Aston Villa vs Liverpool Predictons: Carabao Cup Quarter Final

Aston Villa vs Liverpool predictions and betting tips for the Carabao Cup quarter-final tonight. Aston Villa are strong favourites because Liverpool’s first team are in Qatar for the FIFA World Club Cup, but can the young Reds side cause a shock? See our Carabao Cup predictions and betting tips below.

Kick-off time: 7.45pm.

Date: Tuesday 16th December 2019.

Competition: Carabao Cup.

Vanue: Villa Park.

 

Reasons for the Aston Villa vs Liverpool Predictions

• Liverpool are in sensational form but all of their first team players will be missing from this match, as will manager Jurgen Klopp.
• The first team are in Qatar ahead of the World Club Cup so the predicted starting line-up for Liverpool looks something like this: Kelleher; Hoever, Koumetio, Van den Berg, Larouci; Christie-Davies, Kane, Chirivella; Elliott, Brewster, Longstaff.
• Aston Villa are therefore strong favourites to win this match and it would be a surprise to see manager Dean Smith make any changes. They’ve got a great chance of getting to the semi-finals.

 

Aston Villa should not rest players

Even though Aston Villa will see this as a much easier tie than it might have been, Dean Smith should not rest any players for this match. Villa are lingering just outside the relegation zone in the Premier League having lost their last three matches now. The busy Christmas period might encourage Smith to rest some of his star names such as Jack Grealish but they won’t get a better chance to get to the semi-finals of a major competition than this.

 

Liverpool set to announce their youngest ever starting 11

With all the senior players in Qatar, this will be the youngest ever starting 11 to take to the field for Liverpool. Under 23 boss Neil Critchley will take charge of the players he spends a lot of time with. The most recognised player in the Liverpool under-23 side is Rhian Brewster but he is a doubt for the match with an injury. The only two other players with first-team experience are both in the first-team squad in Qatar so it will be a starting 11 of unknown quantities for the majority of observers tonight. With that in mind, Aston Villa should get past this side with ease, but as we seen in the 4-4 draw with Arsenal in the cup earlier this season, the Liverpool youngsters are not shy to attack. That opens up the chance to bet on the goals market for this fixture and over 3.5 goals is going to be one of the betting tips in this clash.

 

Expect an easy Aston Villa win

It is hard to predict anything but an Aston Villa victory in this match and the two sides should be a class apart. However, the Liverpool youngsters might get on the scoresheet against a Villa side who have been leaking goals. They’ve conceded 10 in their last four matches now and haven’t kept a clean sheet in the League Cup this season, including against lower league side Crewe. However, they did win that match 6-1 and have also picked up impressive wins against both Wolves and Brighton already. The last of my Aston Villa vs Liverpool predictions for this game is Aston Villa to win 3-1 and the odds for this are 9/1 with bet365.

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Aston Villa vs Liverpool Betting Tips

Jack Grealish to score anytime – 2/1.

Over 3.5 goals – 4/5.

Aston Villa to win 3-1 – 9/1.

 

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