Home / Football / Carling Cup BettingScroll To Odds

Carling Cup Betting

The Carling Cup is contested by all teams from the four professional English football leagues. The competition is a straight knockout, much like the FA Cup, but the semi-finals are played over two legs. The winners can qualify for the Europa League, if they haven't already qualified for the Champions League via their Premier League finishing position.

Teams from the Championship, League One and League Two contest the Carling Cup from the outset and those Premier League teams who are not playing in European competition enter the Carling Cup at the second round. All teams then enter the competition at the third round stage. There are seven stages of the Carling Cup, including the final that is played at Wembley in February.

Many teams tend to rest players for their Carling Cup fixtures, to concentrate on their League matches, which makes betting on the Carling Cup very tricky. Last year's winners were Birmingham, who stunned Arsenal in the final.

Carling Cup 2010/11 Final

Result: Birmingham 2-1 Arsenal

Birmingham upset the odds to beat Arsenal at Wembley and win the Carling Cup for the first time since 1963. Giant striker Nikola Zigic had given the Blues a first half lead before Robin Van Persie levelled. Man of the match, Ben Foster, pulled off a number of saves to keep Birmingham in it before an Arsenal defensive blunder let in Obafemi Martins to score an 88th minute winner and pull off an unlikely win.

Carling Cup 2011/12

The 2011/12 Carling Cup is now at the semi-final stage, after Crystal Palace stunned Man Utd in the quarter-finals. There will now definitely be a Championship side in the final, although Man City are hot favourites in the betting, with the semi-final draw as follows:

Semi-Final Draw:

Liverpool (1) v Manchester City (0)
Cardiff (0) v Crystal Palace (1)

*First leg score in brackets.
(Ties to be played on the weeks commencing January 9th and January 23rd 2012)

Quarter-Final Results:

Arsenal 0 - 1 Man City
Chelsea 0 - 2 Liverpool
Cardiff 2 - 0 Blackburn
Man United 1 - 2 Crystal Palace

2011/12 Carling Cup Odds

Liverpool	1/6	1/7	1/6	1/7	1/6
Cardiff City	7/2	4	9/2	4	7/2

10 Latest Football Articles

	African Cup of Nations Final Odds Ivory Coast favourites to beat Zambia Ivory Coast Yet To Concede A Goal In The Tournament	10th Feb
	Aston Villa v Man City Odds Mancinis men favourites at Villa Park City Look To Maintain Title Bid In The Midlands	10th Feb
	Wolves v West Brom Betting Back a score draw in the Black Country derby Both Sides In Need Of Points Ahead Of Big Derby Match	10th Feb
	Blackpool v Portsmouth Betting In form Matt Phillips good odds to score first Home Side Odds On Favourites	10th Feb
	Tottenham v Newcastle Odds Double result looks a good bet at White Hart Lane Spurs Return Focus To Football Following Redknapp Rumours	9th Feb
	Everton v Chelsea Betting Tempting odds for a stalemate at Goodison Park Chelsea Need Points In The Battle For A Top Four Place	9th Feb
	Man Utd v Liverpool Odds Back Javier Hernandez to score last All Eyes On Luis Suarez And Patrice Evra At Old Trafford	9th Feb
	Next Tottenham Manager Odds Mourinho favourite to fill Redknapps shoes Tough Job For Spurs In Finding Redknapp Successor	9th Feb
	Middlesbrough v Sunderland Odds Black Cats evens favourites for cup replay In Form Sunderland Bid To Set Up Fifth Round Clash With Arsenal	7th Feb
	Mali v Ivory Coast Odds Didier Drogba heads the first scorer betting Ivory Coast Odds On Favourites To Reach The Final	7th Feb

Quick Links