Can Saints win the League Cup?

Whilst the bookies have them as outsiders, they are certainly giving them a chance.

The early betting suggests many punters are even more confident than the oddsmakers.

In the match betting it is not surprising to see a United team who have won their last five games the favourites at 4/5.

But Saints are a popular bet at just under 4/1.

So far, even with their bigger fanbase, there have only been five per cent more punters backing United over Saints, so punters clearly like what they see in Saints’ chances. A draw, taking the match into extra time, is 5/2.

In 188BET’s market on who will lift the cup, which takes extra time and penalties into account, Saints are 9/4 with United the 4/11 favourites.

Saints’ most famous Wembley win is, of course, the 1976 victory over the same opponents.

There are various bets available for history to repeat itself including the 1-0 win for Saints at 11/1.

A halftime draw-fulltime Saints win is 9/1 whilst 0-0 at half-time is 17/10 and a Saints clean sheet is just over 7/2. But is there somebody in the Saints line up destined to become the 2017 version of Bobby Stokes?

Manolo Gabbiadini has got his Saints career of to a flyer and is 9/4 with 188BET to score at any time and 13/2 for the first goal of the final.

Shane Long shares many similarities with Stokes and could be a fitting Wembley hero for Claude Puel’s men.

Much like Stokes, Long isn’t perhaps the most prolific forward in the side but he gives fans everything and will keep United’s central defenders on their toes, just as Stokes did for his 1976 winner.

Long is 13/5 to get on the scoresheet at any time or 15/2 for the last goal of the game.

EFL Cup Final 188Bet.co.uk odds

To Lift The Cup: 4/11 Man Utd, 9/4 Saints Match Betting: 4/5 Man Utd, 5/2 Draw, 19/5 Saints 9/1 Saints to win & both teams to score; 36/5 Saints to win to nil; 10/1 Saints to win in extra time; 20/1 Saints to win on penalties

Correct Score (90 mins): 11/1 Saints 1-0; 26/1 Saints 2-0; 16/1 Saints 2-1; 80/1 Saints 3-0; 50/1 Saints 3-1, 60/1 Saints 3-2, 17/2 0-0 Draw, 57/10 1-1 Draw, 18/1 2-2 Draw

Anytime Goalscorer: 9/4 Gabbiadini; 13/5 Long; 14/5 Rodriguez; 7/2 Tadic; 7/2 Redmond; 4/1 Boufal; 5/1 Sims; 5/1 Ward-Prowse; 11/2 Davis; 7/1 Hojbjerg; 12/1 Yoshida; 14/1 Stephens; 14/1 Bertrand; 22/1 Soares

First Goalscorer: 13/2 Gabbiadini; 15/2 Long; 8/1 Rodriguez; 10/1 Tadic; 10/1 Redmond; 12/1 Boufal; 14/1 Sims; 14/1 Ward-Prowse; 16/1 Davis; 20/1 Hojbjerg; 33/1 Yoshida; 40/1 Stephens; 40/1 Bertrand; 66/1 Soares