“Manchester City” and “Liverpool” will determine the last participant in the 1/4 finals of the League Cup.

So far, Argentina continues to celebrate the victory of the “Albiceleste” at the 2022 World Cup, and big club football is already returning to Europe.

On Thursday, December 22, as part of the 1/8 finals of the League Cup, the battle of the giants of English football will take place – “Manchester City” will play against “Liverpool”.

The match will be held at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. Referee David Coote will officiate.

“Manchester City” sent 16 football players to the 2022 World Cup, the most among English clubs. Not all of them have returned to the team location yet, and many of those who have returned are not in optimal form. In particular, Julián Alvarez, who won against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final and received additional rest, will not play in the match against Liverpool.

Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Calvin Phillips will be in the starting line-up of the England team in Man City. But Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan are ready to play with “Liverpool”, as their teams sensationally left the World Cup at the group stage.

The personnel situation at “Liverpool” is a little better. Among the top 6 teams of the Premier League, the “Reds” sent the least number of football players to the 2022 World Cup – seven. In addition, the pause in the championship allowed Keita and Matip to recover.

It should be noted that the team’s main stars Erling Holland and Mohammed Salah missed the 2022 World Cup and want to play. It will be interesting to see how the teams return to action after a month-long World Cup hiatus.

Manchester City – Liverpool: prediction

Despite personnel problems, bookmakers consider Pep Guardiola’s team to be the favorites for this confrontation. Yes, the victory of “Manchester City” is estimated with a coefficient of 1.72. But you can bet on the victory of “Liverpool” with the coefficient – 4.40. Odds for a draw are 4.10.

You can bet on the passage of the “citizens” to the quarterfinals with a coefficient of 1.39, and on Jurgen Klopp’s team – 3.00.

Bookmakers consider Manchester City to win 2:1 or draw 1:1 as the most likely score in regular time. The odds for such results are 8.80.

Manchester City – Liverpool: broadcast

The match “Manchester City” – “Liverpool” can be watched live in Ukraine on the Setanta Sports channel.

The broadcast starts at 22:00 Kyiv time.

We would like to add that seven matches have already been played in the 1/8 finals of the English League Cup. “Wolverhampton”, “Southampton”, “Nottingham”, “Manchester United”, “Leicester” and “Charlton” reached the 1/4 finals.