Salah will rest, this is Liverpool's starting lineup to face Leicester City

Liverpool will begin their Carabao Cup campaign on Wednesday. The Reds have had a good start to the Premier League season, with five wins and a draw, and are second in the standings, just two points behind leaders Manchester City. In addition, in UEFA Europa League they debuted with a 3-1 victory against LASK in Austria and lead group E.

Now they will have the challenge of repeating those good performances in a new tournament, beating Leicester City at Anfield Road and advancing to the round of 16. Despite being in England's second division, their opponents are a tough team. In the first 8 Championship matches, The Foxes have 7 wins and only one defeat, and are leaders in the standings.

For Wednesday's game, coach Jurgen Klopp decided to do something similar to what he did in Austria against LASK: he will rest most of the team's stars and give the chance to play to players who have been substitutes lately. That is why players like Mohamed Salah, Virgil Van Dijk, Alexis MacAllister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez are not in the team.

Liverpool's starting lineup will be: Caoimhin Kelleher; Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konaté, Jarell Quansah, Konstantinos Tsimikas; Ryan Gravenberch, Wataru Endo, Harvey Elliot; Ben Doak, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota. Substitutes will be Adrian, Luke Chambers, Joel Matip, Virgil Van Dijk, Alexis MacAllister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Stefan Bajcetic, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez.

Can they make it?

Leicester City were relegated to the second division last season. Now they are aiming to return to the Premier League as quickly as possible and that is why their priority is to become Championship winners. However, this Wednesday they will have the opportunity to get an important victory against Liverpool. Coach Enzo Maresaca decided that the XI will be: Jakub Stolarczyk; Ricardo Pereira, Harry Souttar, Conor Coady, James Justin; Yunus Akgun, Hamza Choudhury, Cesare Casadie; Marc Albrighton, Kelechi Iheanacho, Kasey McAteer.