EFL Cup 1997-98 Facts & Trivia
The 1997-98 EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) was won by Chelsea. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
See the full EFL Cup 1997-98 bracket and results. Or read the FA Cup 1997-98 facts.
1. Chelsea — champions
Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 after extra time to win the EFL Cup.
2. Final scorers
Frank Sinclair and Roberto Di Matteo scored for Chelsea in the final.
3. Reading's cup run
Reading, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Quarter-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Frank Lampard's hat-trick
Frank Lampard scored a hat-trick for West Ham United in the Round of 16 (4-1 v Walsall) (6 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Nottingham Forest beat Doncaster Rovers 8-0 in the 1st Round.
6. 9-goal thriller
Stockport County 6-3 Mansfield Town was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 9 goals.
7. Chelsea's road to glory
Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers, Southampton, Ipswich Town, Arsenal and Middlesbrough on the way to the trophy — 5 ties won.
8. Sharpest shooters
Oxford United scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 15.
9. Middlesbrough fall short
Middlesbrough reached the final but finished runners-up.
10. The last four
The semi-finalists were Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Middlesbrough.
11. By the numbers
91 ties across 153 matches produced 460 goals in the EFL Cup this season.