Liverpool’s confirmed starting XI against Chelsea included Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Trey Nyoni, James McConnell and Lewis Koumas; Chelsea started Mike Penders, Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck. Liverpool won the Carabao Cup fourth-round tie 6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw at Anfield. The 28 October UK fixture began at 1:30 a.m. IST on 29 October for readers in India.

The team sheets mattered because Liverpool changed seven players from the side that beat Brighton, while Chelsea made four changes after their defeat by Tottenham. The selections below are the clubs’ confirmed lists. They replace the predicted teams circulated before kickoff and should be read alongside the completed result, not as advance team news for another Liverpool–Chelsea game.

Liverpool made 7 starting changes and used goalkeeper Mamardashvili; Chelsea made 4 and used Penders. Normal time 1–1; Liverpool won penalties 6–5. Kickoff 29 October 01:30 IST.
Original newsroom graphic from the official team sheets and match report. Normal-time and shootout scores are separate; no player photograph is used. View full-size graphic ↗

The two confirmed starting teams

Liverpool’s starters were Mamardashvili; Gomez, Van Dijk, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Araujo, Gravenberch, Nyoni, McConnell, Koumas and Ngumoha. This follows the club’s team-list order, not a claim about formation. Araujo, Gakpo, Gravenberch and Van Dijk were the four players retained from the Brighton match. The starting goalkeeper was Mamardashvili, with Alisson among the substitutes.

Chelsea’s starters were Penders; Acheampong, Lacroix, Fofana, Gusto, Caicedo, Lavia, Henderson, Neto, Welbeck and Rogers. Caicedo was captain. The announced bench was Sharman-Lowe, Palestra, Colwill, Subuloye, Barco, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao, Quenda and Emegha. The initial club notice made Emegha a potential debutant if introduced; it did not put him in the starting XI.

Who came on, and why the date differs in India

Liverpool’s bench was Alisson, Endo, Jacquet, Wirtz, Isak, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Barcola and Chambers. The official match report records Wirtz and Barcola replacing McConnell and Koumas in the 58th minute, Jacquet replacing Van Dijk in the 72nd, and Mac Allister and Isak replacing Nyoni and Ngumoha in the 82nd. These substitutions distinguish a player selected to start from one who influenced the game later.

Morgan Rogers and Cody Gakpo scored from penalties late in the first half, leaving the match level at 1–1. The teams then went straight to a shootout after normal time. Chelsea’s pre-match rules guide explained that this fourth-round tie had no extra time: the competition does not use it to settle ties until the semi-final second leg. The original 8 p.m. UK kickoff converts from GMT to 1:30 a.m. IST the following day, which is why Indian readers see a 29 October match time.

Gomez and Fofana settle the shootout

The shootout was still level after each side had scored five of its first seven kicks. Gomez then converted Liverpool’s eighth, and Fofana missed Chelsea’s eighth, giving Liverpool the 6–5 shootout win and a quarter-final place. That figure is separate from the 1–1 score in normal time; combining them would misstate the match result.

For a lineup search after the game, the useful record is therefore the confirmed starting teams, the actual substitutions and the two separate scores. The official team announcement and match report linked below provide those checks. Liverpool advanced, while a selection in this cup tie does not establish who will start the next league match. Follow the next fixture’s team announcement for that decision.

Sources & context

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