Liverpool host Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday in the penultimate match of this season's EFL Cup, with a spot in the final on March 16 at London's Wembley Stadium on the line. Spurs

Follow live coverage as Liverpool face Tottenham Hotspur in the EFL cup. Liverpool are the reigning champions of the competition following an extra time victory over Chelsea at Wembley last term, Virgil van Dijk scoring the decisive goal to secure a record-extending tenth win of this domestic cup for the Reds.

Tottenham are not enjoying themselves at Anfield, with Ange Postecoglou's side a goal down and now seeing their injury woes continue. 10 minutes after falling behind, Richarlison hit the ground with a calf injury and had to be replaced, adding yet further to a lengthy injury list in north London and curtailing his own recovery from injury.

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.

Preview, team news, expected line-ups, TV channel, live streaming details and prediction for Liverpool vs Tottenham in the EFL Cup semi-finals.

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

Unexpectedly, Liverpool will enter their EFL Cup match with Tottenham trailing by a goal after the first leg but with home-field advantage to look to make up for that. Tottenham chase their first major trophy since winning the EFL Cup in 2008 and could be 90 minutes away from the final as these two meet in their semifinal second leg.