CARABAO CUP TUESDAY: We look ahead to Tuesday’s Carabao Cup Quarter Finals between LEICESTER v MAN CITY and MIDDLESBROUGH v BURTON ALBION with extended stats and recommended BETDAQ bets.
LEICESTER V MANCHESTER CITY
7.45pm The Carabao Cup Quarter Finals kick off on Tuesday night and we have an excellent fixture to start. The all-conquering Man City travel to take on Leicester and if the markets are anything to go by; an easy away win is expected! The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Leicester 9.6, Manchester City 1.37 and the draw is 5.9. Looking at the way that City have been playing lately, it’s hard to see anything but a City win here – Leicester have had an up and down season and come into this fixture without a win in three games.
We had this fixture at this stage last season though and Leicester managed to hold City to a draw – only to exit on penalties. City actually have a fantastic record when they get to this stage of the competition and it’s hard to see Guardiola not fielding a very strong side – they haven’t been eliminated at the Quarter Final stage since 2007-08! We expect a bloodless City win here, especially as Leicester have been struggling recently, and we like City to win Both Halves at 3.1 – that looks cracking value considering the amount of goals they have been scoring this season.
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Manchester City to win Both Halves at 3.1.
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- Leicester City have been eliminated from all four of their previous League Cup meetings with Manchester City, including a penalty shootout defeat in this round last season.
- Manchester City have gone on two win the League Cup the last two times they’ve faced Leicester in the League Cup – knocking them out at the quarter-final stage in both 2013-14 and 2017-18.
- This is only the second time Leicester have faced the holders of the League Cup, with the Foxes losing 3-4 against Chelsea in the 2007-08 campaign.
- Leicester are looking to reach the League Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1999-00, when they went on to win the competition.
- Manchester City haven’t been eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the League Cup since 2007-08, when they lost to eventual winners Spurs. They’ve progressed the last five times they’ve reached this stage.
- Leicester are yet to concede a goal in this season’s League Cup.
- Leicester’s last two League Cup games have been decided on penalties – only Liverpool and Stoke in 2015-16 and Cardiff in 2011-12 have had three games go to penalties in a single edition of the competition.
- Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho has been involved in seven goals in his nine League Cup matches with Leicester and Man City combined (4 goals, 3 assists).
MIDDLESBROUGH V BURTON ALBION
7.45pm Leicester v Manchester City might be the live Sky Sports game and the game that most casuals will be interested in; however this is a huge fixture for both sides! What an opportunity they have here to get to a Cup semi-final, especially considering the other sides they could have got in the draw – they are the only non Premier League sides left. Middlesbrough are heavy favourites with the match odds at the time of writing currently trading; Middlesbrough 1.43, Burton Albion 9.6 and the draw is 5.0.
It’s fair to say that this Middlesbrough team aren’t the most exciting team to watch; however you can say that about most sides that Tony Pulis will take charge of. Burton have a terrible away record this season losing six of their ten away games in the league and while they will be massively up for this fixture; it’s hard to see them winning. Their best hope is more than likely a draw but we can’t see Middlesbrough scoring too many goals either – we expect a pretty cagey and boring affair here and under 2.5 goals looks value at 2.08; we feel it should be odds on.
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Under 2.5 goals at 2.08.
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- Middlesbrough won their only previous League Cup meeting with Burton, coming from behind to win 2-1 in extra-time in August 2015 thanks to a Cristhian Stuani brace.
- Burton’s only previous away game against Middlesbrough ended in a 0-2 defeat, in a Championship match in August 2017.
- Middlesbrough are looking to reach the League Cup semi-finals for the first time since 2003-04, when they went on to win the trophy under Steve McClaren.
- This is the furthest Burton Albion have got in the League Cup – they’re looking to become the first team from the third tier or lower to reach the semi-finals of the competition since Sheffield United in 2014-15.
- Middlesbrough have progressed from seven of their last eight League Cup matches against sides from a lower division, losing only against Fulham as a Premier League side in August 2016.
- Burton have beaten higher ranked opposition in three of their four League Cup ties this season, beating the Championship’s Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest in rounds two and four respectively, and Premier League Burnley in round three.
- No player has scored more League Cup goals this season than Middlesbrough’s Ashley Fletcher (3).
- Liam Boyce has had a hand in three goals in this three League Cup starts for Burton (2 goals, 1 assist).
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