Lineups, team news, confirmed starting sides in EFL Cup as Alexander-Arnold misses out

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Liverpool and Tottenham are about to renew acquaintances at the scene of one of the most entertaining Premier League games of the season.

The Reds won 6-3 when the teams met at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the top flight on December 8, and Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou may not be relishing another meeting with the league leaders for his depleted squad in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-finals.

Four of Postecoglou’s first-choice defenders are among the Australian’s absentees, while Liverpool manager Arne Slot also has decisions to make three days after his side shared a 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Anfield.

101GreatGoals.com has you covered for the line-ups, team news and confirmed starting sides for Tottenham vs Liverpool in the EFL Cup.

Tottenham lineup vs Liverpool

New £12.5 million signing Antonin Kinksy makes his debut in goal for Spurs after the 21-year-old joined from Sparta Prague on Sunday.

Forward Son Heung-min and midfielders Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma replace Timo Werner, Brennan Johnson and the suspended Pape Mate Sarr.

Tottenham starting XI: Kinksy; Pedro Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Spence; Bergvall, Bentancur, Bissouma; Kulusevski, Solanke, Son

Substitutes: Austin, Dorrington, Johnson, Lankshear, Moore, Olusesi, Reguilon, Werner, Yang Min-hyuk

Liverpool lineup vs Tottenham

Liverpool’s four changes include three in defence, where Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah and Kostas Tsimikas come in for Trent Alexander-Arnold – whose performance against United was criticised, with speculation continuing to link the wideman to Real Madrid – Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson.

Diogo Jota replaces Luis Diaz in attack, and midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai remains out after missing Sunday’s game through illness.

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson; Bradley, Quansah, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Jones, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Jota, Gakpo

Substitutes: Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Diaz, Nunez, Chiesa, Elliott, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold

Tottenham vs Liverpool latest

Liverpool are the EFL Cup holders and warm favourites to retain the trophy, which would give Slot his first title since arriving from Feyenoord before the start of the season.

The 10-time champions of the competition won at home to West Ham and away to Brighton & Hove Albion and Southampton to reach this stage, coming as part of a 22-match unbeaten run since their Premier League defeat at home to Nottingham Forest on September 14.

Spurs’ fourth EFL Cup title, in 2007/08, is also their most recent trophy, and Postecoglou has publicly highlighted his track record of winning silverware during his second seasons at clubs.

Twelfth in the Premier League, Tottenham won by a goal at second-tier Coventry City and at home to Manchester City and Manchester United to reach the final four.

The second leg will take place at Anfield on February 6 (8pm GMT), with extra time if the aggregate score finishes level, no away-goals rule and penalties if required.

The final will be held at Wembley Stadium on March 16.




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