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It seems the odds makers are convinced that either Chelsea, United, Liverpool or Arsenal will win the Carling Cup this season after a price of just 1/5 emerged for that eventuality after the draw for the next round.

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In fact the bookmakers are so sure that the successful club will come from that illustrious quartet that you can only get 10/11 that two of them contest the final at Wembley in March

If the trophy doesn’t find it’s way into the cabinet of one of those teams the bookies are also short on the chances of any other top flight club winning the league cup. It’s 10/3 for any other premiership side to win it while it’s 20/1 that one of the eight remaining Football League clubs surprise us all – which will be reduced to seven after Brighton and Derby play their third-round tie.

Chelsea, meantime, have been trimmed to 5/2 favourites to lift the cup after they were given a tie at home to Burnley in the next round and manager Luiz Felipe Scolari showed his intentions with the strength of his team against Portsmouth in the last round.

Manchester United are available at fours but any bet on them comes with the warning they don’t always take this competition seriously and often field an under strength side against ‘lesser’ opposition.

Arsenal are in the market at around 9/2 after their super kids thrashed Sheffield United while holders Spurs are out at 8/1 after being drawn against Liverpool.