In a lot of ways, it would be easy to write off Tottenham Hotspur. Between their seemingly never-ending injury crisis and an impressive ability to drop points from winning positions, their 14th-place standing in the Premier League means they embody the underdog more than they usually would against Liverpool on Thursday.

Liverpool dominated the reverse leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on January 8, but lost 1-0 thanks to a late goal from Lucas Bergvall, giving Spurs the advantage at the halfway stage

The EFL Cup final coincides with the weekend of Gameweek 29 in FPL, which means that the two finalists will have their matches removed from that round of fixtures and therefore have a Blank Gameweek 29 (BGW29).