Carabao Cup Semi-Final Draw: Liverpool And Chelsea Kept Apart

Liverpool will face Fulham in the semi-finals of the 2023/24 Carabao Cup. This season's other EFL Cup semi-final will see Chelsea take on Middlesbrough.

Robert Summerscales | Dec 20, 2023

Carabao Cup Semi-Final Draw: Liverpool And Chelsea Kept Apart /

Liverpool will face Fulham in the semi-finals of the 2023/24 Carabao Cup.

This season's other semi-final will see Chelsea take on Middlesbrough.

The draw took place on Wednesday evening shortly after Liverpool had booked their spot in the last four by thrashing West Ham United 5-1 at Anfield.

Chelsea and Fulham both won their quarter-finals via penalty shootouts on Tuesday, knocking out Newcastle and Everton respectively.

Middlesbrough are the only non-EPL team left in the competition.

Boro beat Port Vale in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, having seen off Exeter, Bradford, Bolton and Huddersfield earlier in the tournament.

Each semi-final will be two-legged. The first legs will take place in the week commencing January 8. The second legs will then be held on January 23 and 24.

After being kept apart in Wednesday's draw, Chelsea and Liverpool could meet in this year's final at Wembley Stadium on February 25.

Liverpool beat Chelsea in a penalty shootout in the 2022 EFL Cup final.

Carabao Cup Semi-Final Draw

Middlesbrough vs Chelsea
Liverpool vs Fulham

The EFL Cup trophy pictured on display in August 2022 — The draw for the EFL Cup semi-finals took place on Wednesday evening :: IMAGO/PA Images/Isaac Parkin

Published Dec 20, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.