Newcastle will be looking to go one better this time around, but Chelsea are out to end their participation at the quarter-final stage. The Magpies reached the final of this competition last term but suffered a 2-0 defeat by Manchester United at Wembley. That is a remarkably lengthy period for a club of its size. Newcastle’s trophy drought dates all the way back to 1955. Mauricio Pochettino, for his part, has only ever done so at Paris Saint-Germain, in whose favour the odds are overwhelmingly stacked.
As the midway point of the current campaign approaches,Īn EFL Cup triumph would not necessarily mean Chelsea are on the right path, but it would certainly be a positive development for a club that has not lifted a piece of domestic silverware since 2018. Their supporters have had little to cheer since Todd Boehly and his consortium bought the club in the summer of 2022.Ī winning machine under Roman Abramovich, Chelsea slumped to a 12th-place finish in their first season without him.
