League Cup Winners Odds

Following the conclusion of the League Cup’s First Round, we have taken a look at all of the outright winners’ odds for the competition now that Premier League sides have entered the fold.

Manchester City are the favourites to win the Carabao Cup, having managed to emerge victorious in this competition four times since Pep Guardiola took charge as manager at the start of the 2016/17 season. The Sky Blues have won this competition eight times in all, with six of these coming under their Abu Dhabi ownership.

Last season, City suffered a shock 2-0 loss to Southampton who were managed by Nathan Jones which arguably cost them a good shot at the quadruple - can the Cityzens add this trophy to their haul during the 2023/24 season?

Manchester United are the current holders of this competition following their 2-0 victory over Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium last February.

The Red Devils will be keen to add to their trophy win last year, which was their first under Erik ten Hag and in the process ended their six-year trophy drought. In total, United have won this competition on six separate occasions with their first of these trophy wins coming in the 1991/92 season.

Chelsea will start this season’s competition in the Second Round due to their dismal 2022/23 campaign that saw them finish outside of the European football qualification places

Mauricio Pochettino’s men have been drawn to play against AFC Wimbledon at Stamford Bridge in the second round of the Carabao Cup this season.

Notably, Chelsea finished as runners-up in 2021/22 to Liverpool, while the Blues have won this competition five times, with their last success coming in 2015/16 when they ironically beat a Tottenham Hotspur side managed by Pochettino.

Liverpool are the record winners of this competition, having managed to lift the League Cup on nine separate occasions, with the list time being in the 2021/22 season at the expense of Chelsea.

Under Jurgen Klopp, the Reds have made the final of this competition twice, doing so in 2016 and 2022, only winning the latter edition following a penalty shootout in the former to Manchester City.

Of late, Klopp has tended to take cup competitions a lot more seriously, perhaps due to the fact that he now has a bigger squad at his disposal than when he first joined the Anfield club. Could Liverpool make it 10 League Cups during the 2023/24 season?

Newcastle United were last season’s runners-up in this competition having lost 2-0 in the final to Manchester United, however, this was only part of the impressive body of work that Eddie Howe has achieved since moving to the Tyneside club back in November 2021.

Last season, the Magpies managed a fourth-place finish in the Premier League and have since gone on to add the likes of Sandro Tonali, Harvey Barnes and Tino Livramento to their squad in a bid to try and end their trophy drought which stretches all the way back to the 1968/69 season.

Can Newcastle win the League Cup for the first time in their history?

Mikel Arteta will be keen to see his Arsenal side add some more domestic honours to their name following the Gunners’ Community Shield win over Manchester City.

The Spaniard has overseen two major honours since becoming Arsenal manager back in December 2019 having also managed the Gunners to the FA Cup in 2020.

Having built up an impressive squad that has a lot more depth since the acquisitions of the likes of Jurrien Timber, Declan Rice and Kai Havertz, surely Arsenal will aim to add what would be their third League Cup crown.

The League Cup was the last trophy that Tottenham Hotspur managed to win as a club, doing so all the way back in the 2007/08 season against Chelsea at Wembley Stadium under Juande Ramos.

Ange Postecoglou will hope to be the man that can guide Tottenham to their first trophy in what will be 16 years by the time the new year comes, having managed to win 21 trophies in his managerial career with the likes of South Melbourne, Brisbane Roar, Yokohama Marinos, Celtic and Australia at both youth and senior level.

Spurs have won this competition four times and have been drawn to play Fulham at Craven Cottage in the second round.

Brighton & Hove Albion Odds: 16/1

Aston Villa Odds: 20/1

West Ham United Odds: 20/1

Brentford Odds: 25/1

Crystal Palace Odds: 33/1

Everton Odds: 33/1

Wolverhampton Wanderers Odds: 33/1

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