According to deeply analysis Tottenham Hotspur have good potential to hold this game against Liverpool, even this game is looking into favor Liverpool as it will have this battle on its own home ground but I have Tottenham Hotspur +0.5 on my bet slip, overall that is not an easy fight for both teams.
The most stupid thing that I see from this match is actually that both tottenham and liverpool doesnt seems to have an interest for this game and you can see from their lineup that both team uses their reserve player and sturridge was quite awesome to be able to score two goals after his comeback
It's nice to see Sturridge score a couple of goals, sure. But it doesn't really mean anything. I mean look at the line ups of both teams as you said. They weren't playing with their full potential from the looks of it. Some clubs even are happy to get eliminated from the League Cup. It's more of a nuisance than a worthy campaign for getting some silverware.