Chelsea will endeavour to secure the first piece of domestic silverware in the 2021-22 season when they do battle with Liverpool in Sunday's EFL Cup final at Wembley.

The Blues have been forced to navigate past four fellow Premier League sides to reach the final, seeing off Aston Villa, Southampton, Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur in the previous rounds.

Furthermore, Thomas Tuchel's side arrive at Wembley having won each of their last six in all competitions, including a 2-0 triumph over Lille in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in midweek.

Here, Sports Mole takes a closer look at Chelsea's record in previous EFL Cup finals ahead of Sunday's showpiece event.

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Sunday's final will mark Chelsea's ninth appearance in the showpiece event of the competition, with the London side winning five of their previous finals and collecting runners-up medals on three occasions.

Five years after the tournament's inception in 1960, Chelsea reached and won their first EFL Cup final in the 1964-65 edition over two legs against Leicester City, as Terry Venables struck in a 3-2 first-leg win before a 0-0 draw in the second leg.

The Blues' first taste of final heartbreak would come in the 1971-72 tournament as Dave Sexton's side went down 2-1 to Stoke City in the final, and they would have to wait 26 years before making another appearance in the trophy match.

The wait ended up proving worthwhile, though, as after Middlesbrough held them to a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes in the 1997-98 final, Frank Sinclair and Roberto Di Matteo struck in extra time to hand Chelsea the crown.

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Under Jose Mourinho and then Avram Grant, Chelsea would reach the EFL Cup final three times between 2005 and 2008, beating this weekend's opponents Liverpool 3-2 and seeing off London rivals Arsenal 2-1 two years later.

However, the 2008 final saw Chelsea's hopes of back-to-back titles evaporate, as Jonathan Woodgate won the crown in extra time for Spurs after Didier Drogba and Dimitar Berbatov's efforts in normal time.

Eight years after their most recent triumph, Chelsea would get their hands on the EFL Cup for the fifth time and exact revenge on Tottenham with a 2-0 win in the 2014-15 final, with John Terry and Diego Costa on the scoresheet.

The Blues also reached the final as recently as 2019, but after the infamous Maurizio Sarri-Kepa Arrizabalaga penalty dispute, Manchester City defeated the Blues on spot kicks to keep them waiting for a sixth EFL Cup crown - one which would see them move above Aston Villa and Manchester United into third in the all-time rankings.