve some of these goals for a premier league match. It's not about winning FC Barrow with 5 goals and struggle to score a single goal in a premier league match, just like Manchester United did last weekend, and cut people's bet.

I don't know why these teams don't know how to cease good opportunities and play well as an underdog without allowing these big club to always beat them year after year. Imagine that Chelsea rested a lot of her key players and still played them as though they came in with a complete squared. If Chelsea wanted, the match would have ended with at least 8 goals.

A massive hatrick to nkunku. I can't tell if Jackson would have scored more or same number of goals if he played the role nkunku played but it's good that the Chelsea team have options to work with even when Jackson might not be available for certain games. The way they play against teams they're weaker than them is alway amazing and if they can use that same energy against stronger opposition, it will help them gain better ground  in the premier league and Maybe ending top 4 could be something that's not too ambitious to expect.

[Strongkored]

Man United still in doubts, their performance no different from last season they were not the best team and Watford might knock them out.

It turns out I saw the schedule wrong, because the team that competed with Watford was Manchester City, and City won as predicted, although not by a big score, but this victory proves that City are the best for this cup, and they are one of the clubs with quite a lot of titles in this cup.

And Chelsea managed to win and Nkunku scored a hat-trick this could be a good season for him after struggling with injuries in his first season in this club.

[add1ct3dd]

If giving more attention. Manchester City will surely that's not a problem Aston Villa and Chelsea will take it more seriously that is why I am very certain they will win the game. Leicester game can be bet on Leicester to win either half or win or draw. But on the brighter side, I can be hopeful for Leicester to win the game.

I don't know if it is just me or if few others know that the competition in the next round will consist more of the Premier League teams. If care is not taken any EPL team would win the Carabao Cup.

Usually in early games we are having reserve players or those are not used in main stream teams because coaches want to stay with their rotation policy or afraid of injuries which can bring problems for them just because of this sometime we are having competitive games as we have in last few matches Leicester City not able to score in 90 minutes then they won on penalties with Manchester City vs Watford was also good game even we have huge difference of quality between these clubs.

Aston Villa and Chelsea done good job and have easy wins with now just three games remaining in this round then we will have round of 16 which could be more entertaining as now we are having mostly big teams in this event.

Currently, it's not easy to predict about winner because in next few rounds we can watch some big eliminations as well which are surely always on cards and things can take any change which are also part of soccer game.

[Pandu Geddon]

Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

On paper this match should not provide any surprises because Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in very good form. So I took a bet on over 3 with odds @1.5 and BTTS (Yes) with odds @1.71.
Total parlay odds @2.57
Hopefully there are no surprises in today's match.

Liverpool have a good defense this season. In 5 matches they have only conceded 1 goal. Liverpool plays very dominantly, and it will take hard work from West Ham players to be able to score. but there will still be opportunities, in the last few meetings West Ham has always managed to score when facing Liverpool even though they have to lose.
But that proves your betting opportunities for the match are quite good. instead of betting 1x2 for Liverpool with Odds 1.33, betting BTTS has better Odds. hopefully, you are lucky.

[Spaceman1000$]

Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

On paper this match should not provide any surprises because Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in very good form. So I took a bet on over 3 with odds @1.5 and BTTS (Yes) with odds @1.71.
Total parlay odds @2.57
Hopefully there are no surprises in today's match.

Arsenal's match against Bolton tonight should be a walk in the park for Arsenal with multiple goals in both halves of the match. I don't see a situation where Bolton wanderers may overwhelme arsenal except Arsenal are going to field young and inexperienced players from their reserve team, so my prediction would be a win for the gunners and over 3.5 goals. For Liverpool, I think West Ham are going to score at least a consolation goal but Liverpool will win with a two goal margin, so for it's going to be 3 goals to 1 in favour of Liverpool. So tonight it's going to be a win win for both Liverpool and Arsenal in EFL, I can comfortably bet on these.

[HajiBagi]

One fixture I'm anxious to see is the Chelsea vs Barrow game because Enzo's boys have been on fire for a while now and judging by their performance, this game should be an easy one except this Barrow club can put up a fight because we know that Chelsea can mess when you least expect them to.

Nkunku has scored 2 goals for Chelsea now. They have conceded 2 goals in just 20 minutes and from Chelsea's performance against Barrow at Stamford Bridge, two goals is not enough. Betting on the over would be a good bet.
This game is an opportunity for Mudryk to gain Enzo Maresca's trust.

In another game, Manchester City have only managed to score 1 goal against Watford. Doku was the scorer.
This game is also a good bet for the over.

Chelsea is coming back to it form as of years back again. I really like the way they are playing this year but they have not met any strong team to see if really they are in good shape. I was like Chelsea won Barrow 5-0. This is new record broken by Chelsea for a very long time. Just like Barrow was just moving around the field and Chelsea was busy scoring. Both ball control and shots, Chelsea was the highest.
This is great. Chelsea used the opportunity very well and it is good like this.

I like the way Chelsea is playing now and I can say that Chelsea's performance is better than Manchester United's own, Chelsea last three games have been good and from the look at the Chelsea team this season they will end up in a good position, Chelsea play against Barrow yesterday and they are the opportunity of winning the game and they win it, Chelsea coach is not like a Manchester united coach that will not want to use the good player's to play a game at the right time, I like the energy because scoring Barrow will improve their performance in their next coming game.

Chelsea's coach is someone who knows how to use players, a player like Joao Felix and Sancho are not happy with their former team but he brought them to Chelsea and they are having a good performance, I love a coach who makes sure they see a good future from a player and I think Chelsea to buy Sancho from Manchester united because it looks like he likes Chelsea and he can help the team.

[snipie]

Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

On paper this match should not provide any surprises because Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in very good form. So I took a bet on over 3 with odds @1.5 and BTTS (Yes) with odds @1.71.
Total parlay odds @2.57
Hopefully there are no surprises in today's match.

From what I saw in the latest matches of both teams, Liverpool and Arsenal will win their games. Arsenal is obviously the best comparing to Bolton. Liverpool will play against a stronger team than Bolton, yet West Ham United is weaker this season.
The starting eleven for Liverpool is expected to be:
Kelleher
Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, Tsimikas
Jones, Endo, Szoboszlai
Chiesa, Nunez, Gakpo
So 4-3-3, to be confirmed with Chiesa starting the game for the first time tho with Liverpool

[Palakka]

Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

On paper this match should not provide any surprises because Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in very good form. So I took a bet on over 3 with odds @1.5 and BTTS (Yes) with odds @1.71.
Total parlay odds @2.57
Hopefully there are no surprises in today's match.

From what I saw in the latest matches of both teams, Liverpool and Arsenal will win their games. Arsenal is obviously the best comparing to Bolton. Liverpool will play against a stronger team than Bolton, yet West Ham United is weaker this season.
The starting eleven for Liverpool is expected to be:
Kelleher
Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, Tsimikas
Jones, Endo, Szoboszlai
Chiesa, Nunez, Gakpo
So 4-3-3, to be confirmed with Chiesa starting the game for the first time tho with Liverpool

Arsenal will face bolton today, Bolton who play in the English league division 3 is in 19th standing place and it shows that their form is very poor at the moment, but does that it promise an easy victory for Arsenal later?
Of course not, because so far we know that small teams that have difficulty winning the league trophy will usually make the Carabao Cup trophy their main target, but unlike teams like Arsenal which will usually field a third-tier squad in the match, so that it increase the chances of the opposing team to win, we can see before if many teams from League One and Championship are able to reach the semi-finals and even final in the Carabao Cup, so it shows how seriously they for get the Carabao Cup trophy seriously all along, To be honest, although Arsenal is the favorite to win over Bolton, but I think the match will not be easy for them.
Speaking of the Liverpool vs West Ham game, obviously I agree with you, I think Liverpool and West Ham will try to field most of their key players in the game and the game will be no different from the game in the Premier League.

[Majestic-milf]

 The moment I saw West Ham take the lead, I knew they wouldn't hold it for long and I just don't know why that usually happens with them. Is it that they lack confidence or they are just not good or what because they are amongst the teams that when they take the lead in a game( be it against a strong side of average) they seldom maintain it just like Everton and wolves so I knew more goals was going to come out from that game and Liverpool will edge out West Ham.
It seemed that after their loss to Nottingham Forest, Liverpool weren't looking to take any chances against any teams they play so they employed their tactics of attacking till they break the opponents defense and so far that has been working for them.

[JeffBrad12]

The moment I saw West Ham take the lead, I knew they wouldn't hold it for long and I just don't know why that usually happens with them. Is it that they lack confidence or they are just not good or what because they are amongst the teams that when they take the lead in a game( be it against a strong side of average) they seldom maintain it just like Everton and wolves so I knew more goals was going to come out from that game and Liverpool will edge out West Ham.

West Ham is completely collapsed. Their form has been so abysmal. Their attackers were terrible to watch. They missed many chances. They played with zero pattern in so many games, and their players were clueless about what to do with the ball. They lost their football philosophy right after they sacked Moyes. Their mentality has vanished, too.

They are now sleepwalking to a relegation battle. I have seen enough of how Lopetegui has coached them; they must sack him asap.

[Hirose UK]

Today's EFL matches:

Arsenal vs Bolton (over 3)
Liverpool vs West Ham (BTTS)

On paper this match should not provide any surprises because Arsenal and Liverpool are currently in very good form. So I took a bet on over 3 with odds @1.5 and BTTS (Yes) with odds @1.71.
Total parlay odds @2.57
Hopefully there are no surprises in today's match.

Both favorite teams played very well, I also made Arsenal and Liverpool as favorites for today match and they really won as expected, I was impressed with Arsenal and Liverpool game which each won by 5 goal.
I didn't expect Liverpool to win with score of 5 - 1, if for Arsenal it is clear that they won with score of 5 - 1 because Bolton is not strong team and they will not be able to beat Arsenal just like that.
I took Handicap -2 for Arsenal and victory for Liverpool with total odd @2.09.

[Patikno]

The moment I saw West Ham take the lead, I knew they wouldn't hold it for long and I just don't know why that usually happens with them. Is it that they lack confidence or they are just not good or what because they are amongst the teams that when they take the lead in a game( be it against a strong side of average) they seldom maintain it just like Everton and wolves so I knew more goals was going to come out from that game and Liverpool will edge out West Ham.
It seemed that after their loss to Nottingham Forest, Liverpool weren't looking to take any chances against any teams they play so they employed their tactics of attacking till they break the opponents defense and so far that has been working for them.

All the goals in this match came from Liverpool players, even West Ham United's 1 goal was an own goal from Quansah. From there we can know that West Ham United had no chance of breaking into Liverpool and scoring a goal for themselves. It's disappointing to see West Ham this season, they are no better than last season.

[fullhdpixel]

Arsenal will face bolton today, Bolton who play in the English league division 3 is in 19th standing place and it shows that their form is very poor at the moment, but does that it promise an easy victory for Arsenal later?
Of course not, because so far we know that small teams that have difficulty winning the league trophy will usually make the Carabao Cup trophy their main target, but unlike teams like Arsenal which will usually field a third-tier squad in the match, so that it increase the chances of the opposing team to win, we can see before if many teams from League One and Championship are able to reach the semi-finals and even final in the Carabao Cup, so it shows how seriously they for get the Carabao Cup trophy seriously all along, To be honest, although Arsenal is the favorite to win over Bolton, but I think the match will not be easy for them.
Speaking of the Liverpool vs West Ham game, obviously I agree with you, I think Liverpool and West Ham will try to field most of their key players in the game and the game will be no different from the game in the Premier League.

Arsenal and Liverpool punish their opponents in these games with same score as we have Arsenal vs Bolton 5–1, and we have same score for the Liverpool.

Arsenal started aggressively as they score early goal through Rice and then doubled it quickly in second half we have three more goals from them as Raheem Sterling also score his first goal for the Arsenal in this game.

Liverpool having slow start as they concede own goal early but in last minutes of the game we have good firepower from them as M Salah and Gakpo score three goals after double from the Diego Jota which make things non-returnable for the struggling West Ham as they are looking awful in this season with most chances they will surely fight hard for their survival in Premier League.

[Velvet78]

The favourites haven't surprised us in the 1/16 finals phase and got really decent wins. They really have a tough work to do you know. Just imagine yourself competing in so many tournaments at the same time. Of course it isn't the first time they are doing this but this season there are more games to be played in European competitions such as the Champions League and so on. This makes the schedule even busier. 

Here at this point, the manager with the best decisions on player rotations will step forward. And of course the most squad depth wins!    I guess nobody can race with Chelsea about that. 

[Plaguedeath]

Out of nowhere, this guy scored 2 goals for Arsenal, play for 90 minutes and become man of the match. This might be his first step to play in senior teams. Without both Odegaard and Merino, Arsenal is still strong enough with their current players.

This will be a good chance for them considering Manchester City lost Rodri in this season.

[emrecemsan]

It is nice to have a thread related to the EFL Cup.    Maybe the FA Cup has more prestige than this one but I still have fun while watching the matches here as well.

We already have the majority of the 1/8-finals matchups:


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Among these ones, I see Brighton v Liverpool and Tottenham v Manchester City matches as the most attracting. Because I think we will see really good performances from both sides. Each one of these teams are very capable in the attacking line. I don't see next round in the bag for Liverpool for example. The same for Manchester City either. 

If I bet on these matches, I'd prefer both teams to score.

[Awaklara]

Among these ones, I see Brighton v Liverpool and Tottenham v Manchester City matches as the most attracting. Because I think we will see really good performances from both sides. Each one of these teams are very capable in the attacking line. I don't see next round in the bag for Liverpool for example. The same for Manchester City either. 

If I bet on these matches, I'd prefer both teams to score.

if you bet on both teams to score a match like Man City vs Tottenham the odds will not be good enough. the chances of both scoring are high. but what is frustrating is that sometimes a match between 2 strong teams usually doesn't result in a single goal.
a match like Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace or MU vs Leicester might be more appropriate for both teams to score.
anything can happen in a competition like the Carabao Cup. Chelsea might get a bigger chance for this trophy.