When is the 2024/25 Carabao Cup final? Date, kick-off time and how to follow as Newcastle take on Liverpool at Wembley
The Carabao Cup final will be taking place later than usual this season as Newcastle take on Liverpool at Wembley. The Reds beat Chelsea in last year’s showpiece clash to get their hands on the trophy and now they’re aiming to go all the way again. Newcastle knocked out Arsenal with ease to reach the finalGetty The Reds overturned a one-goal deficit to smash Tottenham 4-1 in their semi-final. Arne Slot’s men will now take on Newcastle who cruised past Arsenal in the final four, beating them 2-0 in both legs of their clash. Eddie Howe has led the Magpies to two Carabao Cup finals in three years, and he’ll be hoping for a different outcome this time. When is the Carabao Cup final? The 2024/25 Carabao Cup final is set to take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, March 16. This is a later date than unusual for the showpiece clash of this competition. It is typically played in February, but this season, it has been pushed back to March. A kick-off time is yet to be confirmed, but last year’s game started at 3pm so it is expected to be at the same time this year. talkSPORT will have live commentary of the final – more info will follow in due course. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. The action will also be broadcast live on TV on Sky Sports. GettyTeams will be competing to get their hands on this trophy[/caption] Carabao Cup winners Winners over the last decade Chelsea – 2015 Manchester City – 2016 Manchester United – 2017 Manchester City – 2018 Manchester City – 2019 Manchester City – 2020 Manchester City – 2021 Liverpool – 2022 Manchester United -2023 Liverpool – 2024 Carabao Cup: Route to final Newcastle Round 2 – Beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 on penalties following 1-1 draw Round 3 – Beat Wimbledon 1-0 Round 4 – Beat Chelsea 2-0 Quarter-final – Beat Brentford 3-1 Semi-final – Beat Arsenal 4-0 on aggregate Liverpool Round 3 – Beat West Ham 5-1 Round 4 – Beat Brighton 3-2 Quarter-final – Beat Southampton 2-1 Semi-final – Beat Tottenham 4-1 on aggregate Carabao Cup Final: What has been said? Newcastle manager Eddie Howe: “I’m really pleased. “We had a really long wait between the semi-final ties, a long time to think about our lead and had a lot of discussions but I am just delighted with the way we played. I’m delighted with how we handled the occasion and managed the performance, so pleased to be through to the final. “We wanted to be ourselves. Attack, press high, everything we always want to do, we tried to do and implement it. Arsenal are a very hard team to press, there’s a lot of movement and rotations of players, but the players executed it excellently. I was really pleased with that aspect of our game. “We have come a long way since then [the 2023 final defeat to Manchester United] – the Champions League does that to you, it is so testing and unique. Naturally for the big games a lot of the players have been there before, and we are used to the quick turnarounds and work smarter. “There is a good feeling about the squad. We are tight on numbers but big on energy. I would love to think we can go to Wembley and perform better than we did previously.” Liverpool manager Arne Slot: “I think we had some big nights here already but yeah to reach a final should also be special, and that is what it is. So yeah in that perspective it has been the most special evening. “In Holland we only have one cup competition and that final is played at the end of the season so it is new experience but a nice one to have. “It is a special stadium for English people but also for Dutch people because we know the history of the stadium and final as well. “Very pleased to go there but we know we will face a very tough opponent. They are a very good team but they will face a very good team as well. “There are many games to be played. We were lucky, maybe not lucky, that we were already qualified after six games in the Champions League so we were still able to rotate. This is a league where you play the most games but you are only able to take 20 players. “If you play so many games you need more than 20 players. If a club like us should always have 20, 21, 22 first-team players and behind it we can take more academy players then a game like today would have been ideal “There is only one downside to reaching the final, it is playing Villa in midweek but being successful creates even more games. It is a positive and players get stronger in my opinion by playing games.”
The Carabao Cup final will be taking place later than usual this season as Newcastle take on Liverpool at Wembley.
The Reds beat Chelsea in last year’s showpiece clash to get their hands on the trophy and now they’re aiming to go all the way again.
The Reds overturned a one-goal deficit to smash Tottenham 4-1 in their semi-final.
Arne Slot’s men will now take on Newcastle who cruised past Arsenal in the final four, beating them 2-0 in both legs of their clash.
Eddie Howe has led the Magpies to two Carabao Cup finals in three years, and he’ll be hoping for a different outcome this time.
When is the Carabao Cup final?
The 2024/25 Carabao Cup final is set to take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, March 16.
This is a later date than unusual for the showpiece clash of this competition.
It is typically played in February, but this season, it has been pushed back to March.
A kick-off time is yet to be confirmed, but last year’s game started at 3pm so it is expected to be at the same time this year.
talkSPORT will have live commentary of the final – more info will follow in due course.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
The action will also be broadcast live on TV on Sky Sports.
Carabao Cup winners
Winners over the last decade
- Chelsea – 2015
- Manchester City – 2016
- Manchester United – 2017
- Manchester City – 2018
- Manchester City – 2019
- Manchester City – 2020
- Manchester City – 2021
- Liverpool – 2022
- Manchester United -2023
- Liverpool – 2024
Carabao Cup: Route to final
Newcastle
- Round 2 – Beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 on penalties following 1-1 draw
- Round 3 – Beat Wimbledon 1-0
- Round 4 – Beat Chelsea 2-0
- Quarter-final – Beat Brentford 3-1
- Semi-final – Beat Arsenal 4-0 on aggregate
Liverpool
- Round 3 – Beat West Ham 5-1
- Round 4 – Beat Brighton 3-2
- Quarter-final – Beat Southampton 2-1
- Semi-final – Beat Tottenham 4-1 on aggregate
Carabao Cup Final: What has been said?
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe: “I’m really pleased.
“We had a really long wait between the semi-final ties, a long time to think about our lead and had a lot of discussions but I am just delighted with the way we played. I’m delighted with how we handled the occasion and managed the performance, so pleased to be through to the final.
“We wanted to be ourselves. Attack, press high, everything we always want to do, we tried to do and implement it. Arsenal are a very hard team to press, there’s a lot of movement and rotations of players, but the players executed it excellently. I was really pleased with that aspect of our game.
“We have come a long way since then [the 2023 final defeat to Manchester United] – the Champions League does that to you, it is so testing and unique. Naturally for the big games a lot of the players have been there before, and we are used to the quick turnarounds and work smarter.
“There is a good feeling about the squad. We are tight on numbers but big on energy. I would love to think we can go to Wembley and perform better than we did previously.”
Liverpool manager Arne Slot: “I think we had some big nights here already but yeah to reach a final should also be special, and that is what it is. So yeah in that perspective it has been the most special evening.
“In Holland we only have one cup competition and that final is played at the end of the season so it is new experience but a nice one to have.
“It is a special stadium for English people but also for Dutch people because we know the history of the stadium and final as well.
“Very pleased to go there but we know we will face a very tough opponent. They are a very good team but they will face a very good team as well.
“There are many games to be played. We were lucky, maybe not lucky, that we were already qualified after six games in the Champions League so we were still able to rotate. This is a league where you play the most games but you are only able to take 20 players.
“If you play so many games you need more than 20 players. If a club like us should always have 20, 21, 22 first-team players and behind it we can take more academy players then a game like today would have been ideal
“There is only one downside to reaching the final, it is playing Villa in midweek but being successful creates even more games. It is a positive and players get stronger in my opinion by playing games.”
