Carling Cup: Semi-Final Betting

It’s crunch time as we’ll learn which two sides will battle out the Carling Cup Final over the next 48 hours.

First up on Tuesday, Crystal Palace take a precarious 1-0 lead to the Cardiff City Stadium. The hosts are 3/4 (WilliamHill) to win over 90 minutes, but the draw would see the Eagles through at 13/5 (Skybet). The visitors are 9/2 (BetVictor) to secure another 90-minute triumph and reach Wembley in style. But that seems unlikely with the bookies seeing the tie on an absolute knife-edge. Cardiff are evens (PaddyPower) to qualify with Palace the narrowest of favourites at 10/11 (StanJames).

On Wednesday attention turns to the big guns of the Premier League as Manchester City try to pull back a 1-0 deficit at Anfield. Liverpool will reach the final with either a home victory (7/4 WilliamHill) or a draw (23/10 Betfred). Mancini’s table-toppers are 9/5 (WilliamHill) to set the cat among the pigeons by winning in 90-minutes. The Reds are expected to finish the job though; Dalglish’s side are 4/9 (BetVictor) to qualify with City at 2/1 (Bet365).

In the overall betting the top flight continues to dominate with Liverpool a best price of 4/6 (SkyBet) to lift the first major domestic trophy of the season. Man City are 5/2 (Boylesports), with Palace 10/1 (Coral) and Cardiff 11/1 (Sportingbet).