Liverpool are the most successful team in the history of the League Cup, and Lincoln one of the least successful.

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Overview:

* This is Liverpool’s 55th season in the League Cup – they only entered five times before entry became mandatory in 1971.

* This is Lincoln’s 54th season in the League Cup, missing only the seven non-league seasons.

Best League Cup runs:

* Liverpool have reached the final twelve times (a record), winning eight times (also a record).

* Lincoln have reached the fourth round only once, in 1967-68 when they also set the club’s record attendance against Derby (23,196).

Complete League Cup records:

* Liverpool: P238 W142 D44 L52 F474 A238 WR59.6%.

* Lincoln: P138 W45 D31 L61 F205 A234 WR32.6%.

League Cup Giantkillings:

* Liverpool have been knocked out by teams from the bottom two divisions on two occasions:
3/12/1991 R4 Peterborough United (tier three) A 0-1
22/9/2010 R3 Northampton Town (tier four) H 2-2 (lost 2-4 on penalties).

* Lincoln have knocked out clubs from the top flight on three occasions:
13/9/1967 R2 Newcastle United (H) 2-1
10/9/1975 R2 Stoke City (H) 2-1
27/10/1982 R2 Notts County 4-3 on aggregate.
Lincoln also beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in the second round first leg in 1994-95, eventually losing 1-3 on aggregate; and Spurs 2-1 in the second round second leg in 1983-84, losing 3-4 on aggregate.

Record League Cup scorers:

* Ian Rush is Liverpool’s leading scorer in the League Cup with a colossal 48.

* George Shipley holds Lincoln’s scoring record with 8; Phil Hubbard and Tony Cunningham are joint second on 6 each.

Record League Cup victories:

* Liverpool jointly hold the record victory in the competition with their 10-0 win over Fulham on 23/9/1986.

* Lincoln’s record win is 5-0 against Hull City on 9/8/1980, and again against Bradford City last week.

Form this season:

Liverpool: P3 W2 D0 L1 F7 A4 (one defeat on penalties)

Lincoln: P5 W5 D0 L0 F12 A3 (one victory on penalties)

Leading scorers this season::

Liverpool (7):
3: Salah
2: Mané
1: Minamino, Van Dijk

Lincoln (12):
2: Hopper, Montsma, Scully
1: Anderson, Grant, Jackson, Jones, Morton, OG

Writer: Scotimp

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Liverpool are the most successful team in the history of the League Cup, and Lincoln one of the least successful.

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