What channel is Liverpool vs Leicester City? Kick-off time, TV and live stream details
Liverpool are hoping to forget about their Premier League woes when they host Leicester in the League Cup on Wednesday evening.
Jurgen Klopp's side failed to win at Tottenham on Sunday afternoon to slip three points behind champions Manchester City in the title race.
The German coach has never won the League Cup before, losing the 2016 final to City on penalties, but his Liverpool team have enjoyed convincing wins against Norwich and Preston in this season's tournament.
Leicester, meanwhile, are perhaps lucky to be participating in the quarter-finals - needing a shootout to overcome Premier League rivals Brighton in the previous round.
Brendan Rodgers' Foxes are a bit of a cup team, winning the FA Cup last term. They also have a great record in this competition, lifting the trophy in 1964, 1997 and 2000.
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Kick off is at 7:45pm on Wednesday.
The final three fixtures of the round will all take place at this time.
The draw for the semi-finals will be held straight after Wednesday evening's fixtures.
What channel is it on?The match between Liverpool and Leicester will not be televised in the UK.
Sky Sports have opted to televise the game between Tottenham and West Ham instead before the draw takes place.
Live radio commentary will be available on talkSPORT, with coverage beginning at 7pm.
Latest from odds from Grosvenor Sport:
- Liverpool 41/50
- Draw 14/5
- Leicester City 33/10
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Liverpool vs Leicester team newsVirgil van Dijk, Thiago, Fabinho and Curtis Jones will all miss the game for Liverpool after testing positive for Covid.
Andy Robertson is suspended after picking up a red card against Tottenham, while Harvey Elliott, Nat Phillips and Adrian all remain in the treatment room.
Jordan Henderson (cold) and Divock Origi (knee) are also doubts.
Caoimhin Kelleher is expected to be in goal for Liverpool after keeping clean sheets against Norwich and Preston.
"I think it has been a while now since [my] last game, so just looking forward to getting back out there – especially now a home game in front of the Liverpool fans," Kelleher told the club's website.
"It will be a special night for all of us. Obviously every competition we enter or we’re in, we’re in it to win it. We’re taking it very seriously.
"It’s a competition as well where, as you’ve seen over the years, youngsters get a chance and an opportunity to play.
"When they’re in and especially when I’m in, we take it as seriously as we can. We want to go all the way and try to win it. We’ve not won it for a few years so it would be nice to try to win it this year."
Leicester, meanwhile, are struggling with their own Covid crisis, as Jannik Vestergaard, Ayoze Perez, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ademola Lookman, Vontae Daley-Campbell and Filip Benkovic all returned positive tests last week.
Hamza Choudhury will also miss the game due to illness, while James Justin and Wesley Fofana both remain injured.
Jonny Evans and Caglar Soyuncu are doubts due to muscular problems.
"The confidence is here," Leicester midfielder Wilfried Ndidi told the club's website.
"When you think back to that amazing feeling of winning the FA Cup, it is something we have in our minds that we can achieve things together as a group.
"We’ve done it and it we can still do it. We’ve done it before and we can do it. It all depends on us to actually be at our best in every single game."
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