The Chelsea Blues and Liverpool Reds are playing live on the Capital One Cup schedule on Tuesday and the matchup from Stamford Bridge starts at 2:45 pm ET streaming on beIN Sport for Jose Mourinho's side and the game is a big one after the FA Cup defeat at home and this will have Diego Costa in action with Raheem Sterling and Steven Gerrard.
Chelsea comes into the match after a loss at home against Bradford City and that was tough after the team went up 2-0 to start. The comeback was an embarrassing loss at home and that was in the FA Cup Fourth Round and now the team takes on Liverpool. The last match was at Anfield and now the series shifts to Stamford Bridge. Mourinho is ready to put a full squad up, as John Terry, Diego Costa, Branislav Ivanovic and Nemanja Matic will be playing.
The match is Leg 2 and the aggregate score is 1-1 and that makes this matchup a big one for Chelsea, as they just suffered a tough loss at home. Chelsea has taken care of business for the most part all season and now they are looking to get back on track. The team comes in at first in the English Premier League this season and they have been the most consistent team in the EPL this year. The club is still alive for this trophy and they are in the Champions League Round of 16 after finishing in the top three of the EPL last year.
Daniel Sturridge may have the chance to play, while Mario Balotelli needs to get things going for Liverpool after coming over from Roma. Steven Gerrard and Martin Skrtel could be in after being rested over the weekend by Brendan Rodgers and this should be a good matchup of EPL sides in the Cap One Cup. Liverpool has played well at Stamford Bridge in the past and this weekend against Bradford was the first loss for Chelsea at home in league and cup games in the last 17. The Reds have not won in the last three visits to Chelsea and that came after three wins at Stamford Bridge in the previous three matchups. The Reds need to keep things going if they want any chance of getting into the top four.
Chelsea has won the League Cup four times and lost in the semis two years ago and that came after wins in 2005 and 2007 with Mourinho at the helm. Chelsea is looking to get through and Liverpool comes in playing well on the road, winning five in a row away from Anfield. Liverpool has won the trophy eight ties and now they get another chance to play a top team in Chelsea.
Coming up Chelsea plays against Manchester City and that will be the marquee matchup next week, then the team plays Aston Villa and Everton. Chelsea takes on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League after that and then the team plays against Burnley and Leicester City before a matchup with West Ham.