EFL Cup: Leicester and Liverpool square up in a tale of contrast of two teams in form

Liverpool play Leicester City today in the EFL Cup. The Reds have home advantage.

Liverpool and Leicester City are yet to lose a match this season, and both teams have won all but one of their matches this season.

Soccernet.ng takes a closer look at what makes both teams so good and what will make for an interesting matchup tonight.

Liverpool have brought in Dominik Szoboszlai, Kotaro Endo and Alexis McAllister to replace aging midfielders Jordan Henderson and Fabinho, with Klopp looking set to challenge the league again this season. .

In contrast to Leicester. The 2021 FA Cup winners had no hints of relegation to either fans or pundits, but the departure of goalkeeper and club captain Kasper Schmeichel left the team unstable and the then-manager Brendan Rodgers refused to give his best. Striker Kelechi Iheanacho.

The Foxes appointed Enzo Maresca as their new manager in the summer and the Italian manager has built a Leicester squad this season keen to return to top-flight football.

Leicester City have made the best start to a Championship season of any relegated team in the history of the competition.

No player has picked up more points than Fuchse, who has 21 points from the first eight games following their relegation.

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The Italian tactician favors a patient, build-up approach in preparing his team for a goal, favoring a much more compact shape when off the ball compared to Liverpool’s famous counter-press.

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds have won the League Cup nine times and hold a historic lead. Meanwhile, Maresca’s Foxes last won a silver medal and won the FA Cup in his 2021 season.

Players to watch out for;

Darwin Nunez has scored three goals for the Reds alongside Egyptian defender Mohamed Salah, with the latter also assisting four goals in the league this season.

For the Foxes, 21-year-old Casey McAteer has been a key player for Keenan Dewsbury-Hall, scoring four goals and providing three assists so far in the Championship.

Given that this is a League Cup match, both managers may want to rotate their players significantly, but both teams are in great form so it should still be an interesting match.