Carling Cup Betting Odds - Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea Favourites for Big Hit

Free-scoring Chelsea are the 9/2 betting favourites to win this year's Carling Cup with Irish bookmaker Paddy Power as the bulk of the Premier League prepares to enter the tournament tomorrow.

Although the Champions League teams will not join the battle until the next round it remains a tournament dominated by the big clubs with defending champions Manchester United at betting odds of 5/1.

Manchester City are at odds of 6/1 to make the Carling Cup the first meaningful trophy in their new cash-rich era with Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs all at 10/1.

Everton and Aston Villa, whose best hopes for winning a trophy surely lie in the Carling Cup, are at betting odds of 12/1 and 16/1 respectively.

The Cup has thrown up many shocks in recent years with Premier League teams coming unstuck when fielding weaker teams against lower league clubs.

The bookmakers are betting on how many Premier League clubs will be knocked out of the tournament this week, making two or three sides the most likely number at odds of 10/11. Continue..

Latest Betting Odds - Carling Cup Winner 2011

9/2 Chelsea, 5/1 Man Utd, 6/1 Man City, 10/1 Liverpool, 10/1 Arsenal, 10/1 Spurs, 12/1 Everton