MatchCarabao Cup: 14 stats to know about Liverpool v Tottenham
Check out 14 statistics to know about Liverpool’s Carabao Cup third-round tie with Tottenham Hotspur.
The Reds enter this season’s competition by hosting Spurs at Anfield on Tuesday night (8pm BST kick-off).
Read on for a collection of facts and figures related to the fixture…
Liverpool have lost just one of their last 30 meetings with Tottenham at Anfield in all competitions.
Overall, the Reds have been beaten on only eight occasions by Spurs on home soil in 93 previous matches.
Liverpool have lifted this trophy more times than any other club – 10.
This will be the first time they have played in the League Cup on September 15.
Not since February 2019 have the Reds had successive 0-0 games. Then, it was against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and Manchester United in the league.
Of the current squad, Cody Gakpo with nine has scored more League Cup goals for Liverpool than any other player.
Alexander Isak has scored seven times in six prior appearances against Tottenham.
Andoni Iraola is unbeaten in his last four matches versus Spurs as a coach.
Iraola will attempt to reach the final at his first attempt with the club, as did predecessors Joe Fagan, Rafael Benitez, Jürgen Klopp and Arne Slot.
The Reds have not gone out of this competition in their first tie since 2018, when beaten 2-1 at home by Chelsea.
The teams have met twice before on September 15, both in the league. Spurs won 2-1 at White Hart Lane in 1952 and Liverpool won 2-1 at Wembley in 2018.
Tottenham have yet to score a goal away from home this season, losing 3-0 at Brentford and drawing 0-0 at Nottingham Forest.
Spurs have kept only three clean sheets in their last 33 visits to Anfield in league and cup – and none in any of the last 16.
The last Liverpool player to score an Anfield hat-trick in the League Cup was Michael Owen, against Grimsby Town in November 1997.