EFL Cup 2023-24 Facts & Trivia
The 2023-24 EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) was won by Liverpool. 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.
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1. Liverpool — champions
Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 after extra time to win the EFL Cup.
2. Final scorer
Virgil van Dijk scored for Liverpool in the final.
3. Middlesbrough's cup run
Middlesbrough, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Semi-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Jean-Philippe Mateta's hat-trick
Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a hat-trick for Crystal Palace in the 2nd Round (2-4 v Plymouth Argyle).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Blackburn Rovers beat Harrogate Town 8-0 in the 2nd Round.
6. 7-goal thriller
Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Walsall was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 7 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Salford City and Leeds United needed 17 penalties to settle their 2nd Round tie (9-8 on spot-kicks after 1-1).
8. Liverpool's road to glory
Liverpool beat Leicester City, Bournemouth, West Ham United, Fulham and Chelsea on the way to the trophy — 5 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Blackburn Rovers scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 17.
10. Chelsea fall short
Chelsea reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Middlesbrough, Chelsea, Liverpool and Fulham.
12. By the numbers
91 ties across 93 matches produced 274 goals in the EFL Cup this season.