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Liverpool — Chelsea, 28 October 2026, 20:00 UTC : score 2:1

match finished EFL Cup Wednesday 28 October · 20:00 UTC
Liverpool Liverpool WW
2 : 1 1st half 1:1 penalties 6:5
Chelsea L Chelsea
Anfield · referee D. England
Match predictionValue

Chelsea under 2.5 goals

90%

Prediction landed. We predicted “Chelsea under 2.5 goals”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Liverpool 44% draw 25% Chelsea 31%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Liverpool win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Liverpool win — they got it right.

fans 65 votes
Liverpool 59% draw 12% Chelsea 29%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
L. Koumas 11'
J. McConnell 21'
M. Rogers penalty 0-1 40'
C. Gakpo penalty 1-1 43'
L. Colwill for M. Lacroix 45+1'
J. Acheampong 50'
F. Wirtz for J. McConnell 59'
B. Barcola for L. Koumas 59'
V. Barco for M. Caicedo 68'
E. Emegha for D. Welbeck 68'
M. Palestra for M. Gusto 68'
J. Jacquet for V. van Dijk 72'
R. Lavia 73'
A. Mac Allister for T. Nyoni 81'
A. Isak for R. Ngumoha 82'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Liverpool Liverpool 4-2-3-1 4-3-3 Chelsea Chelsea
25 Giorgi Mamardashvili
2 Joe Gomez 33 Ronald Araújo 4 Virgil van Dijk 21 Kostas Tsimikas
38 Ryan Gravenberch 42 Trey Nyoni
67 Lewis Koumas 53 James McConnell 73 Rio Ngumoha
18 Cody Gakpo
7 Pedro Neto 18 Danny Welbeck 17 Morgan Rogers
25 Moisés Caicedo 45 Roméo Lavia 14 Jordan Henderson
34 Josh Acheampong 5 Maxence Lacroix 3 Wesley Fofana 27 Malo Gusto
39 Mike Penders
Liverpool bench
  1. 9Alexander Isak
  2. 10Alexis Mac Allister
  3. 1Alisson
  4. 29Bradley Barcola
  5. 14Federico Chiesa
  6. 7Florian Wirtz
  7. 5Jérémy Jacquet
  8. 44Luke Chambers
  9. 3Wataru Endo
Chelsea bench
  1. 22Emmanuel Emegha
  2. 41Estêvão
  3. 23Geovany Quenda
  4. 6Levi Colwill
  5. 32Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli
  6. 2Marco Palestra
  7. 37Olutayo Subuloye
  8. 28Teddy Sharman-Lowe
  9. 4Valentín Barco

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
52%Possession48%
10Shots11
4Shots on target4
1Shots off target4
5Blocked shots3
8Shots inside box8
2Shots outside box3
113Attacks85
53Dangerous attacks42
7Corners5
1Offsides3
12Fouls9
2Yellow cards2
3Saves3
441Passes422
347Accurate passes334
12Free kicks12
14Throw-ins19
7Goal kicks7
1Penalties1
LiverpoolLiverpoolChelseaChelseaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Liverpool and Chelsea met in the EFL Cup on 28 October at Anfield. Final score — 2:1.

Liverpool have played 2 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses), won 2 matches in a row. Chelsea have played 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss).

Of the last 2 meetings Liverpool won 0, Chelsea won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 2:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Liverpool Liverpool last five Chelsea Chelsea
WW form L
2 Matches 1
2 — 0 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 1
5 — 2 Scored — conceded 1 — 2
3 Points per game 0
2.5 Goals scored per game 1
0 Clean sheets 0
0 Failed to score 0
unbeaten in 2 Current streak winless in 1

Liverpool at home: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 5—2, 3 points per match.

Chelsea away: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—2, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database
0 Liverpool wins 1 draw 1 Chelsea win goals 2:3 Liverpool — Chelsea
09/05/2026 Liverpool — Chelsea 1:1 Premier League
04/10/2025 Chelsea — Liverpool 2:1 Premier League