Liverpool and Swansea City are playing live on the Capital One Cup Football League Cup schedule on Tuesday and the match is live from Anfield at 4 pm ET as the Reds host the Swans and the matchup is streaming online from beIN Sport and the match between Premier League teams could see Brendan Rodgers use Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert after the draw over the weekend with Hull.
Liverpool comes into the weekend at seventh on the league table in the Premier League and now they have a midweek match in the Capital One Cup. The team is looking to win some hardware this year and they have been up and down so far in the EPL. Losing Luis Suarez had changed things quite a bit for the team and while they have Mario Balotelli in, things have not gone quite as well as they did last year.
Liverpool was the top scoring team with Man City last season and Suarez was the leading scorer in the EPL and now they have a one goal differential. The team needs to get things going and they are tied in a group with Swansea and Arsenal coming into the games next weekend. Swansea comes in playing well and they are right there with Liverpool in the league standings and they are tied on points right now and this is a good chance for the clubs to matchup with each other outside of EPL play and this is the fourth round for the Cup.
The two teams come in and last played in the League Cup back in 2012 and that was a win for the Swans and now they catch Liverpool when they are not quite where they were last year. Liverpool is looking to get things together and Swansea comes in after putting aside Everton and they could put away their neighbor with this matchup and the two teams come in after games this weekend in the EPL.
Liverpool ended up with a scoreless draw against Hull and while that was a strong defensive performance, Rodgers was frustrated at the lack of scoring once again. The team has also had issues keeping teams from scoring, as they have a one goal differential this year. Swansea boss Garry Monk said that the team is taking the Cup seriously and this matchup is a big one and they have to travel to Anfield for it.
Anfield is not the most forgiving place to the Swans and the team comes in having won just two of the last 19 times they have visited. The team last won was in this stage at the League Cup and they ended up winning that year and they are hoping for a repeat. Liverpool had a wild shootout with Middlesbrough that saw nearly everyone score and now the team is trying to beat their own history, as they have not won against another EPL team in League Cup play at home since back in 2006.
