Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012
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Re: Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012liverpool should win, they will be hungry for a trophy, and i predict a rout, but won't rule out cardiff
but go liverpoooolll
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Re: Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012Arsenal were desperate for a trophy last year, and the pressure got to them.(Original post by hasan4life)
liverpool should win, they will be hungry for a trophy, and i predict a rout, but won't rule out cardiff
but go liverpoooolll
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Re: Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012Cardiff will be as hungry for a trophy. ....(Original post by hasan4life)
liverpool should win, they will be hungry for a trophy, and i predict a rout, but won't rule out cardiff
but go liverpoooolll
But still, expect a Liverpool win. 2-0. Own goal and Bellamy. -
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Re: Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012True that.(Original post by -Someone-Like-You-)
Arsenal were desperate for a trophy last year, and the pressure got to them.
Hilarious how fast their end of the stadium emptied. And a credit to the architect. -
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Re: Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012Some updates/preview/match-facts from the BBC website:
Spoiler:ShowCARLING CUP FINAL
Venue: Wembley Stadium Date: Sunday 26 February
Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC One HD and online from 1500 GMT; listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Merseyside; live text commentary on BBC Sport website; highlights on BBC One and online from 2305 GMT
TEAM NEWS
Cardiff goalkeeper Tom Heaton has overcome an ankle problem and is set to play in Sunday's Carling Cup final ahead of regular keeper David Marshall.
Captain Mark Hudson will have a fitness test on a calf problem, while Stephen McPhail is also a doubt with an immune system disorder.
Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy is available to face his former club after an injection to ease a back problem.
Daniel Agger is also set to return, having been rested in the FA Cup.
MATCH PREVIEW
You have to go back to the 1996 FA Cup final - infamous white suits and all - for Liverpool's last visit to Wembley. The current side know that Sunday represents an opportunity to leave a lasting impression for more positive reasons.
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Savage Says - Carling Cup final
Everyone at the club would certainly welcome that, given the controversy that has enveloped them for months as a result of Luis Suarez's indiscretions.
The Suarez fall-out may arguably have damaged the Reds' reputation in the short term but it has also enabled Kenny Dalglish to build a siege mentality within his squad. That may work in Liverpool's favour as they look to win their first silverware since the FA Cup in 2006.
Dalglish has taken the League Cup seriously all season, fielding strong teams in every round, and his side have beaten three Premier League teams to get this far.
Dalglish himself was part of the Liverpool team that won the first four of their record seven League Cup victories in successive years between 1981 and 1984.
The new Wembley Stadium is nothing new to Cardiff City and the club's supporters - this is their fourth visit in five seasons.
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Anthony Gerrard on competing with Liverpool cousin Steven
Only Kevin McNaughton, Stephen McPhail and Peter Whittingham remain from the side that were beaten by Portsmouth in the 2008 FA Cup final and who also overcame Barnsley in a Wembley semi-final - their only victory to date under at England's new national stadium.
Cardiff manager Malky Mackay may not have experienced a major cup final before but he did achieve a hat-trick of promotions through the play-offs as a player so knows what it takes to win a one-off big game.
He was rewarded in midweek for a fine first season at the club with a new contract that runs until 2016.
The one guarantee from the 2012 League Cup is that a Gerrard will get his hands on the trophy, but which one will climb the 107 steps to Wembley's Royal Box as a winner: Reds captain Steve, or cousin Anthony, the Cardiff defender?
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
The two clubs have only met once before in the League Cup: Liverpool ran out 2-1 winners in a fourth-round tie at Anfield in October 2007.
Cardiff have won twice as many games as Liverpool in this fixture (18 wins to nine), with two matches drawn.
Their 29 previous encounters have yielded 95 goals - an average of 3.2 goals per game. There has never been a goalless draw between the two clubs.
Cardiff
Cardiff, appearing in their first League Cup final, have become the 16th club from outside the top flight to reach the final, and the first since Birmingham in 2001, who incidentally were beaten by Liverpool.
City's Carling Cup adventure has so far lasted 750 minutes, with four of their seven matches going to extra-time. Two of their victories came courtesy of penalty shoot-outs.
The Bluebirds have beaten one Premier League side, three from the Championship, one from League One and one from League Two to reach the final.
Malky Mackay's men are yet to win outside Wales in 2012 - a run of six matches in all competitions.
Liverpool
Liverpool are the most successful club in League Cup history, having won it seven times (latterly in 2003) and finished runners-up three times.
The Reds have triumphed over lower division opposition in the League Cup final on three occasions: West Ham (1981), Bolton (1995) and Birmingham (2001).
Kenny Dalglish's men have overcome three Premier League clubs, one Championship side and a League One outfit to reach Wembley this season.
Liverpool have found the net in each of their last 11 Carling Cup outings. Their 2-0 quarter-final defeat by Chelsea in 2007 is the only time the Reds have failed to score in 44 League Cup matches.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Cardiff
Miller: 10 goals (1 in League Cup); Whittingham: 10 goals (1 in League Cup)
Liverpool
Suarez: 10 goals (3 in League Cup); Bellamy: 9 goals (3 in League Cup)
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Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Assistant referees: Simon Beck and Mick McDonough
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Re: Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012true lol, but this is liverpool, we thrive on finals, we are quite successful, plus we have experienced players who can hack the pressure unlike arsenal(Original post by -Someone-Like-You-)
Arsenal were desperate for a trophy last year, and the pressure got to them.
like the west ham fa cup and the legend match, against ac milan too 
true, but i meant liverpool have a stronger team on paper, so if liverpool do perform to full potentiol they should win(Original post by Kevmeister)
Cardiff will be as hungry for a trophy. ....
But still, expect a Liverpool win. 2-0. Own goal and Bellamy.
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Re: Carling Cup Final: Cardiff City vs Liverpool Predictions & Discussion! 26/02/2012I hate how all the pundits say "The only place to be in modern day football is the Champions League". It's cup final day for christs sake, can we talk it up rather than bleat on about that over-rated european competition which is Barcelona's to lose every year!
Hope we get an entertaining game and not a bore fest.
