Like it or not, football is game of numbers and statistics. 11 players take on another 11 players over 90 minutes with the team that scores the most goals securing three points.
Although cup football is slightly different in the fact that points are substituted for a spot in the next round, numbers are still at the heart of the game. So, here are a few important figures in regard to the Capital One Cup.
1 – Tottenham were the first ever team to lift the League Cup at the new Wembley Stadium.
2 – Manchester City and Arsenal have won the competition twice.
4 – The number of times Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest have lifted the trophy.
4 – The highest scoring player left in the tournament is Burnley’s Danny Ings with four goals.
5 – Ian Rush has the most League Cup medals of any player with seven.
5 – The record for the most goals scored in a League Cup final is held by Swansea, who beat Bradford 5-0 in 2013.
5 – Arsenal are the tournament’s most defeated finalists, with five losses.
5 – This year’s leading scorer is Peterborough’s Lee Tomlin with five goals.
6 – The number of finals that have been contested in the new Wembley Stadium.
7 – The Millennium Stadium held seven League Cup finals between 2001-2007.
8 – The tournament’s most successful side, Liverpool, have won the competition eight times.
11 – The most appearances in the final by a single team – held by Liverpool.
12 – The most goals in a single League Cup game, Reading 5 – 7 Arsenal in 2012.
15 – Ashley Chambers is the youngest ever player to play in the League Cup at 15-years-of-age.
17 – Norman Whiteside holds the record of the tournament’s youngest ever scorer after netting in 1983 at 17-years-of-age,
49 – Ian Rush and Geoff Hurst hold the record for highest goal tally in League Cup history with 49 apiece.
92 – The first time all 92 Football League side’s entered the competition was during the 1969/70 season.
100 – Wolves, Swindon, Oxford, Blackburn and Swansea are the only sides with a 100% record in the League Cup final.
253 – The number of goals scored (excluding penalty shootouts) so far in the 2013/14 Capital One Cup
82,597 – The number of fans who saw Swansea beat Bradford in last year’s Capital One Cup Final.
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